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Monday, 30 May 2016

Manning Clark Centre

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PROGRAM AND WORKBOOK

Parliament of Youth on Sustainability

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Welcome

We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Ngunnawal people, past and present,

the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet.

Welcome to the 2016 SEE-Change Parliament of Youth on Sustainability.

The most recent calculations show the average Canberra person has an

ecological footprint of 8.9 global hectares.

If everyone lived like the average one of us, using the earth’s resources

and creating waste at our average rate, we would need around five

earths to meet our demands.

Five earths!

That’s not sustainable!

Making our footprint smaller is a big challenge. By coming to the

Parliament of Youth on Sustainability, you have accepted that

challenge.

You are now an Honourable Member of the Parliament of Youth on

Sustainability representing your school and the young people of

Canberra.

Now is your time – to share your ideas, listen to others and together

find the best possible ways to reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint.

We wish you all the best for your presentations and discussions today.

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PARLIAMENT STANDING ORDERS (OR RULES) There are only four rules for the Parliament of Youth on Sustainability.

Each is about respect.

1. Use official titles for Members of Parliament

For example, if you are Lucy Green from the Tall Trees Primary School

you will be introduced as ‘Lucy Green, Honourable Member for Tall

Trees Primary School’.

You are now a member of the Parliament of Youth on Sustainability (an

‘Honourable Member’) and you are representing your school. It is

useful for other members of the Parliament to know who you are and

who you are representing when you speak.

The words ‘Honourable Member’ remind you of the important position

you now hold and that you are expected to act with respect for the

Parliament and the other Members of Parliament.

2. Respectful communication only

Honourable Members of Parliament are expected to speak and act

respectfully. Debate is encouraged but must be done in a respectful

and good-natured way. The Facilitator or Speaker may stop someone

speaking if they become disrespectful.

3. In whole group discussions, raise your hand to speak, speak

when invited, and speak for no longer than one minute

When a whole Committee or the full Parliament is having a whole-group

discussion (that is, a discussion run by a Committee Facilitator or

Parliament Speaker), you must raise your hand if you wish to speak and

only speak when invited by the Facilitator or Speaker. You may speak

for up to one minute only at a time. At one minute the Facilitator or

Speaker will ask you to stop.

These rules are to make sure all Members of Parliament have a fair

chance to say something in the big group discussions.

In small group discussions, the only rule is to be fair and respectful to

others.

4. Return to Parliament sessions on time

Out of courtesy to other presenters and respect for the Parliament

process, Members of Parliament should try to return to their committee

or full Parliament sessions on time after breaks and activities.

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RED COMMITTEE: Kindergarten – Year 3

Time Duration Session Room

8:15-8:45 30 mins Registration MCC Foyer

8:45-9:00 15 mins Opening Session: Full Parliament MCC T1

9:05-9:55 50 mins Session1: Presentations

R1 – Red Hill Primary School 1

R2 – Garran Primary School 1

R3 – Burgmann Anglican School (Forde)

R4 – Lyons Early Childhood School 2

MCC T1

9:55-10:30 35 mins Session 2: Activity Stations / Break MCC Foyer

Outside

10:30-11:45 1 hr

15 mins

Session 3: Presentations / Voting


R6 – Yarralumla Primary School 1

R7 – Red Hill Primary School 2

R8 – Burgmann Anglican School (Valley)


R10 – Lyons Early Childhood School 1

VOTING

MCC T1

11:45-12:05 20 mins Session 4: Activity Stations / Break MCC T1

Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins

Session 5: Full Parliament

Student Ministers announce proposals;

Questions and Answers with ACT

politicians, Simon Corbell,

Shane Rattenbury and Nicole Lawder

MCC T1

1:25-1:55 30 mins LUNCH (return to MCC Foyer after lunch) MCC Foyer

Outside

2:00-2:15 15 mins Session 6: Meet the Ministers

Student Ministers available for questions

MCC Foyer

2:20-3:00 40 mins Session 7: Full Parliament

Final discussion/Voting/Prizes/Close

MCC T1

Facilitators:

Brooke Priestly, Maggie Gray

Assistant Facilitator:

Asta Stokell

Committee Expert:

Lamis Kazak

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ORANGE COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6




9:10-10:25 1 hr

15 mins

Session1: Presentations

O1 – Yarralumla Primary School 2

O2 – Trinity Christian School 2

O3 – Duffy Primary School 1

O4 – Palmerston Primary School 2

O5 – Garran Primary School 1

O6 – North Ainslie Primary School

MCC T2


Outside

11:05-11:40 35 mins Session 3: Presentations / Voting

O7 – Trinity Christian School 1

O8 – Canberra Girls Grammar School 1

c (Junior)

VOTING

MCC T2


Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1


Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

Facilitators:

Luke Simms, Claire Alford


Julie Quinn

Committee Expert:

Ben Galea

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YELLOW COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6




9:10-10:25 1 hr

15 mins


Y1 – Garran Primary School 2

Y2 – Red Hill Primary School 3

Y3 – Farrer Primary School

Y4 – Yarralumla Primary School 3

Y5 – Duffy Primary School 2

Y6 – Red Hill Primary School 4

MCC T3


Outside


Y7 – Palmerston Primary School 1

Y8 – Majura Primary School

VOTING

MCC T3


Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1


Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

Facilitators:

Najeeb Rafee,

Annabelle Manangan


Viv Pearce

Committee Expert:

Alex Tomlinson

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LIME COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6




9:10-10:25 1 hr

15 mins


L1 – Canberra Girls Grammar School 2

c (Junior)

L2 – Hughes Primary School 1

L3 – Torrens Primary School

L4 – Kaleen Primary School

L5 – St Benedict’s Primary School

L6 – Hughes Primary School 2

MCC T4


Outside


L7 – Yarralumla Primary School 4

L8 – Hawker Primary School

L9 – Garran Primary School 3

VOTING

MCC T4


Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1


Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

Facilitators:

Clair Schofield, Leanne Golding


Wendy Rainbird

Committee Expert:

Simon Mulvaney

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GREEN COMMITTEE: Year 7 – Year 9





G1 – Daramalan College 2

G2 – Trinity Christian School 1

G3 – Merici College 1

MCC T5


Outside

10:30-11:45 1 hr

15 mins


G4 – Daramalan College 1

G5 – Mount Stromlo High School 1

G6 – Campbell High School

G7 – Canberra Grammar School 3

G8 – Trinity Christian School 3

B4 – St John Paul II College 1

VOTING

MCC T5


Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1


Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

Facilitators:

Grace Fidge, Elizabeth Batten


Tom Cambpell

Committee Expert:

Declan Norrie

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LIGHT BLUE COMMITTEE: Year 7 – Year 9





LB1 – Merici College 2

LB2 – Mount Stromlo High School 2

LB3 – Telopea Park School 2

MCC T6


Outside

10:30-11:35 1 hr

5 mins


LB4 – Merici College 3

LB5 – Trinity Christian School 2

LB6 – Namadgi School

LB7 – St Francis Xavier College 1

LB8 – Daramalan College 3

VOTING

MCC T6


Outside

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1


Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

Facilitators:

Ben Maliel


Jen Tonna

Committee Expert:

Brittany Dahl

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BLUE/PURPLE COMMITTEE: Year 10 – Year 12



8:45-9:00 15 mins Opening Session: Full Parliament

BLUE/PURPLE Committee to leave this

session at 8:55am

MCC T1

9:05-10:20 1 hr

15 mins


B1 – Canberra Grammar School 1

B2 – Daramalan College 4

B3 – Lake Tuggeranong College

P1 – St Mary MacKillop College 1

P3 – St Francis Xavier College 3

P4 – Daramalan College 5

P5 – Merici College 1

Copland

GO30

10:20-10:30 10 mins Session 2: Break

Vox Pops – Copland GO31

10:30-11:55 1 hr

25 mins


B5 – St Francis Xavier College 2

B6 – St Mary MacKillop College 2

B7 – Daramalan College 6

B8 – Merici College 2

P6 – Merici College 3

P7 – Telopea Park School 1

P9 – Canberra Grammar School 2

VOTING

Copland

GO30

11:55-12:05 10 mins Session 4: Return to MCC for afternoon

Must be seated in MCC T1 for full

Parliament session by 12.15pm.

12:15-1:25 1 hr

10 mins






MCC T1

Facilitators:

Lillian Rowland, Matilda Dowse

Myles Sutcliffe, Molly Barrett

Committee Experts:

Joe Salmona

Zac Hatfield-Dodds

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BLUE/PURPLE COMMITTEE: Year 10 – Year 12



Outside



MCC Foyer



MCC T1

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RED COMMITTEE: Kindergarten – Year 3 PROPOSALS

No. Proposal School and Members of Parliament

R1 Planning to plant fruit,

vegetables and trees

(community gardens).

Red Hill Primary School 1

Shonali Banerjee, Damiru Perera,

Elijah Crosbey, Tejaswinii Mouli,

Ella Vannan, Wangari Wahome

R2 Make Garran Primary junior

school courtyard more

sustainable (compost bins,

water bubbler motion

sensor).

Garran Primary School 1

Hannah Boyce, Colin Lim, Irine Suraj,

Affan Atif, Eloise Blake,

Harriet Moore-Foster

R3 Compulsory sensors on

taps and website showing

people who aren’t doing

the right thing.

Burgmann Anglican School (Forde)

Mackayla Penfold, Lewis Wright,

Lucy Tanner, Jackson Thew,

Noah Lennard, Udara Manage

R4 Build a recycle centre in

Canberra that can sort soft

plastic.

Lyons Early Childhood School 2

Finn Kite, Kestrel Munro, Shiza Imran,

Rebecca Elphicke, Bodhi Richardson



sustainable (replace weeds,

save electricity).


Beth Jankowski, Simon Wu, Angus Mackay,

Yassie Tidimane, Majd Alrishan,

Sachin Nanda

R6 All Canberran homes

should be fitted with grey

water recycling from their

washing machine.

Yarralumla Primary School 1

Olivia Hicks, Charlotte Scoltock,

Dev/Diya Shah, Jacinta Monteleone,

Winnie Herring, Julia Trinca Talalin

R7 Everyone in primary

schools should plant a tree

seed every year to stop

CO2.


Lola Galke-Jean, Sena Whiley, Will Goch,

Charlie Knight, Iris Rangiah,

Audrey Frawley

R8 Install sensor taps in all

ACT public places.

Burgmann Anglican School (Valley)

Brodie Latimore, Imogen Bathgate,

Clarissa O’Keeffe, Caelan Riches,

Charles McBaron, Aanya Anand

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RED COMMITTEE: Kindergarten – Year 3 PROPOSALS




sustainable (attract birds

and bees).


Miles Regner, Brendon Goldsmid,

Lola Hamlyn-Harris, Rose Teskey,

Sidhe Tyagi, Carter Hyam

R10 Make sure that everyone is

being respected equally in

Canberra and Australia.

Lyons Early Childhood School 1

Antonio Martins, Lucy Bailey,

Arwen Baker, Tessa Gray, Eman Abdine

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ORANGE COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6 PROPOSALS


O1 Nationwide competition to

design a shower head with

an automatic 4 minute cut

off.


Lila Gough, Allegra Senti,

Rocco Theodorakis, Owen Eastley,

Clare Bradbery, Cooper Elson, Lucy Boyer

O2 Develop a school vegetable

garden, compost heap and

keep chickens.

Trinity Christian School 2

Chloe Ahyong, Dakira Alsemgees,

Kaitlyn Lucas, Anne-Louise Douglas,

Cayley O’Neil, Molly Goldsby-Brinkley

O3 Get supermarkets in

Canberra to support the

Odd Bunch approach

(selling imperfect fruit).

Duffy Primary School 1

Olivia Bourne, Emma Loaney, Keira King,

Heather Gellatly, Zander Penglis,

Natasha Tilley, Brianna Dunn

O4 The ACT government

should encourage

businesses to build roof

top gardens.

Palmerston Primary School 2

Dylan Patterson, Tijaana Houvinen,

Talha Sohail, Rebecca Phillips,

Natasha Wells

O5 Install wind turbines in and

around Canberra on the

open, unused land.


Xavi Wienke, Geethika Choudary Vemura,

Serena Shi, Aditya Grama, Louisa Smith,

Elektra Tsarpalias

O6 ‘Music, Compost, Grow!’ –

Use jingles to teach one

‘waste wise’ skill at a time.

North Ainslie Primary School

Adele Loughhead, Sofia Hingston,

Methu Elaahabada Gedara,

Campbell Milne, Stella Macfadyen,

Alyson Jones, Monet Hall

O7 Vending machine rubbish

bins which give charity

tokens in exchange for

rubbish.


Connor McKenzie, Corey Thompson,

Shri Sumanaweera, Nathan Farme,

Riya Burmi, Chloe Gunton

O8 Government will provide

funding for all schools and

universities to have a

vegetable patch.

Canberra Girls Grammar School

(Junior) 1

Sophia Champion De-Crispigny,

Tamika Pillay, Charlotte Young,

Lily Bilston, Emma Moloney, Sienna Page

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YELLOW COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6 PROPOSALS


Y1 The ACT’s Government will

enforce a sustainable

building code.


Max Saunder, Joji Hamlyn-Harris,

June Fang, Sebaga Newman,

Sowmya Ramanathan, Saswat Pati

Y2 Make bins more obvious

with posters about

consequences of smoking,

or raise price.


Charlotte O’Sullivan, Aboodi Kassim,

Edwina Dawson, Bethan Pitt, Jazmine Lee,

Taegan White

Y3 ‘Sprinkle, Sprinkle’ –

Implement a rooftop

garden system on

Canberra’s buildings.

Farrer Primary School

Amanda Chek, Luke Willson, Ethan Hollis,

Hadi Saleh, Elleri Mills, Tilly Rowe

Y4 Create a Canberra-wide ad

campaign based around

electricity reduction.


Callum Hicks, Ennio D’Agostino,

Scarlett Fittler, Iman Moharam,

Georgia Roughley, Isabella Piani

Y5 Introduce a recycling

payment of ten cents for

plastic bottles and cans.

Duffy Primary School 2

Ronan Carr, Harry Broadhead, Jack Parr,

Sam Chaseling, William Schmid

Y6 Make community gardens

in Canberra, in the

suburbs.


Isabelle Oh, Annabel Petersen, Iris Bian,

Wambui Taylor, Dylan Pitt, Phoebe Weigall

Y7 The ACT government

should provide every

Canberra primary school

with Water Saving Tips

book.

Palmerston Primary School 1

Deveraux Tapelu, Julia Villaflor,

Billy Bungate, Shae Flatt, Tanisha Morol

Y8 Advertise to encourage

buying fresh produce from

local farmers markets and

create community gardens.

Majura Primary School

Grace Guthrie, Louis Serfontein,

Hadia Bizhan, Mia O’Sullivan,

Ruby Stanilewicz, Mika Kadivuka

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LIME COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6 PROPOSALS


L1 Provide every school in the

ACT with money to build a

Precious Plastic machine.

Canberra Girls Grammar School

(Junior) 2

Holly Irvine, Reshmi Senanayake, Sophie

Domazet, Lana Sault, Audrey Kuan,

Jade Dale

L2 Once every term, all ACT

government schools

participate in ‘Switch It Off

Day’.

Hughes Primary School 1

Hanser Yoon, Keira Turnbull, Paris Ellis,

Keziah Hazell, Molly Reichstein,

Amelia Huynh

L3 Every tree cut down should

have a tax and replace

system on it.

Torrens Primary School

Harry T, Aran S, Jared S, Bryce VE, Max R,

Ryan B

L4 Reduce paper use in

schools – use online

communication, use less

paper, plant more trees.

Kaleen Primary School

Edward Renner, Claire Finkle, Alyssa Hua,

Samar Singh, Max Steele, Jude Barry

L5 Canberra Government

starts an initiative called

‘Free-Bus-Friday’.

St Benedict’s Primary School

Mia Channing, Sophie Buckland,

Alexander Magers, Nandan Thomas,

Alyssa Taylor

L6 Move the common

classroom outside on 5th

of March and November,

like Earth Hour.

Hughes Primary School 2

Oliver Geoghegan, Etta Sakora,

Elena Aigner, Kate Bell, Mackenzie Pike,

Lotte Beenan

L7 Turn it off, don’t let it drip

water awareness campaign.


Thomas Fahey, Jake Dawes,

Taina Quadra Portes Rocha,

Carl Vitolovich, Ellen Mihaljevic,

Heleen Othman

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LIME COMMITTEE: Year 4 – Year 6 PROPOSALS


L8 Introduce a cash for

containers scheme in ACT.

Hawker Primary School

Bethany Wright, Charlotte Craig,

Owen Fearns, Oscar Hennessy,

Toby Reeves, Kyan Rooney

L9 The ACT must establish

community fruit and

vegetable gardens in each

suburb.


Mia Slater, Lavanya Singh,

Christina Stewart, Geo Sebastian,

Alex Lee, Jeff Zhang

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GREEN COMMITTEE: Year 7 – Year 9 PROPOSALS


G1 Citizens of Canberra can

wear a small solar power

band around their wrists.

Daramalan College 2

James Taloni, Aimee Massa-Stevens

G2 Encourage hydroponics in

schools around Canberra.


Tristan Cupit, Ben Holland,

Khaled El Hassan

G3 Introduce an electric water

bus/taxi service on Lake

Burley Griffin and Molonglo

river.

Merici College 1

Olivia Miles, Sophie Foley, Tandia Edwards

G4 Convince ACT Government

to create an app that turns

home/work appliances off

completely.

Daramalan College 1

Sophie Armitage, Boyd Kelly

G5 The government should

distribute soda making

machines such as

‘sodastream’ with a gas

canister.

Mount Stromlo High School 1

Tindal Randall, Delaney Green,

Brooke Bellwood

G6 Mandate a requirement

that all new homes be

fitted with gray water

systems.

Campbell High School

Lulu Horciu, Christina Pilgrim,

Wil Griffiths, Isaac Martin, Prithvi Saxena

G7 Installing electric panel

heating across the whole of

Canberra and then

Australia wide.

Canberra Grammar School 3

Thomas Gedye, Ryan Neilsen, Jack Kefford

G8 Implement a 'Fresh Schools

Campaign' – families bring

fresh produce from

gardens to sell/give away.


Tara Millar, Olivia Gill, Taisia Apelt

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LIGHT BLUE COMMITTEE: Year 7 – Year 9 PROPOSALS


LB1 Introduce public bikes with

bike racks/bike stops built

as frequently as bus stops.

Merici College 2

Mia Woolford, Malia Harrison,

Caitlin Treble, Clare Austin

LB2 Make handbook for

Canberra, with information

on how individuals can

reduce their ecological

footprint.

Mount Stromlo High School 2

Mana Kilby, Amber Howard, Clare Severs

LB3 ACT school canteens to

introduce more vegetarian

centred food.

Telopea Park School 2

Ivan Barouline, Zoe Clarke,

Philippa Graham, Ralph Nueangrit

LB4 Implement more

appropriate timing for

street lights to be powered,

change to LED bulbs.

Merici College 3

Trisha Rose, Gabrielle Cox, Olivia Horvat,

Ameilia Polsen

LB5 Give Canberra residents

option to plant the same

deciduous tree species in

their street.


Sarah Drew, Elizabeth Doyle,

Mareli Steenkamp

LB6 Reduce the use of fossil

fuels in Canberra.

Namadgi School

Dylan Nagy, Logan Cerda, Shaun Payne,

Ben Nguyen, Brianna Cather,

Haley Stewart

LB7 More money towards

renewable energy sources

and research into cheaper,

more eco-friendly electric

cars.

St Francis Xavier College 1

Olivia Lukunic, Charlotte Drury,

Sedrina Choo, Sharae Greenway

LB8 ‘Superhero’ to visit

Canberra primary schools,

tell them how to reduce

their ecological footprint.

Daramalan College 3

Jock Phillips, Marvin Boone

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BLUE COMMITTEE: Year 10 – Year 12 PROPOSALS


B1 Move Canberra to

completely renewable

energy through

government investment,

emissions trading scheme.


Elliott Merchant, Christian Flynn

B2 Construct new high speed

railway to carry

products/people from

Brisbane to Melbourne via

Canberra.

Daramalan College 4

Katarina Bonatakis, Eryn Murphy,

Alicia Webb

B3 Introduce a carbon

footprint food product

rating system.

Lake Tuggeranong College

Laura Morgan, Ana Salipur

B4 ACT Government to elect

an Enviromental Minister to

represent the enviromental

side of Canberra.

St John Paul II College 1

Bronte Froome, Joel Bartlett,

Andrew Cantlie

B5 Bring back the National

Solar Schools Program and

adapt it for the wider

community.


Gaby Karov, Kate Dimech

B6 Mandate public/

government buildings in

ACT have a solar panel,

more energy efficient light

bulbs.

St Mary MacKillop College 2

Harleen Kaur, Kate Solari

B7 ACT government to fund

ANU/CSIRO to conduct

research/pilot studies on

geothermal direct heating

systems.

Daramalan College 6

Nathan Kennedy, Zach Powell

B8 Launch car sharing

companies in Canberra.

Merici College 2

Clare Moloney, Imogen McLean

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PURPLE COMMITTEE: Year 10 – Year 12 PROPOSALS


P1 Create a Canberra-based

database/virtual

information centre to guide

Canberrans into reducing

their ecological footprint.

St Mary MacKillop College 1

Chloe Boyd, Cameron Prowse

P2 Subsidise bus transport on

routes that take each

person to and from work.


Harrison Bergman, Thomas Mugridge,

Nathaniel Taylor

P3 Improve bike paths and

cycling infrastructure.


Georgia McGuire, Emma Ryan-Baker

P4 Increase urban infill – make

more attractive to live in

centre of satellite town

centres.

Daramalan College 5

Richard Brady, Annabelle Philip

P5 Ban or put a levy (small

fee) on ‘Boutique Bags’

(heavier, store-branded

plastic bags).

Merici College 1

Tiana Martiniello, Emily Pantaleo

P6 Each suburb in Canberra

starts organic community

garden with a store,

funded by government.

Merici College 3

Hannah Harvey, Grace Swan

P7 Government mandates

energy update to all

public/commercial

buildings (EER < 3.0),

subsidise implementation

program.

Telopea Park School 1

Olivia Baldwin, Maddalena Coopman,

Ann Wang

P8 St John Paul College II to

invest in solar panelling.


Maximus Leskien, Liam Gellatly,

Bayden Hiscocks-Toohey

P9 ACT government sets aside

$500 million over 10 years

for clean energy innovation

fund.


Michael Nguyen- Kim, Christopher Seidl

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VOTING FOR PROPOSALS – QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT

Voting for proposals at the Parliament

of Youth on Sustainability is important.

You will be helping to choose the

proposals that will be presented to

Canberra’s politicians.

But how can you make your decision?

Here are some questions to help you

think about different proposals (use

the blank pages for your notes):

How will this proposal reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint?

Is this proposal feasible, or able to be done? Think about cost,

how other people might react, how hard it would be to do.

How would your life be different if we implemented (or did) this

proposal?

What would be good for you? (What are the advantages?) Why?

What would be bad for you? (What are the disadvantages?) Why?

How would the lives of other people be different if we did this

proposal? For example:

people who don’t have a lot of income (money)

older people, like your grandparents

people who live in different parts of Canberra (for example

close to Civic or in Tuggeranong)

people with disabilities and who have additional needs

families with children

any other group of people different to you.

Is the proposal fair for all of these groups?

Do the good things about this proposal outweigh (or beat) the

bad things?

Why is this proposal better than other possible proposals?

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RECYCLING

GAMES

Test your recycling,

composting and

waste knowledge in

these simple and

fun recycling

games.

POSTCARD to a POLITICIAN

Create an eye-catching postcard with a single message for

politicians about what we should do to reduce Canberra’s

ecological footprint.

Materials

Postcard size piece of cardboard (A6)

Textas Lead pencils

Instructions

1. On the back of the postcard, write your name, school, and year

at school (eg Year 4).

2. On the front of the postcard, use drawing, writing or both to

convey your message.

3. Hand your finished postcard to the Activity Station volunteer

and they will hang it on the Postcard to a Politician wall.

Tips

Think about simple images/drawings to convey your message.

Struggle to draw? Then write a few key words in big text.

Use the whole space on the front of the postcard.

Draw the design in pencil first then fill in with texta.

VOX POPS

Choose one or two representatives

from your school team to talk to a

camera for 15 seconds (or less) answering

one of these questions:

Why do we need to reduce Canberra’s

ecological footprint?

What is one action we should take to

reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint?

What is stopping us from living more

sustainably?

What is one thing you would say to our

political leaders about reducing our


We’ll edit all the film taken into a 10 minute

Parliament of Youth on Sustainability video

collage and send it to all schools and

politicians.

ACTIVITIES

DISPLAY STALLS QUIZ

Answer questions based on

the display stalls – AYCC, BZE,

CSE, ACTSmart, NoWaste.

Instructions

1. Write your answers on a

quiz answer sheet.

2. Fill in your name, school

and year at school (eg Year 7).

3. Hand your finished answer

sheet to a Quiz volunteer.

PRIZE ACTIVITIES

Students who complete any of

these activities go in a lucky

draw for a small prize.

Enjoy!

FOOTPRINT FRIDGE MAGNET

Create your own footprint fridge magnet to take home, showing

your idea for reducing your own ecological footprint.

Materials

Cardboard Scissors Textas Lead pencils

Instructions

1. On a piece of cardboard, trace around your own foot (shoes on

or off!), then cut out your footprint.

2. On the back of the footprint, write your name, school and year

at school (eg Year 2).

3. On the front of the footprint, use drawing, writing or both to

show one way you can reduce your own ecological footprint.

4. Stick a 1cm long piece of magnet to the back of your footprint.

Now you can take it home to put on your fridge!

SUSTAINABILITY

TREASURE HUNT

Do the sustainability-focused

treasure hunt based on the

garden area outside the Manning

Clark Centre.

Instructions

1. Write your

answers on a

Treasure Hunt

answer sheet.

2. Fill in your name, school and

year at school (eg Year 7).

3. Hand your finished answer

sheet to a Quiz volunteer.

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DISPLAY STALLS QUIZ

Visit each of the display stalls in the foyer of the Manning Clark Centre

to find the answers to these quiz questions.

Instructions

1. Write your answers on a Display Stalls Quiz answer sheet available

from a Quiz volunteer.

2. Fill in your name, school and year at school (eg Year 7).

3. Hand your finished answer sheet to a Quiz volunteer. Good luck!

STALL QUESTION

Australian Youth

Climate Coalition

1. What percentage of young people weren't

enrolled to vote at the last federal election?

2. How much of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has

been affected by coral bleaching?

3. What is one of the biggest causes of damage to

the reef?

ACTSmart 4. When does the ACT schools Carbon Challenge

start and finish?

5. If your school bins are contaminated what can

you borrow to show everyone the right bins to put

waste in?

Beyond Zero Emissions 6. If Australia collected just the cheapest wind and

solar energy we have, really close by to the energy

grid we already have, how much energy do you

think this would add up to over:

a) a year?

b) over the whole lifetime of all the equipment

(average life span of a wind turbine is about 40

years and of a solar panel is about 25 years)?

Commissioner for

Sustainability and the

Environment

7. What is the main thing determining ACT's


8. How many times bigger than the global average

is the average ecological footprint of a Canberran?

NoWaste

9. What is the name of the app you can use to be a

better recycler?

10. Can plastic bags be put in your recycling bin?

Territory and Municipal Services

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SUSTAINABILITY TREASURE HUNT Test your sustainability-seeking skills and

try the Sustainability Treasure Hunt. The

Treasure Hunt is in the garden area between

the Crisp and Haydon-Allen Buildings, just

outside the Manning Clark Centre – see area

outlined in yellow on the map below.

Instructions

1. Write your answers on a Treasure Hunt answer sheet available from

a Quiz volunteer.

2. Fill in your name, school and year at school (eg Year 7).

3. Hand your finished answer sheet to a Quiz volunteer. Good luck!

TOILETS

TOILETS

TOILETS

TOILETS

GARDEN AREA

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SUSTAINABILITY TREASURE HUNT

1. Can you spot the ‘Protect Sullivans Creek’

frog signs? How many signs are there?

2. Sullivans Creek is a creek that runs through the Australian National

University. What do the ‘Protect Sullivans Creek’ signs mean?

3. How many bike racks (single bike ‘loops’) are in this

garden area?

4. How many recycling bins are there?

5. How many electric barbecues are there?

6. The electric barbecues switch off automatically. Why is this good

for our ecological footprint?

7. Name two things in the area that help absorb CO2 or reduce

pollution.

1.

2.

8. How many water spouts pour water into the water feature/pond?

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Thank you to our volunteers

Plus: the Parliament of Youth Committee – Viv Pearce, Wendy Rainbird,

Lara Lloyd, Jenny Dibley, Aileen Power, Colin Price, Roger Amey, Jodie Pipkorn,

Jodie Green, Bob Douglas; presenters at PDs – Aileen Power, Colin Price,

Jenny Dibley, Kate Elliott, Brittany Dahl, Zac Hatfield-Dodds, Jennifer Macdonald,

Kathy Perinovic, Michael McDonald, Nikey Mylordi, Jackie Neill, Sarah Dedman,

Bob Douglas, Melanie Stratford, Lillian Rowland, Kristin McKinnon, Amy Stratford,

Sheree Avard, Roger Amey; mentors – Sarah Putri, Khairul Hazim (Canberra

College), students from Stromlo High School.

And to anyone we may have missed – a big thank you!

We could not run the Parliament of Youth on Sustainability project without the

help of a large contingent of fabulous volunteers. Huge thanks to all the people

below. And, once again, a big special thanks to Canberra College teacher,

Susan Johnson and her band of Student Leadership students, and St Mary

MacKillop College teacher, Ummehani Rangwalla and her team of senior students.

Facilitators: St Mary MacKillop College – Elizabeth Batten, Leanne Golding,

Grace Fidge, Annabelle Manangan, Clair Schofield, Molly Barrett, Brooke Priestly,

Myles Sutcliffe, Luke Simms, Maggie Gray; Canberra College – Najeeb Rafee,

Lillian Rowland, Matilda Dowse; Canberra Grammar School – Ben Maliel;

Trinity Christian School – Claire Alford

Speakers: Canberra College – Lillian Rowland, Matilda Dowse; Canberra

Grammar School – Ben Maliel

Assistant Facilitators: Community volunteers – Asta Stokell, Jen Tonna,

Julie Quinn, Viv Pearce, Wendy Rainbird, Tom Campbell

Committee Experts: Students at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and

Society – Lamis Kazak, Ben Galea, Alex Tomlinson, Simon Mulvaney,

Declan Norrie, Brittany Dahl, Joe Salmona, Zac Hatfield-Dodds

Activity Stations, Cupcakes and general assistance: Canberra College –

Ash Knipler, Sarah Putri, Anastasia Lestari, Belinda Garcia, Rueben Van Der Merwe,

Jay Treffke, Harry Evans, Kailin Oh, Khairul Hazim, Sarah Putri, Lillian Rowland,

Najeeb Rafee, Lachlan Dodd, Matilda Dowse; St Francis Xavier College – Jaime,

Olivia Lukunic, Sedrina Choo; Wanniassa School – Ewen Kennedy; Wanniassa

Hills Primary School – Harry Kennedy; Community volunteers – Michele Smith,

Amanda Slade, Caroline le Couteur, Julie Quinn, Katarina Trinh

Vox Pops camera people/interviewers: Canberra College – Jonah Lafferty,

Emy Obinna; St Mary MacKillop College – Sam Ferguson; Youth Matters, Voice of

the Valley – 89.5FM – Laura Johnston; Wanniassa School – Ewen Kennedy

Photographers: The Sweeter Side Photography - Sophie Fitch; St Mary

MacKillop College – Sam Ferguson; Trinity Christian School – Katie Tabke

Opening Speaker: Australian Youth Climate Coalition – MaryClare Woodforde

Teachers coordinating volunteers: Canberra College – Susan Johnson; St Mary

MacKillop College – Ummehani Rangwalla; Trinity Christian School –

Karen McPherson; St Francis Xavier College – Lynette Burden

Oversight Assistant: Kate Rankine

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‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’

Margaret Mead Cultural anthropologist

‘UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better. It’s not.’

The Lorax, Dr Seuss

‘The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.

It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.’ Albert Einstein, Physicist

SEE-Change would like to thank the sponsors and supporters of the

Parliament of Youth project.

Other supporters:

www.see-change.org.au

Supported with grant funding by:

Venue support:

Erindale

Cakery Bakery

Wanniassa Hills

Primary School

http://www.see-change.org/

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