Environmental Education
Greater Wellington's Take Action programme is an innovative and exciting Environmental Education programme to help primary and intermediate school students (year 4-8) investigate about and explore their local environment.
Students not only learn about environmental issues, they do something about them. Take Action empowers young people to become environmental role models by making a real difference in their schools, families and communities.
There are two strands to thr programme - Take Action for Water and Take Action for Air.
How does Greater Wellington support the Take Action programme?
Take Action is facilitated by the Environmental Educators at Greater Wellington Regional Council and is free to all schools in the Greater Wellington region. The programmes consist of comprehensive teaching and learning resources and significant financial support to assist schools to take action.
The Take Action team will guide you through the programme with teacher training, support on ‘explore’ days and on-going assistance with inquiry based action project work.
Why should my class participate in Take Action?
Both programmes are hands on, based on the Guidelines for Environmental Education for New Zealand Schools and integrated into the new curriculum.
The UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development began in 2005 so this is a great time to get your students involved in environmental education.
If you would like to know more about either Take Action programme, please contact the Take Action Co-ordinator by email or phone 04 801 1029.
- Action projects
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See the exciting projects students and teachers have come up with for their Take Action projects here in our action project gallery.
- Contact the Take Action team
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This programme is eligible to teachers of Year 4-8 students in the Wellington region.
- Join a community care group
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How can your school's action projects continue to link in to the bigger picture of environmental education? Check out Take Care for contacts for stream restoration and coastal revegetation projects in your area.
- Meridian Take Action Fund
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Meridian Energy is a proud supporter of Greater Wellington’s Take Action programme, which helps students develop greater awareness of the importance of the environment.
- Other funding sources
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One of the things that teachers have requested time after time is how to get their hands on more money so that they can continue their Environmental Education journey without robbing a bank!
- Resources and links
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New Zealand’s National Directory of Environmental Education Resources has been developed for teachers and educators. You can search using the 15 topic areas or by region.
- Take Action for Air
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Take Action for Air is an environmental education programme for students in years 6-8.
- Take Action for Water
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Take Action for Water was instigated by Greater Wellington Regional Council to educate young people about the importance of the environment.