Triple Bottom Line Benefits

Sustainable Schools helps create triple bottom line benefits in schools by:

• Creating a more engaging learning environment for students
• Supporting schools in their growth from awareness through to leadership in education for sustainable development.
• Empowering schools to own their sustainability program and focus on student involvement and learning.
• Creating flow-on effects from schools to the community, and
• Involving the whole school community including students, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents.

Triple Bottom Line Outcomes for Sustainable Schools

Educational and Social

• Happier students better able to work with others and supportive of each other
• Numerous opportunities to achieve learning outcomes across many Key Learning Areas
• Sustainable Schools really caters for a diversity of learning styles
• Leadership by students as well as teachers
• Students and staff are empowered to work on meaningful real-world problems and outcomes
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Partnerships with the community
• Improved staff and student morale
• Increased pride and self-esteem
• Publicity for the school

Environmental

• Reduced resource consumption
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
• Increased biodiversity
• More natural habitat and garden areas in schoolgrounds
• Influences more environmentally sustainable family behaviour at home.
• Cleaner, more attractive schoolgrounds that students take pride in.

Economic

• Cost savings from reduced consumption
• Income from grants and prizes supporting and recognising sustainability projects
• Income from entrepreneurial sustainability projects, for example selling products made from recycled materials and bottled worm castings.

Further information can be found in Case Studies.