On Friday, 26 March 2021, Year 5 and 6 students from St Mary’s South Public School will be planting 200 trees and plants to mark the International Day of Forests under the guidance of Principal Harry Vasilla.
Supported by the partnership between the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and Greening Australia’s Cooling the Schools Program, the event promotes opportunities for children to connect positively with nature and empower them to encourage their communities to create greener, cooler places where both people and nature can thrive. It aligns with the NSW Government’s Greening our City Premier’s Priority for Greening our City.
“Trees play an important role in making the places we live and work greener and more sustainable. Trees can help lower heat, they provide shade for when we’re out and active and provide habitat for our unique wildlife,” stated Steve Hartley, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s Executive Director, Environmental Infrastructure Planning and Resilient Places.
The International Day of the Forests’ planting day is proudly supported by the Australian Council for Human Rights Education, empowering children to play an important role in society by becoming active agents of change.
The International Day of Forests, proclaimed by the UN in 2012, is a UN Observance Day created to serve as a powerful tool to advocate for all that is good in our world.
The commemoration of the International Day of Forests at St Mary’s South Public School is the simplest, positive and most evocative way in which the students will be inspired to learn that they have played a small part in ensuring a greener world for their future.
Time: 10.30am – 3.00pm
Date: Friday, 26 March 2021
Place: St Mary’s South Public School, 96 Monfarville St,
Contacts:
Nicola Masters I Senior Program Officer I Cooling the Schools I Greening Australia
1 Charles St, St Mary’s, NSW 2760
P 02 96776200 M 0429 898 315 W www.greeningaustralia.org.au
Dr Zeny Edwards OAM
Australian Council for Human Rights Education
M. 0413 137 919
NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment
M: 0499 009 411