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WESTPAC SUSTAINABILITY CALENDAR
Being sustainable can be tough - we know.
We understand that picking up litter, turning off lights and recycling, can be a bit of a hassle. Even
though being sustainable can be tough, it is ultimately worth it. Being sustainable now, means that
we can keep enjoying our coastline, land, air, our community and quality of life, today and tomorrow.
That’s why Westpac has started now, by developing and committing to a sustainability plan made up of five goals
for our land and five goals for our people. With the support of our 5,500 staff, we’re focusing our efforts on making
small changes in our everyday lives, so we can make a big difference to the country our children will inherit and enjoy
for years to come. After all, it’s the little things today that add up to big things tomorrow.
Westpac is proud to support student environmental education by providing teachers with this extensive list of
important sustainability and significant dates for 2010. Visit the websites listed for further information, resources
and ideas for planning your class programme in support of sustainability.
PRACTICAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES FOR CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY.
• Write poems or short stories to highlight the topic and read • Devise and design slogans suitable as bumper stickers.
at assembly. • Display data gathered in graphic form.
• Prepare and enact a drama to highlight the issue. • Paint individual pictures and/or group/class murals.
• Organise a school-wide or community quiz. • Write a report for a local newspaper and/or letters to the
• Organise debates on particular issues highlighted. editor to highlight the actions being taken.
• Run a poster competition highlighting important concepts. • Plan and carry out a clean-up your community/beach drive.
• Prepare and publish a new section on the class website. • Photograph local examples or solutions to a problem, add
• Prepare and shoot a short video/DVD on the topic captions and display in a local supermarket.
• Simulate eye-witness accounts for a radio report. • Email other schools in NZ and encourage them to take
• Shoot a video simulating a TV News report. part in similar activities.
EVENT/DAY/WEEK DATE WEBSITE
TERM ONE
World Wetland Day (celebrate later in the year) 2 February www.fishandgame.org.nz www.brownteal.com
www.wetlandtrust.org.nz/wwday.html www.doc.govt.nz
Feet First – Every Week All 2010 www.feetfirst.govt.nz (to register)
Bikewise Bike Month 1-28 February www.bikewise.co.nz
Go By Bike Day 17 February www.bikewise.co.nz
Children’s Day (10th Anniversary) 7 March www.childrensday.org.nz
Seaweek – Fish for the Future 7-14 March www.seaweek.org.nz
Sun-Earth Day (Magnetic Storms) 20 March http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2010/index.php
World Water Day 21 March www.emap.rsnz.org/resources.php
World Forestry Day 21 March www.fitec.org.nz
World Meteorological Day 23 March www.metservice.co.nz > click on Learning Centre
Earth Hour (8.30pm – 9.30pm) 27 March www.earthhour.org www.earthhour.org.nz
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2010
Visit www.westpac.co.nz/sustainability to find out how we’re making a difference.
EVENT/DAY/WEEK DATE WEBSITE
TERM ONE CONTINUED
World Health Day 7 April www.who.int/world-health-day/en/
World Heritage Day 18 April www.gdrc.org/doyourbit/18_4-heritage.htm
Earth Day 22 April www.earthday.net
TERM TWO
World Migratory Bird Days 8-9 May www.worldmigratorybirdday.org
World Vision 40 Hour Famine 21-23 May www.famine.org.nz
Youth Week 22-30 May www.youthweek.co.nz
International Biodiversity Day 22 May www.cbd.int/idb/
World Smoke Free Day 31 May www.worldsmokefreeday.org.nz
World Environment Day – CO2 Kick the Habit 5 June www.mfe.govt.nz www.unep.org/wed/
Arbor Day 5 June www.tfsnz.org.nz www.doc.govt.nz/arborday
World Oceans Day 8 June www.sirpeterblaketrust.org/environment/
www.theoceanproject.org/wod/wod_ideas.php
TERM THREE
Red Socks Day 2 July www.sirpeterblaketrust.org
World Population Day 11 July www.unfpa.org/wpd/2009/en/
International Ozone Layer Preservation Day 16 September www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday/
Conservation Week 12-19 September www.doc.govt.nz > Conservation Week
Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week September TBA www.knzb.org.nz
International Day of Peace 21 September www.peace.net.nz > Cool Schools
World Car Free Day 22 September http://www.streetsalive.net/
TERM FOUR
Frog Week 26 Sept – 2 Oct www.nzfrogs.org > Resources > Frog Week
World Habitat Day 4 October www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=588
World Animal Week 4-10 October www.wspa.org.au/animal_week.asp
World Disaster Reduction Campaign 10 October www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz
World Rainforest Week 10-16 October http://ran.org/rainforestheroes/
World Food Day 16 October www.fao.org/wfd/
World Fisheries Day 21 November www.seafood.co.nz
Human Rights Day 10 December www.hrc.co.nz/home/ >Select Human Rights Environ-
ment > Select 60th Anniversay of UN Declaration…
International Year of Biodiversity 1 January 2010 www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html >natureonline>biodiversity
Matariki Begins – 14 June 2010 www.korero.maori.nz/news/matariki/factsandfigures
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