The Waste Wise Schools Program: Evidence of Educational, Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes at the School and Community Level

Autor/inn/en	Armstrong, Patricia; Sharpley, Brian; Malcolm, Stephen
Titel	The Waste Wise Schools Program: Evidence of Educational, Environmental, Social and Economic Outcomes at the School and Community Level
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 20 (2004) 2, S.1-11 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Wastes; Conservation (Environment); Sustainable Development; Attitude Change; Recycling; Program Effectiveness; Elementary Secondary Education; Outcomes of Education; Case Studies; Behavior Modification; Rural Environment; School Culture; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gargabe; Abfall; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Ländliches Milieu; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Australien
Abstract	The Waste Wise Schools Program was established by EcoRecycle Victoria to implement waste and litter education in Victorian schools. It is now operating in over 900 schools in Victoria and 300 schools in other Australian states / territories. This paper provides detailed case studies of two active schools in the Waste Wise Schools Program and considers for each school how the Program started, what it meant to the school, the environmental, educational, social and economic outcomes of the Program and the key success factors. It discusses evidence that the Program has changed the thinking and behaviour of many families at the schools, suggesting that the children may be acting as catalysts to influence their parent's waste wise behaviour, i.e. having an intergenerational influence. Guidelines for promoting this influence are proposed. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for Environmental Education, Inc. P.O. Box 560, Bellingen, NSW 2454, Australia. Tel: +61-2-6655-1865; Fax: +61-2-6655-1596; e-mail: admin@aaee.org.au; Web site: http://www.aaee.org.au/publications/ajee.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10