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Want a productive school garden without creating another high-maintenance job? Explore how wicking garden systems can reduce water use while creating hands-on opportunities to learn about food, water and sustainable systems.

WaterUps wicking garden systems help schools grow productive gardens while saving up to 80% of water. Designed for education settings, the modular beds are durable, easy to install, and support hands-on learning about sustainability, food systems and environmental stewardship. A practical way to bring outdoor learning and circular thinking into your school community.

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Does your school rely on tank water for gardens, irrigation or facilities? Understanding how much water is available can help identify unusual use, plan ahead and avoid unexpected shortages. This information pack introduces one standalone approach to monitoring tank levels, usage patterns and potential leaks.

Water systems are part of everyday school infrastructure, yet they're often invisible. This product can help with simple monitoring, making water use more visible — helping schools understand patterns, identify issues early, and make more informed decisions around consumption and planning, especially over school holidays. It also opens up opportunities to connect students with real-world resource management, turning something already on-site into a practical learning system.

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Trying to understand where training and workforce opportunities are growing? The Queensland Skills Strategy (Good Jobs, Great Training 2024–2028) helps schools see Queensland's skills priorities, changing vocational pathways and the industries likely to need future workers.

This policy outlines Queensland's five-year strategy for aligning vocational education and training with future job needs. It focuses on expanding access to subsidised and free TAFE, building skills for high-demand industries (including emerging green sectors), strengthening training outcomes, and investing in lifelong learning.

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Want to understand where Queensland industry is heading — and what that could mean for students? This strategy provides useful insight into emerging technologies, workforce needs and the future of sustainable, high-value manufacturing.

This strategy document from the Queensland Government sets out a 10-year vision to modernise the state's manufacturing sector. It highlights priorities like advanced materials, clean technologies, workforce development and supply chain resilience — aiming to position Queensland as a leader in sustainable, high-value production.

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Looking for ideas that go beyond a single lesson or activity? Explore free STEAM-aligned resources, teaching approaches and school-wide frameworks designed to help sustainability become part of learning and action.

A rich, free hub of STEAM-aligned curriculum, sustainability pathways, and educator support. The Sustainables Academy offers downloadable resources, pedagogy models, and school-wide frameworks to help classrooms become ecosystems of action, learning, and impact.

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Want to move sustainability from a good intention to part of how decisions are actually made? This guide explores how purpose, sustainability and financial thinking can work together — useful for leaders building the case for long-term change.

This guide offers a clear, actionable pathway for businesses (and change agents) to align sustainability with profitability. It introduces the Impact Blueprint — five core principles to reframe mindset, mission, mapping, movement, and magnification — helping organisations embed circular economy thinking, ESG leadership, and regenerative business models.

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Setting school sustainability priorities or building a case for change? This strategy helps schools understand Queensland's targets and direction — useful context when planning resource recovery, infrastructure and future investment.

Queensland's Waste Strategy 2025–2030 lays out bold, measurable targets to reduce waste, increase recycling, and drive the state toward a cleaner, circular economy. Perfect for schools aiming to align your sustainability plans with state goals — and to leverage policy momentum for meaningful change.

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Have materials your school no longer needs — or need materials someone else may be discarding? ASPIRE shows how schools, businesses and communities can connect to keep useful resources in circulation, reduce disposal costs and find new value in what might otherwise be wasted.

ASPIRE connects schools, businesses and communities to recover resources and give materials a second life. It's a simple way to save costs, spark new ideas and show how a circular economy can flourish when we work together.

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Planning your school's next sustainability project or looking for the bigger picture behind Queensland's direction? Use this resource to connect school priorities with state goals, identify opportunities for action and explore potential funding pathways.

Discover how Queensland is reshaping the way we use—and reuse—resources. This state-wide framework outlines the path to a circular economy: reducing waste, designing out landfill and keeping materials in use for longer. It also highlights funding opportunities and grants to help schools kick-start projects and turn everyday actions into measurable impact.

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Planning a sustainability project, reviewing purchasing or trying to understand where your school fits into the bigger picture? This framework helps connect everyday decisions around resources, infrastructure and learning with Australia's wider circular economy direction.

Explore Australia's blueprint for a thriving circular economy. This national framework sets out the vision and key actions for reducing waste, boosting resource recovery and creating long-term environmental and economic value. A valuable reference for schools seeking to connect classroom learning with real-world sustainability goals.

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