Posts tagged School Planning & Strategy
The Sustainables Academy

Useful for: Teachers, School Leaders

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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Turning Purpose into Profit: A Leader's Blueprint for Sustainable Growth

Useful for: School Leaders, Business Managers, P&Cs

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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Queensland Waste Strategy 2025–2030

Useful for: School Leaders, Business Managers, P&Cs

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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Queensland's Circular Economy & Waste-Reduction Vision

Useful for: School Leaders, Business Managers, P&Cs

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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P&C Welcome Kit: Turn School Resources into Learning, Income & Opportunity

Useful for: P&Cs

Wondering how your P&C can drive practical sustainability outcomes while creating opportunities for students and the school community? Start here.

Discover how your P&C can help drive practical sustainability outcomes while creating new opportunities for students and the wider school community. This free guide explains how Climate Action Schools helps schools recover value from resources currently sent to landfill, build industry connections, reduce waste, and create meaningful learning experiences. Includes an overview of the program, implementation steps, leadership briefing information, and potential benefits for schools, students and P&Cs.

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Australia's National Circular Economy Framework

Useful for: School Leaders, Business Managers, P&Cs, Teachers

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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