world environment day calendar 2017
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World Environment Day Calendar 2017
Alex Herse – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 1“Taking care of this world is in our hands today.”
CITY OF LOGAN WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POSTER COMPETITIONLogan City Council hosts an annual primary school poster
competition in celebration of World Environment Day, which
is observed every year on 5 June. For the City of Logan’s World
Environment Day 2016 theme, ‘Local Action, Global Impact,’
primary school students created posters encouraging everyone to
make small changes in their day-to-day lives to help contribute
to a healthy environment. Every small local change can have a
lasting global effect.
The following winning categories and prizes were awarded:
• Thirteen overall winners each received a cash prize, certificate
and prize bag, and have their posters featured in the 2017
World Environment Day Calendar;
• Eight Highly Commended winners each received a certificate
and a prize bag;
• All registered participants received a participation prize; and
• All participating schools received a school prize and went into
the draw to win two iPads, which were awarded to Waterford
State School.
The 21 winners from the 2016 City of Logan World Environment
Day poster competition were awarded their prizes at presentation
ceremonies held at their respective schools. The ‘Highly
Commended’ winners’ posters are shown below.
If you are interested in entering the next World Environment Day
Poster Competition, please ask your teacher or school staff to
check the details on Logan City Council’s website,
www.logan.qld.gov.au. The competition will open in early 2017.
Ruby Ormsby-Qualtrough – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 1
Samara McCann – Browns Plains State School, Grade 5 Ram Sang Chin Lal Nun Thar – Groves Christian College, Grade 1
2016 Highly Commended Winners
Mia McCullough – Harris Fields State School, Grade 4 Liam Smith – St Bernardine’s Primary School, Grade 3 Tiberio Gallo – John Paul College, Grade 3
Jay Fetalaiga – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3
George Nona – St Paul’s Woodridge, Grade 5
The World Environment Day Poster Competition is an initiative of Logan City Council. The competition has been running for more than 10 years and has proven to be very popular with the community and school children. If you are interested in the next World Environment Day Poster Competition, please get your school or teacher to check Council’s website for details from January 2017.
LOCAL ACTION, GLOBAL IMPACT
MAYOR’S MESSAGEWorld Environment Day provides an ideal opportunity for the community to acknowledge the importance of
the environment and sustainability.
This year Logan City Council’s 2017 World Environment Day calendar delivers the important message of
taking ‘local action’ to make a ‘global impact’. Children from 18 primary schools across our city created
posters to reflect this message.
The competition contained many thought provoking submissions, demonstrating a positive message of
caring for the environment.
The posters highlight the value of making small ‘eco’ changes in our day-to-day actions, behavioural changes
that start with each other, ourselves, our family, friends and community.
Living sustainably will create a positive difference, not only to
our health but also to the natural environments that support
our planet.
Mayor Luke Smith
City of Logan
COUNCILLOR LISA BRADLEY’S MESSAGEThe ‘Local Action, Global Impact’ message is at the centre of our collective responsibility to
preserving the world’s environment. It is a message that encourages the community to become
the owners of change and to live sustainably.
Changing every day habits can create a large scale change with initiatives such as reducing waste,
energy usage and use of single use plastics. Appreciating nature engages the senses and creates
communities. The City of Logan provides an amazing array of natural areas and outdoor spaces to
explore.
The children that participated in this year’s World Environment Day calendar competition
interpreted ‘Local Action, Global Impact’ message in many creative ways. With each poster as
imaginative as the next, it was hard to choose the finalists.
The posters in this calendar provide powerful messages on how
we can change every day actions to make a positive difference
on a larger scale.
Councillor Lisa Bradley
Councillor - Division 1.
Chairperson of Health, Environment and
Sustainability Committee
Dustin Howlett – Slacks Creek State School, Grade 2
JANUARYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1New Year’s Day
2New Year’s Day
Holiday
3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23World Environment Day
Poster Competition opens
24 25 26Australia Day
27 28
29 30EnviroGrants
applications open
31
Make a New Year’s resolution to make small ‘eco’ changes in your day-to-day actions to benefit you, your family and the environment. Imagine, if you shared your tips with 20 of your friends and family who then shared it with 20 others, then there would be 400 more people taking local actions, collectively making a lasting global impact.
School holidays
Public holiday
Logan City Council event/program
Paige Warwick – Springwood Central State School, Grade 1
FEBRUARYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2World Wetlands Day
3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14Valentine’s Day
15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28Business Clean Up
Australia Day
Have you picked up your copy of Logan’s Nature Play Passport? It contains heaps of fun and adventurous activities that aim to get kids playing outdoors. The City of Logan has more than 400 beautiful parks and natural bushlands scattered throughout our city, many equipped with barbecues, picnic areas, playgrounds and walking tracks - perfect for your next family outing.
Claire McAllan – Springwood Central State School, Grade 4
MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3School Clean Up
Australia Day, World Wildlife Day, Logan Wildlife Volunteers
Celebration
4
5Clean Up Australia Day
6 7 8International Women’s
Day
9 10 11
12EnviroGrants
applications close
13 14 15 16 17Ride2School Day
St Patrick’s Day
18Land for Wildlife Celebration Day
19 20 21International Day of
Forests
Harmony Day
22World Water Day
23World Meteorological
Day
24 25International Earth Hour
City of Logan Earth Hour
8.30pm - 9.30pm
26 27 28 29 30 31National Youth Week
(until Sun 9 April)
Council provides residents with practical information on how to adopt a lifestyle that contributes to conserving our environment. Check out the back page of this calendar for more information on available programs.
Logan City Council event/program
Isabella Taslida-Wilson – Groves Christian College, Grade 1
APRILSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 1
2 3 4 5 6 7World Environment Day
Poster Competition closes
8
9 10 11 12 13 14Good Friday
15The day after
Good Friday
16 17Easter Monday
18 19 20 21 22Earth Day
23 24 25Anzac Day
26 27 28 29Save the Frogs Day
The average Australian family of four people makes enough rubbish in one year to completely fill a three-bedroom house from floor to ceiling, and this waste is made up of 47% organic (food and garden) waste! Try this: Live the ‘Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot (i.e. compost)’ lifestyle for a week and see the difference it makes in the amount of rubbish you put in the general waste bin.
School holidays
Public holiday
Logan City Council event/program
Mia Dobele – Slacks Creek State School, Prep
MAYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1Labour Day
2 3 4 5 6
7 8National Volunteer Week (until Sun 14)
9 10 11 12 13World Migratory Bird
Day
14 Mother’s Day
15 16 17 18 19 20
21RSPCA Million Paws
Walk
World Fish Migration Day
22International Day for
Biological Diversity
23World Turtle Day
24 25 26 27
28Logan Eco Action
Festival (LEAF)
29 30 31
Come along to the City of Logan’s FREE Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF). LEAF is about educating our community on the small steps we can take locally which collectively make a global impact. There’s a whole lot on offer during the day, including great music, delicious food, loads of fun educational activities, stalls, workshops and more.
Public holidays
Logan City Council event/program
Aurelia Gallo – John Paul College, Grade 5
JUNESunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
4 5World Environment Day
6 7 8World Oceans Day
9 10
11 12 13 14 15Global Wind Day
16 17World Day to Combat
Desertification and Drought
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
Did you know that the City of Logan and greater Brisbane region produces around $800 million worth of local produce each year including vegetables, fruit, nuts, poultry and cattle? Eating locally grown food cuts down on food miles, thus air pollution and carbon emissions - so eating locally has a global impact.
School holidays
Seth Giles – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 3
JULYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30National Tree Day
31 1
2NAIDOC Week
(until Sun 9)
3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11World Population Day
12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28School Tree Day
29
This month celebrates NAIDOC week, a great opportunity for everyone to learn from and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of our Indigenous residents. In the City of Logan, the two major language groups of local Aboriginal people are the Yugarapul (Yagara) and the Mununjali (Yugambeh).
School holidays
Jack Sailes – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3
AUGUSTSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9International Day of
the World’s Indigenous People
10 11 12National Science Week
(until Sun 20)
13 14Royal Queensland
Show Day for Logan
15 16Royal Queensland
Show Day for Brisbane
17 18 19
20 21Keep Australia Beautiful
Week(until Sun 27)
22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Help ‘Keep Australia Beautiful’ by endeavouring to do a quick litter pick up every time you visit a park. You could make a game of it by seeing who can pick up the most items within five minutes. Remember, safety first - wear gloves and beware of sharps.
Public holiday
Brooke Morris – St Paul’s Woodridge, Grade 6
SEPTEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1National Biodiversity
Month
National Wattle Day
2
3Father’s Day
4 5 6 7National Threatened
Species Day
8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16International Day for
the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 18World Water
Monitoring Day
19 20 21 22World Car-free Day
23
24World Rivers Day
25 26 27 28 29 30
Celebrate World Car-free Day this month and commit to making a difference by walking, cycling or using public transport instead. You may be surprised as to how easy it is to make this small change to ditch the car and embrace a healthier start to the day.
School holidays
Brooke Gillman – St Bernadine’s Primary School, Grade 4
OCTOBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2Queen’s Birthday
3 4World Animal Day
5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Did you know that plastic bags should not be placed in the residential recycling bin because they clog the processing machines and cause contamination resulting in the whole load having to be discarded into landfill? Plastic shopping bags and other types of soft plastics such as pasta and rice bags, lolly and biscuit packets, fresh fruit and vegetable bags and frozen food bags can be returned to some supermarkets for recycling.
School holidays
Public holiday
Kerubin Padernos – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3
NOVEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11Remembrance Day
12 13National Recycling
Week (until Sun 19)
14 15 16 17Queensland Year 12
finish school
18
19International
Men’s Day
20 21World Fisheries Day
22 23 24Queensland Year 10 &
11 finish school
25
26 27 28 29 30
Cool recycling facts:• Recycling one aluminium can saves enough power to run your TV for three hours. • Glass can be recycled over and over again, which saves carbon dioxide being released
for the creation of new glass.
• By recycling one plastic bottle, students can save enough energy to power their computer for 25 minutes.
• Many different things can be recycled, including electronics, batteries, and old X-rays.• Recycling counts! Learn how to make the most of your recyclables on Council’s website.
Jayden Stevens – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 4
DECEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31New Year’s Eve
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11International Mountain
Day
12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25Christmas Day
26Boxing Day
27 28 29 30
Become a ‘Sustainable Santa’ and endeavour to have a low-carbon Christmas this year. Consider using reusable plates and cutlery, making your own Christmas paper from recycled newspaper, buying ‘experiences’ or donating to charity instead of purchasing physical gifts or perhaps visiting the Logan Recycling Market at the Browns Plains Waste and Recycling Facility for gifts or decorations.
School holidays
Public holiday
Environmental events and activities Logan City Council runs interactive and fun environmental events, workshops and activities to educate residents and encourage an appreciation for Logan’s natural environment.
Make sure you don’t miss Logan’s annual environmental festival - Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF). Coinciding with World Environment Day international celebrations, LEAF promotes eco-living tips in a fun, family environment. This free event attracts over 5,000 people who are eager to learn how to live their lives more sustainably and enjoy live music, organic food, children’s activities and environmental workshops.
Native Fish ProgramLogan City Council provides native fish to residents wanting to control mosquitoes breeding in their own backyard ponds and dams. As well as being annoying pests, mosquitoes can carry diseases such as Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus and dog heartworm. Freshwater mosquitoes can breed in just about any stagnant pool of water (including pot plant saucers, birdbaths, ornamental ponds and water features). Council conducts routine larval mosquito control; however, the hardest mosquitoes to access are those producing larvae in your own backyard.
Logan Rivers and Wetlands Recovery The waterways and wetlands that connect the City of Logan have integral social, economic and environmental values and are an important part of the city’s landscape. It is recognised that healthy waterways and wetlands play a pivotal role in supporting a community’s liveability and are central to developing and sustaining a sense of place and community identity, while providing habitat and wildlife corridor connections. With increasing pressure on our waterways, it is essential we celebrate and look after these natural assets to ensure their future protection and enhancement.
Free treesAll Logan City ratepayers can receive three free trees each financial year. Schools and community groups based on Council-owned land can receive 50 plants per financial year.
Conservation Incentives ProgramLogan City Council’s voluntary Conservation Incentives Program (CIP) provides local landowners with assistance to manage bushland on their properties. Council provides both financial and technical support through a range of informal and formal partnerships with landowners who are willing to integrate conservation management with their existing land uses.
The Conservation Incentives Program includes:
Benefits of the program include:
• Free to join;
• Free annual incentives package (e.g. free plants, nestboxes, books, mulch and more);
• Free ongoing land management support and advice (e.g. habitat restoration, weed management, wildlife and vegetation identification);
• Free environmental workshops, field days and networking opportunities;
• Free technical land and wildlife management notes and quarterly newsletters; and
• Free property sign.
Environmental grants program Logan City Council’s EnviroGrants program aims to enhance and protect the natural environment and foster environmentally sustainable practices across the City of Logan through community awareness and participation.
If you are currently involved in an environmentally-based project or are thinking of starting one, you may be eligible for assistance through the EnviroGrants program. Logan City Council offers grants of up to $5000 per environmental project/research/education and up to $2000 for Wildlife Carers each financial year.
Community bushcare programBushcare is a community-based program supported by Logan City Council. Bushcare enables you to play a role in helping to protect your local bushland. Volunteers work in Council’s bushland parks to restore bushland by controlling weeds and planting trees, observing and recording native plants and animals and undertaking a range of tasks planned in consultation with Council’s Bushcare Officer.
If you have a keen interest in caring for bushland and the environment, enjoy working outdoors and meeting new people and welcome new challenges, then why not join a local Bushcare group and help to care for one or more of Logan’s bushland parks (there are over 400). Application forms can be found on Council’s website.
Sustainable living By investing in solar PV, LED lighting, an innovative air conditioning system and other upgrades, Logan City Council has led the way in reducing energy costs and saving CO2 emissions. By proving the effectiveness of these technologies and promoting their benefits, Council has sought to build community confidence to make similar investments, to enjoy lower operating costs and to help reduce our city’s carbon footprint.
150 Wembley Road, Logan Centralp: 1300 1 LOGAN* or 07 3412 3412e: [email protected] w: www.logan.qld.gov.au
VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION
COVENANT (VCC)
LAND FOR WILDLIFE
(LFW)
VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION
AGREEMENT (VCA)
This calendar is printed on 100% recycled stock.
For further information on any of the above Council programs, please contact Logan City Council's Customer Service Unit on 1300 1 LOGAN* or visit www.logan.qld.gov.au
* Council's 1300 number is only for use by customers within Logan City from a landline. When contacting Council from a mobile phone or from outside Logan City, please phone 07 3412 3412.