Last week, several girls put the notice together (thanks Hannah, Yi & Paige). This week I want to have my say!

I want to publicly acknowledge what a positive, respectful, and committed group of young women we have in our Enviroschools group. They truly do ‘think globally and act locally’. They are always keen to get involved, and to ‘do’ things that make a difference to our school environment as well as our region, country and planet.

A particularly nice dimension to our group is the fact that we have so many dimensions. There are students from different years and different cultural backgrounds. One of these is Leonie Leoffler, and we sadly farewell her this week. We know you will continue your commitment to all things sustainable in Germany, and thank you, Leonie.

Thanks Leonie, and all of you, for all you do!

Things that we can also ALL do right now are:

• Submit on the Zero Carbon Bill. See https://www.mfe.govt.nz/have-your-say-zero-carbon. Generation Zero, a group of young New Zealanders, also has this information and suggestions on http://www.generationzero.org/zca_submission

• Commit to plastic-free July! See http://www.plasticfreejuly.org/. This website also has good ideas and ways to live a waste-free lifestyle https://therubbishtrip.co.nz/. This includes a regional shopping guide http://therubbishtrip.co.nz/regional-shopping-guide/regional-zero-waste-shopping-guides/

Have a wonderful, waste-free holiday!