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Sustainability Policy ( June 19th
2006)
Little Yarra Steiner School aims to be CO2 Neutral and grid independent by 2016.
The scope of this aim is to be inclusive of the operations of the school: energy
consumed on site, purchasing, transport and commuter travel, and the handling of
waste.
It is also the aim of the school to conserve resources, to minimise waste and to
take responsibility for the disposal of pollutants produced by the school’s
activities. The school also aims to honour, maintain and develop natural, social
and cultural capital. This is inclusive of pre-historic, historic and
contemporary cultural activity.
The principles of Truth, Beauty and Goodness, as embodied in the school’s
pedagogy, shall be applied as principles when interpreting this policy.
In line with these objectives the school’s development, maintenance and
organisation shall have regard to the following in this order of consideration,
but without any category being paramount:
1 The well-being of the children.
2 The wholesome working environment of staff.
3 The pedagogical program.
4 The existing values of the property: natural and built environment.
5. The school’s place in the broader community from an ecological perspective.
Guidelines
1. Problems, issues, needs will be resolved by principles of good design in the
first instance. This means the utilisation of passive energy principles,
conservation, recycling and abstinence where abstinence does not compromise the
quality of the educational program.
2. A whole of life framework will be applied to projects and purchases. This
means that the cost benefit analysis of any decision will take into account the
anticipated duration of any building, infrastructure or item and include its
initial costs, its energy requirements, maintenance costs, potential for
recycling, waste and disposal. This includes taking into account embodied energy
and environmental impact of production and transportation.
3. Decisions, wherever possible will be maximally over-determined. This means
having as many reasons for doing something as possible and is fulfilled when a
building can be used for more than one purpose, or when infrastructure is also
exemplary and supports the pedagogy.
4. The school will endeavour to be transparent in its processes as the means of
building and maintaining a vibrant and developing culture.
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Document Updated:
15/09/2008
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