Environmental Curriculum launched by FujiXerox with Minister Wong and Dame Murdoch support
       By: Rolan
Posted: 2009-06-02 04:12:47
Fuji Xerox Australia and Global Green Plan Foundation - launched an

environmentally-focused curriculum in Victoria modifying school adaptation of sustainable education.

This unique initiative is supported

Fuji Xerox Australia, the leading Document Technology and Services Company with a commitment to

sustainability, is encouraging and enabling schools to 'meet the challenge' and adopt Living in 2030;

An Experiment in Survival - a set of education resources developed by the Global Green Plan Foundation

and successfully piloted with Williamstown High School teachers and students.
Australia's most high-profile centenarian and Patron of the Global Green Plan Foundation, Dame

Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, has called for community engagement in the initiative. "We need a collective

approach, we need an effective way into the community, we need education and motivation, and we need to

continually energize the process through youth - and we need it on a global scale. We need a Global

Green Plan."

Roger Pearce, General Manager of Corporate Affairs at Fuji Xerox, said the aim is to engage and

educate students so they not only understand sustainability but also have the capacity to address

related challenges in their daily lives. "Responding to sustainability issues requires new knowledge

and skills. Education initiatives ranging from the classroom to the boardroom are required for

solutions to be found. Fuji Xerox believes that teaching school children about environmental problems

and how they can be solved will inspire these future leaders and ingrain practices that will help

protect the planet for future generations."

The challenge launch was held at Williamstown High School's Bay view campus, which won the Victorian

Premier's Sustainability Award in 2009 for its sustainable building design. The school was also the

first to adopt the curriculum. Steve Cook, Campus Principal described its impact on students:
"The work produced by our students involved in this program is characterized by their creativity,

passion for the environment and a real desire to make a difference. The curriculum provides facts

whilst capturing imaginations and developing skills to address environmental challenges. The students'

optimism and creativity in finding a positive future for the planet has been an inspiration to us all."
Pearce emphasized the focus of this initiative is to drive further curriculum uptake by schools. "These

valuable teaching resources have been successfully tested by Williamstown High School. Our goal now is

to help Global Green Plan promote the curriculum, train teachers and provide materials so that

sustainability education can become more commonplace in Australian schools."
Hal Hewett, President of The Global Green Plan Foundation said "The students graduate from this school

with the knowledge and skills to address environmental issues.

"We wish to see schools across Australia and around the world continue the work started at Williamstown

High" said Hewett. "This will build a generation of people who are not only environmentally-aware but

also one that has learned real life skills that will make a difference to the planet's future".
In recognition of the school's environmental efforts, Fuji Xerox gifted Williamstown High School its

environmental award-winning multifunction device, the DocuCentre-III C2201, which will further decrease

the school's environmental impact and enhance its responsible print practices.
About Fuji Xerox Australia

Fuji Xerox Australia is one of Australia's leading document technology and services companies,

marketing a wide range of Fuji Xerox and Xerox products, solutions and services. With knowledge and

capabilities to design and implement document solutions for offices, print rooms, commercial printers

and publishing environments, Fuji Xerox has expertise in print and software solutions, office supplies

and managed services.
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