DISCOVERY COLLEGE JOINS TASS
Discovery College (DC) has joined The Alliance for Sustainable Schools (TASS), a non-profit organisation that addresses systemic sustainability issues within schools internationally. TASS’ network of specialists share their expertise to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future in educational institutions and amplify their impact through their commitment to the principles of the Sustainable Schools Charter. Joining TASS will enable DC students to become a bigger part of a sustainable future; they will have opportunities to learn more about sustainability and create programme-based changes to introduce sustainability as an inherent part of education for all ages.
As an agent of change, TASS harnesses collective influence through partnering with innovative organisations and schools to catalyse systems change in five key areas: school buses, school buildings, school food, school uniforms and education for sustainability. To approach these issues in a multifaceted way, TASS has four fundamental bases: to connect, to engage, to demonstrate and to scale. Together these concepts allow TASS to make maximal ripples in the communities it works with. The Sustainable Schools Charter is a promise to operate according to a set of guiding principles related to sustainability, and a commitment to prioritise sustainability in all decisions and operations. The eight pledges of the charter cover the following:
1. Enable students to become sustainability stewards
2. Targets to reduce emissions and waste
3. Sustainable built environment
4. Schools as living laboratories for sustainability
5. Operational efficiency and resource use
6. Climate change and sustainability in the curriculum
7. School-community collaboration
8. Share best practice
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