Singleton Public School (SPS) will now be able to revitalise their bush tucker garden after receiving a $1000 grant from Interface, a US based company that sustainably manufacture carpet tiles here in Australia.
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And they are also in the running for the $20 000 people’s choice award.
This is the first time the company has offered the ‘Go Green Grants’ on a national level and twenty school’s around the country successfully fulfilled the relevant criteria.
Marketing development manager, Brendan Hogan, told The Singleton Argus that the competition was judged by the Green Building Council of Australia and they were looking for projects that displayed applicants were “thinking outside the square” and initiatives that would deliver impressive long-term learning outcomes.
“I have just visited a high school in Wagga Wagga who has created a fully functioning farm. They have a stand at their local IGA store where they sell their produce and the science behind it is very impressive,” he said.
Mr Hogan visited the school on Tuesday to present principal, David Crow with the $1000 cheque and inspected the area that will be re-developed.
Mr Crow says the bush tucker garden was planted many years ago and has unfortunately fallen into a state of disrepair with the majority of staff and students unaware that it even existed.
“With the support of the grant, our students and the community, it is the aim of our Aboriginal Cultural group to remedy the area,” he said.
According to SPS’s grant application this will involve improving the range of plants, providing specific information about them and building a traditional Aboriginal smoking pit.
As for the $20 000 people’s choice award industry experts and the general public will now get the opportunity to vote for their favourite project online.
Mr Hogan said the details of all the projects in the running should be up on the company’s Facebook page on Friday.