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Tomorrow’s Leaders for Sustainability

About the Program

Interested in a program to engage your students, deepen their environmental knowledge, build leadership skills and action a sustainability initiative in your school? 

Tomorrow’s Leaders for Sustainability (TLfS) is an award-winning program where a qualified facilitator from the EcoCentre will work with a class of your students over one term (one session per week), supporting the development of leadership skills and environmental knowledge. The program culminates in a student-directed sustainability project.

Each program is tailored to the school context, curriculum and student interests, and includes a local excursion. Our educator will work with the school’s contact teacher to confirm the sustainability topic for your TLfS and to develop the term-long planner. 

We are currently taking Expressions of Interest for Term 3 and Term 4. Please complete our EoI form at the bottom of this page.

Full scholarships are available to schools located within Bayside City Council and City of Port Phillip.

City of Stonnington school places are now full for 2023. 

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  • Elwood Primary School: Wetlands Web of Life Play to help raise awareness about the important biodiversity at the Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve 
  • St Michael’s Grammar: Design, build and install Nest Boxes in their school grounds for Eastern Rosellas 
  • Firbank Grammar (Sandringham): Electricity audits and energy saving power rangers 
  • St Kilda Park Primary School: Marine ecosystems and removing soy sauce single-use plastic fish from the canteen
  • Port Melbourne Primary School: Introducing school composting and installing compost bins
  • Beaumaris Secondary College: Establishing sustainability at our school and connecting to community
  • Lauriston Girls’ College: 3D printing and building a Grow Room
  • Malvern Central Primary School: Starting our student Green Team
  • St Catherine’s Junior school, Toorak: Sustainability in our new building
  • St Columba’s Primary School: Preventing ocean plastic pollution
  • The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School: Recycling oral care packaging project
The TLfS Program is now an integral part of our year long inquiry. The children so look forward to their weekly walk to the St Kilda Botanic gardens where they have the opportunity to explore their questions and understandings in relation to biodiversity and sustainability within an authentic environment. The program is carefully crafted to reflect student interest and needs and the Eco Centre team work with our staff to maximise learning opportunities for our students. The result is an action focused unit of inquiry that makes a difference for our local community!
Emma Phillips
Emma PhillipsSt Michael's Grammar
I really loved the local excursion where we got to walk around and see frogs, plants and birds. I also loved gardening and planting different seeds. It was fun when we did the teamwork activity and when we had to flip the tarp trying not to let anyone fall off. I’ve learned that it’s very important to take care of environment for wildlife.
Student Leader
Student LeaderSt Joseph's Primary School
“I loved this program as it helped me learn more about the world and it was FUN!”
Student leader
Student leaderFirbank Grammar
I enjoyed learning about the tribe who are custodians of the land we are on, learning about leadership and learning about waste because I realised I could be part of the solution.
Student leaderPort Melbourne Primary School
I loved being in nature because we explored lots of areas of St Kilda beach and I saw penguins for the first time and was able to help with their habitat. I loved this!
Student leaderSt Kilda Park Primary School
We are so excited to get going with our follow up projects - What a fantastic program to empower young people to take action in their local community and inspire others to do the same!
TeacherSt Kilda Park Primary School
What a fantastic opportunity for students to connect with community outside school and to engage with experiences and understandings with a shared interest! The program was well-organised and the presenter was articulate and responsive to the group. Through the program, our students have had the chance to present to other like-minded students in a caring and supportive space at the Schools Sustainability Festival and Bayside Youth Leaders for Climate
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Please note we can also accommodate 25 students of mixed year levels.
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The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located.

We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.