In inner Melbourne, Footscray Primary School has now commenced its EcoMasterplan. Check out ways the EcoMasterplan explores the latest thinking in environmental management and childhood learning. For updates, visit the school website on http://www.footscrayps.vic.edu.au/?p=45. Thanks to RE Ross Trust, City West Water, Office of Living Victoria for some funding!
7. How do we develop an eco-masterplan?
Guiding Principles
• We need to host a good engagement and consultation program to have a
design that is valued the most.
• We need the design to be valued by students, staff, parents, and neighbours to
ensure it is always looked after.
• We need to apply the latest thinking in sustainability, children’s learning and
urban design to get external support.
• We need to share our experience and our
assets to motivate the wider community
to take change for climate change.
• Eco-masterplanning for school grounds
will be supported by curriculum links
and indoor environmental activities
Stakeholders
Maribyrnong
City Council
City West Water Office of Living
Victoria
Melbourne Water
VicRoads Community
Groups
AussiVic
Sustainable Schools
CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities
Local
Business
Department of
Education - TBC
Department of
Health
8. Footscray Primary School is proudly an International Baccalaureate School.
Developing internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity
and shared guardianship of the planet, help create a better and more peaceful world
At Footscray Primary, our students strive to be:
• Inquirers Ask questions and enjoy learning
• Knowledgeable Explore new concepts and issues of local and global perspectives
• Thinkers Appreciate the importance of critical and creative thinking
• Communicators Express ideas confidently
• Principled Act with integrity and honesty
• Open minded Be open to new ideas and the perspectives of others
• Caring Show empathy, respect and compassion
• Risk-takers Be prepared to try new approaches
• Balanced Appreciate the need for intellectual, physical and emotional balance
• Reflective Give thoughtful consideration to learning and experiences
Our Eco-Masterplan offers great opportunities to draw on, and draw out, these values.
International Baccalaureate – Primary Years Program
9. Progress to Date
1. Footscray Primary School Eco-Masterplan - completed
Developed in 2012 and adopted by School Council in March 2013.
Funded by RE Ross Trust Fund, City West Water, and Footscray Primary.
Undertaken by Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architects. Click image for details.
2. Baseline iTree Value – completed
Developed in 2014. Undertaken by Enspec.
Click image for details
3. Actions - commenced
New plantings, new bikepaths, new natural play areas,
water efficiency works, new solar, new recycling and more.
Click image for details.
4. Industry Lessons Learnt
More ground-level education needed, grant programs to be more holistic, renewable precinct opportunities,
inner city underground complexities, shared use opportunities, recycling industry opportunities, etc.
More information to be available soon.
How do we develop an eco-masterplan?
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12. How will the project outcomes be measured?
Outcomes include:
1.Better engagement and connection among parents, neighbours, children and
teachers around sustainability, health, wellbeing and education.
Measured by: involvement numbers, design solutions, curriculum variations, follow
on community links and stakeholder engagement.
2.Better sustainability performance
Measured by: ongoing tracking of energy and water bills, variation in systems
including rainwater tanks usage, planting and resource recovery
3.Funding gained due to vision and program set out in Eco-Masterplan
Measured by: new funding support to deliver on ground features
4.Take up of ideas reflected in other schools in region and beyond.
Measured by: number of presentations, and links to other schools adopting
approaches from this Eco-Masterplan
14. Monash University – International Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
What is the effect of the ‘urban heat island’?
•Temperatures of dark, dry surfaces in direct sun can reach 88°C during the day, while
vegetated surfaces with moist soil under the same conditions might reach only 18°C.
•These dark surfaces include roads, roofs and car parks that create artificial warmth or
urban heat islands in built up areas.
•In February 2012, Monash University analysed the
effects of irrigation of an urban park on local and
downwind climate.
Research – Urban Heat Island
