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Conservation

Department of Conservation

This Department of Conservation (DOC) site has information about the protection of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage, how and where you can enjoy public conservation places and how to get involved in conservation.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
doc.govt.nz/conservation/

NZ Forest and Bird

A society whose role includes protection of all New Zealand native species and wild places. Includes information on wildlife, plants and projects.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
forestandbird.org.nz/saving-our-environment

Kiwi Conservation Club

Presents New Zealand conservation information.

Suggested level: primary
kcc.org.nz/

Waste management and recycling

Recycling and Our Environment

List of informational websites about all aspects of conservation, sustainability and caring for our earth from climate change to worm farming. A New Zealand site.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate
christchurchcitylibraries.com/Resources/Kids/Environment/

Garden and food waste: Create your own Eden

Auckland City Council website. All you need to know on how to make great compost, improve your soil and produce fantastic fertilisers for your plants, vegetables and garden.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.createyourowneden.org.nz/

Worm Farming

Northland Regional Council’s website includes an environmental section for schools. Here you’ll find a demonstration of how schools are composting, recycling and growing worm farms with helpful photographs showing real projects in Northland schools, along with diagrams and dialogue. A New Zealand website.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate
http://www.nrc.govt.nz/For-Schools/School-information-packs/Worm-farming/

Kids be green

Fact sheets, games and colouring sheets about the three ‘r’s’; recycling, reusing and reducing, from the United States.

Suggested level: primary
http://www.kidsbegreen.org/

Recycle Zone

Educational waste related games and fun activities from Waste Watch in the UK, including a rubbish challenge, waster challenge and recycling rap.

Suggested level: primary
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_fz.aspx.html

Sustainability

The Ministry for the Environment now provides information on sustainability in several online locations, having ‘retired’ its Sustainability website. A booklet, 25 easy steps toward sustainability outlines practical ways for households to minimise household waste, paper, plastic bags, water, and energy. It includes suggestions for recycling. For more information on what the NZ Government is doing about waste, see information on waste minimisation programmes.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/sus-dev/25-steps-towards-sustainability/page1.html
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/waste/

EPIC

Conservation

Britannica Online School Edition

Provides a range of information and articles on aspects of conservation. Users can also search for articles under environment, and recycling. Three levels of online encyclopedia. School log-in required.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.tki.org.nz/epic2