Albany Hills State School was the scene on Friday for the launch of a green diary that will be rolled out to 10,000 students in the state.

 

Students from the school will be among the first to record their eco-friendly actions in the diary in a bid to make preserving the environment a way of life.

 

The Green Lane Diary was instigated by humanitarian environment group Green Cross Australia, which aims to encourage creative ideas that could help shape our environmental future.

 

Albany Hills school principal Bronwyn Campbell said the school was hoping to encourage the whole community,

from children up, to live in a sustainable way.

 

''It starts at home and it's not some government policy . . . It's starts with each little kid,'' she said. Ms Campbell said the school produced as little waste as possible by encouraging students to recycle.

 

She said when some students entered high school, they were shocked by the rubbish at their new school.

 

The Green Lane Diary project is supported by the emerging national curriculum, CSIRO and Education Queensland. It will run until September for students aged 10-12 years.

 

The students will receive a diary and a green scrapbook in which they can keep a record of their ecological

activities and discoveries.

 

These will then be judged by Education Minister Geoff Wilson at a special event in November, with the most creative and innovative students crowned Green Lane Heroes.

 

Article by Pine Rivers Press