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Voiceover (Male): The Environmental Learning Centre here at Christies Beach High School
has a focus on sustainability. There were sustainable building practices used in constructing
the building, rammed earth and straw bale was used in the production and it also has
some renewable energy resources to heat and cool the building. The Environmental Learning
Centre had its roof designed to take a photovoltaic system. The building doesn't use a lot of
energy to run, but we have a large 13 kilowatt photovoltaic system to run the building and
that produces enough energy to run four of these environmental learning centres. Sometimes
sustainability is a hard concept for the students to grasp, but they can come down here, they
can feel the straw bale, they can feel the rammed earth and get a good idea of what sustainability
means. Voiceover (Male 2): I love teaching at Christies
Beach High School cause I get to work with some amazing kids and staff and get the opportunity
to do all sorts of really good environmental projects.
Voiceover (Young Female): Christies Beach High School is renowned for its environmental
learning programs. Voiceover (Young Female 2): I really enjoy
being involved and educating younger people in our school about the surroundings and the
environment. Voiceover (Young Female 3): The Environmental
Learning Centre is my favourite part of the school. Because we are lucky enough to have
this building on the same campus as school so it gives us more time and opportunities
to work with and learn more about the environment. Voiceover (Male 2): The students can actually
see that there are alternative to fossil fuels, you can generate power and reduce the environmental
impact. Voiceover (Male): The centre here is a very
unique place and the students love coming here. They often comment that they would like
to live here. They comment on how comfortable the temperature is in the building and they
love that use of natural materials and the surroundings. The National Solar Schools funding
has enabled us to get a large PV array to complete the building and complete the dream.