World Environment Day Calendar 2017

Alex Herse – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 1“Taking care of this world is in our hands today.”

CITY OF LOGAN WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POSTER COMPETITIONLogan City Council hosts an annual primary school poster

competition in celebration of World Environment Day, which

is observed every year on 5 June. For the City of Logan’s World

Environment Day 2016 theme, ‘Local Action, Global Impact,’

primary school students created posters encouraging everyone to

make small changes in their day-to-day lives to help contribute

to a healthy environment. Every small local change can have a

lasting global effect.

The following winning categories and prizes were awarded:

• Thirteen overall winners each received a cash prize, certificate

and prize bag, and have their posters featured in the 2017

World Environment Day Calendar;

• Eight Highly Commended winners each received a certificate

and a prize bag;

• All registered participants received a participation prize; and

• All participating schools received a school prize and went into

the draw to win two iPads, which were awarded to Waterford

State School.

The 21 winners from the 2016 City of Logan World Environment

Day poster competition were awarded their prizes at presentation

ceremonies held at their respective schools. The ‘Highly

Commended’ winners’ posters are shown below.

If you are interested in entering the next World Environment Day

Poster Competition, please ask your teacher or school staff to

check the details on Logan City Council’s website,

www.logan.qld.gov.au. The competition will open in early 2017.

Ruby Ormsby-Qualtrough – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 1

Samara McCann – Browns Plains State School, Grade 5 Ram Sang Chin Lal Nun Thar – Groves Christian College, Grade 1

2016 Highly Commended Winners

Mia McCullough – Harris Fields State School, Grade 4 Liam Smith – St Bernardine’s Primary School, Grade 3 Tiberio Gallo – John Paul College, Grade 3

Jay Fetalaiga – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3

George Nona – St Paul’s Woodridge, Grade 5

The World Environment Day Poster Competition is an initiative of Logan City Council. The competition has been running for more than 10 years and has proven to be very popular with the community and school children. If you are interested in the next World Environment Day Poster Competition, please get your school or teacher to check Council’s website for details from January 2017.

LOCAL ACTION, GLOBAL IMPACT

MAYOR’S MESSAGEWorld Environment Day provides an ideal opportunity for the community to acknowledge the importance of

the environment and sustainability.

This year Logan City Council’s 2017 World Environment Day calendar delivers the important message of

taking ‘local action’ to make a ‘global impact’. Children from 18 primary schools across our city created

posters to reflect this message.

The competition contained many thought provoking submissions, demonstrating a positive message of

caring for the environment.

The posters highlight the value of making small ‘eco’ changes in our day-to-day actions, behavioural changes

that start with each other, ourselves, our family, friends and community.

Living sustainably will create a positive difference, not only to

our health but also to the natural environments that support

our planet.

Mayor Luke Smith

City of Logan

COUNCILLOR LISA BRADLEY’S MESSAGEThe ‘Local Action, Global Impact’ message is at the centre of our collective responsibility to

preserving the world’s environment. It is a message that encourages the community to become

the owners of change and to live sustainably.

Changing every day habits can create a large scale change with initiatives such as reducing waste,

energy usage and use of single use plastics. Appreciating nature engages the senses and creates

communities. The City of Logan provides an amazing array of natural areas and outdoor spaces to

explore.

The children that participated in this year’s World Environment Day calendar competition

interpreted ‘Local Action, Global Impact’ message in many creative ways. With each poster as

imaginative as the next, it was hard to choose the finalists.

The posters in this calendar provide powerful messages on how

we can change every day actions to make a positive difference

on a larger scale.

Councillor Lisa Bradley

Councillor - Division 1.

Chairperson of Health, Environment and

Sustainability Committee

Dustin Howlett – Slacks Creek State School, Grade 2

JANUARYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1New Year’s Day

2New Year’s Day

Holiday

3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23World Environment Day

Poster Competition opens

24 25 26Australia Day

27 28

29 30EnviroGrants

applications open

31

Make a New Year’s resolution to make small ‘eco’ changes in your day-to-day actions to benefit you, your family and the environment. Imagine, if you shared your tips with 20 of your friends and family who then shared it with 20 others, then there would be 400 more people taking local actions, collectively making a lasting global impact.

School holidays

Public holiday

Logan City Council event/program

Paige Warwick – Springwood Central State School, Grade 1

FEBRUARYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

2World Wetlands Day

3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14Valentine’s Day

15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28Business Clean Up

Australia Day

Have you picked up your copy of Logan’s Nature Play Passport? It contains heaps of fun and adventurous activities that aim to get kids playing outdoors. The City of Logan has more than 400 beautiful parks and natural bushlands scattered throughout our city, many equipped with barbecues, picnic areas, playgrounds and walking tracks - perfect for your next family outing.

Claire McAllan – Springwood Central State School, Grade 4

MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3School Clean Up

Australia Day, World Wildlife Day, Logan Wildlife Volunteers

Celebration

4

5Clean Up Australia Day

6 7 8International Women’s

Day

9 10 11

12EnviroGrants

applications close

13 14 15 16 17Ride2School Day

St Patrick’s Day

18Land for Wildlife Celebration Day

19 20 21International Day of

Forests

Harmony Day

22World Water Day

23World Meteorological

Day

24 25International Earth Hour

City of Logan Earth Hour

8.30pm - 9.30pm

26 27 28 29 30 31National Youth Week

(until Sun 9 April)

Council provides residents with practical information on how to adopt a lifestyle that contributes to conserving our environment. Check out the back page of this calendar for more information on available programs.

Logan City Council event/program

Isabella Taslida-Wilson – Groves Christian College, Grade 1

APRILSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7World Environment Day

Poster Competition closes

8

9 10 11 12 13 14Good Friday

15The day after

Good Friday

16 17Easter Monday

18 19 20 21 22Earth Day

23 24 25Anzac Day

26 27 28 29Save the Frogs Day

The average Australian family of four people makes enough rubbish in one year to completely fill a three-bedroom house from floor to ceiling, and this waste is made up of 47% organic (food and garden) waste! Try this: Live the ‘Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot (i.e. compost)’ lifestyle for a week and see the difference it makes in the amount of rubbish you put in the general waste bin.

School holidays

Public holiday

Logan City Council event/program

Mia Dobele – Slacks Creek State School, Prep

MAYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1Labour Day

2 3 4 5 6

7 8National Volunteer Week (until Sun 14)

9 10 11 12 13World Migratory Bird

Day

14 Mother’s Day

15 16 17 18 19 20

21RSPCA Million Paws

Walk

World Fish Migration Day

22International Day for

Biological Diversity

23World Turtle Day

24 25 26 27

28Logan Eco Action

Festival (LEAF)

29 30 31

Come along to the City of Logan’s FREE Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF). LEAF is about educating our community on the small steps we can take locally which collectively make a global impact. There’s a whole lot on offer during the day, including great music, delicious food, loads of fun educational activities, stalls, workshops and more.

Public holidays

Logan City Council event/program

Aurelia Gallo – John Paul College, Grade 5

JUNESunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3

4 5World Environment Day

6 7 8World Oceans Day

9 10

11 12 13 14 15Global Wind Day

16 17World Day to Combat

Desertification and Drought

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

Did you know that the City of Logan and greater Brisbane region produces around $800 million worth of local produce each year including vegetables, fruit, nuts, poultry and cattle? Eating locally grown food cuts down on food miles, thus air pollution and carbon emissions - so eating locally has a global impact.

School holidays

Seth Giles – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 3

JULYSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30National Tree Day

31 1

2NAIDOC Week

(until Sun 9)

3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11World Population Day

12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28School Tree Day

29

This month celebrates NAIDOC week, a great opportunity for everyone to learn from and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of our Indigenous residents. In the City of Logan, the two major language groups of local Aboriginal people are the Yugarapul (Yagara) and the Mununjali (Yugambeh).

School holidays

Jack Sailes – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3

AUGUSTSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9International Day of

the World’s Indigenous People

10 11 12National Science Week

(until Sun 20)

13 14Royal Queensland

Show Day for Logan

15 16Royal Queensland

Show Day for Brisbane

17 18 19

20 21Keep Australia Beautiful

Week(until Sun 27)

22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Help ‘Keep Australia Beautiful’ by endeavouring to do a quick litter pick up every time you visit a park. You could make a game of it by seeing who can pick up the most items within five minutes. Remember, safety first - wear gloves and beware of sharps.

Public holiday

Brooke Morris – St Paul’s Woodridge, Grade 6

SEPTEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1National Biodiversity

Month

National Wattle Day

2

3Father’s Day

4 5 6 7National Threatened

Species Day

8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16International Day for

the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

17 18World Water

Monitoring Day

19 20 21 22World Car-free Day

23

24World Rivers Day

25 26 27 28 29 30

Celebrate World Car-free Day this month and commit to making a difference by walking, cycling or using public transport instead. You may be surprised as to how easy it is to make this small change to ditch the car and embrace a healthier start to the day.

School holidays

Brooke Gillman – St Bernadine’s Primary School, Grade 4

OCTOBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2Queen’s Birthday

3 4World Animal Day

5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Did you know that plastic bags should not be placed in the residential recycling bin because they clog the processing machines and cause contamination resulting in the whole load having to be discarded into landfill? Plastic shopping bags and other types of soft plastics such as pasta and rice bags, lolly and biscuit packets, fresh fruit and vegetable bags and frozen food bags can be returned to some supermarkets for recycling.

School holidays

Public holiday

Kerubin Padernos – Harris Fields State School, Grade 3

NOVEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11Remembrance Day

12 13National Recycling

Week (until Sun 19)

14 15 16 17Queensland Year 12

finish school

18

19International

Men’s Day

20 21World Fisheries Day

22 23 24Queensland Year 10 &

11 finish school

25

26 27 28 29 30

Cool recycling facts:• Recycling one aluminium can saves enough power to run your TV for three hours. • Glass can be recycled over and over again, which saves carbon dioxide being released

for the creation of new glass.

• By recycling one plastic bottle, students can save enough energy to power their computer for 25 minutes.

• Many different things can be recycled, including electronics, batteries, and old X-rays.• Recycling counts! Learn how to make the most of your recyclables on Council’s website.

Jayden Stevens – Beenleigh Special School, Grade 4

DECEMBERSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31New Year’s Eve

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11International Mountain

Day

12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25Christmas Day

26Boxing Day

27 28 29 30

Become a ‘Sustainable Santa’ and endeavour to have a low-carbon Christmas this year. Consider using reusable plates and cutlery, making your own Christmas paper from recycled newspaper, buying ‘experiences’ or donating to charity instead of purchasing physical gifts or perhaps visiting the Logan Recycling Market at the Browns Plains Waste and Recycling Facility for gifts or decorations.

School holidays

Public holiday

Environmental events and activities Logan City Council runs interactive and fun environmental events, workshops and activities to educate residents and encourage an appreciation for Logan’s natural environment.

Make sure you don’t miss Logan’s annual environmental festival - Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF). Coinciding with World Environment Day international celebrations, LEAF promotes eco-living tips in a fun, family environment. This free event attracts over 5,000 people who are eager to learn how to live their lives more sustainably and enjoy live music, organic food, children’s activities and environmental workshops.

Native Fish ProgramLogan City Council provides native fish to residents wanting to control mosquitoes breeding in their own backyard ponds and dams. As well as being annoying pests, mosquitoes can carry diseases such as Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus and dog heartworm. Freshwater mosquitoes can breed in just about any stagnant pool of water (including pot plant saucers, birdbaths, ornamental ponds and water features). Council conducts routine larval mosquito control; however, the hardest mosquitoes to access are those producing larvae in your own backyard.

Logan Rivers and Wetlands Recovery The waterways and wetlands that connect the City of Logan have integral social, economic and environmental values and are an important part of the city’s landscape. It is recognised that healthy waterways and wetlands play a pivotal role in supporting a community’s liveability and are central to developing and sustaining a sense of place and community identity, while providing habitat and wildlife corridor connections. With increasing pressure on our waterways, it is essential we celebrate and look after these natural assets to ensure their future protection and enhancement.

Free treesAll Logan City ratepayers can receive three free trees each financial year. Schools and community groups based on Council-owned land can receive 50 plants per financial year.

Conservation Incentives ProgramLogan City Council’s voluntary Conservation Incentives Program (CIP) provides local landowners with assistance to manage bushland on their properties. Council provides both financial and technical support through a range of informal and formal partnerships with landowners who are willing to integrate conservation management with their existing land uses.

The Conservation Incentives Program includes:

Benefits of the program include:

• Free to join;

• Free annual incentives package (e.g. free plants, nestboxes, books, mulch and more);

• Free ongoing land management support and advice (e.g. habitat restoration, weed management, wildlife and vegetation identification);

• Free environmental workshops, field days and networking opportunities;

• Free technical land and wildlife management notes and quarterly newsletters; and

• Free property sign.

Environmental grants program Logan City Council’s EnviroGrants program aims to enhance and protect the natural environment and foster environmentally sustainable practices across the City of Logan through community awareness and participation.

If you are currently involved in an environmentally-based project or are thinking of starting one, you may be eligible for assistance through the EnviroGrants program. Logan City Council offers grants of up to $5000 per environmental project/research/education and up to $2000 for Wildlife Carers each financial year.

Community bushcare programBushcare is a community-based program supported by Logan City Council. Bushcare enables you to play a role in helping to protect your local bushland. Volunteers work in Council’s bushland parks to restore bushland by controlling weeds and planting trees, observing and recording native plants and animals and undertaking a range of tasks planned in consultation with Council’s Bushcare Officer.

If you have a keen interest in caring for bushland and the environment, enjoy working outdoors and meeting new people and welcome new challenges, then why not join a local Bushcare group and help to care for one or more of Logan’s bushland parks (there are over 400). Application forms can be found on Council’s website.

Sustainable living By investing in solar PV, LED lighting, an innovative air conditioning system and other upgrades, Logan City Council has led the way in reducing energy costs and saving CO2 emissions. By proving the effectiveness of these technologies and promoting their benefits, Council has sought to build community confidence to make similar investments, to enjoy lower operating costs and to help reduce our city’s carbon footprint.

150 Wembley Road, Logan Centralp: 1300 1 LOGAN* or 07 3412 3412e: council@logan.qld.gov.au w: www.logan.qld.gov.au

VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION

COVENANT (VCC)

LAND FOR WILDLIFE

(LFW)

VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION

AGREEMENT (VCA)

This calendar is printed on 100% recycled stock.

For further information on any of the above Council programs, please contact Logan City Council's Customer Service Unit on 1300 1 LOGAN* or visit www.logan.qld.gov.au

* Council's 1300 number is only for use by customers within Logan City from a landline. When contacting Council from a mobile phone or from outside Logan City, please phone 07 3412 3412.