The Enviroschools Foundation has launched a great new web-based tool that will help measure the outcomes of environmental action in schools.
 
Throughout New Zealand hundreds of schools are taking action to make positive environmental changes. So how much change are these schools actually making? What difference does this make towards creating sustainable school communities and collectively, a more sustainable New Zealand?
 
The Measuring Change tool is available to all New Zealand schools to help monitor their progress towards sustainability goals. Whether your school has just started on its sustainability journey or is well down the track, the information and resources in the Measuring Change tool will help you find out how sustainable Waste, Water, Energy and Landscapes are at your school and then track your improvements over time.
 
Schools will receive progress reports that can be used to acknowledge effort, celebrate achievements and to help get funding and support for further projects.
 
Measuring Change is available on the web so that you can download the resources you need to get going. Once you’ve collected your data, enter it into the online annual summary forms. You will receive reports for your school as well as comparisons to other schools in your area and in the rest of New Zealand.