Year 8 Geography learn how cities can bee sustainable

As part of their Australian Curriculum studies of 'Changing Nations', all of our Year 8 Geography classes have been taken on a guided tour of the Urban Farm to see an alternative model of a food producing system in the city.  The students are very interested in the concept of reducing the distance between where food is produced and where it is consumed, which in turn decreases our ecological footprint.  The boys are introduced to the worm farm, the chickens, organic garden beds, growing food in pots, vertical planting and aquaponics.  The pictures below show the students exploring our latest acquisition, the native bee hive.