Healthy Communities are a shared responsibility

We are in it together!

The responsibility on having a healthy community does not just belong to one person or one group of people only.

It is up to all of us.

Every little thing that each of us do to promote a healthy community strengthens to help us to achieve something bigger and greater.

Sometimes we often tell ourselves that we are only just one person but if each of us does just one thing to contribute towards the bigger picture then all those little things combine together and begin to give results.

Every little thing counts.

Big gums were once just a little seed.

Add some water, sunlight and care and just look at what grows.

It is the same as an idea.

As goes the song…..’from little things, big things grow’.

You can make a change, you can make a difference.

Pick up the rubbish you just walked past. Turn off the light as you walk out. Try solar instead of electricity. Eat more salad.

It doesn’t matter what you do, just make a start.

Every little thing counts.

It is all up to us.

We are in it together!

The students were each given a topic to discuss in relation to healthy communities and how they could make a change.

 

Water:

Jaymee:

Water is an essential resource for all living organisms. It is important to not waste it. It is so easy to treat water responsibly, take shorter showers, don’t leave the tap running when it doesn’t need to be, do the washing only twice or three times a week instead of every day. There are so many ways to not waste water.

 

Shae-Anne:

Water is essential for all life. We need to do everything possible to preserve it, & not waste it. Remembering & reminding people around you to have shorter showers, turning off taps properly & being aware of the water used will all help to preserve this resource.

 

Ben:

Save water, don’t waste it. Turn tap off when brushing teeth. Have 3 minute showers. Keep our waterways clean. Recycle washing water to water your plants & grass. Wash your car by taking it to a car wash where they recycle water.

 

Maddie:

To stop water from becoming unreliable & unsustainable we can stop dumping oils into our oceans, stop wasting water & further educate people on ways to save water.

 

Calan:

Minimize water usage when possible.

 

Remi:

Cotton is not grown without sufficient water available. If there is no water, there is no cotton, no cotton, no jeans or cotton products. For cotton to be grown & produced more often I would save water as much as I can. I would keep everyone informed about how important water is. Every drop saved means more cotton is produced.

 

Chance:

Stop polluting the Earth & waterways! Stop polluting the water as fish & sea animals are dying every day because of pollution.

 

Jessica:

You can help to save water by having 2 minute showers & always turn off any dripping taps.

Health & Nutrition:

Jaymee:

Being healthy and having a nutritious diet is a key factor in having a healthy & happy body, mind & life. Since I am currently working on a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education, I do a lot of practical work with very young children. This puts me in a really great position to teach a lot of people from a young age about the importance of having a healthy life.

 

Kiandra:

Put up some signs on healthy eating to explain to people what they should be eating.

 

Ashleigh:

To help kids in our school we could put up signs in the tuckshop which shows kids the calories in the food that they are eating.

 

Bio-Diversity:

Shae-Anne:

An even balance in nature is imperative for a stable world. Dumping waste & harmful products would put this balance out of order. Abiding by laws & rules put in place about bio-security will ensure waste is properly taken care of in the least harmful way possible.

 

Ben:

Healthy eco-systems are essential to provide the many natural resources we need. Functioning ecosystems maintain our essential services to sustain life, such as recycling, purification of water & air & the breakdown of pollution.

 

Alesha:

Bio-Diversity is the variety of plants & animals. Make sure that you/we look after our plants & our animals & don’t disturb nature’s balance & this will help our planet.

 

Mackenzie:

Don’t do anything to hurt the animals. Care for the planet.

 

Energy:

Crystal:

Energy powers our towns/cities & it is important that the energy we use is healthy by using solar energy instead of the energy we use now. By doing this we can help our world.

 

Mackenzie:

Turn off power when it does not need to be used.

 

Alissa:

Energy is something we need to conserve as it is expensive & can be detrimental to the environment. Make sure you turn off lights when you are not using them.

 

Waste:

Crystal:

Waste is a big problem on the Earth’s surface. We waste so much. This is not good for the Earth. Packaging items without using plastic would help our world.

 

Connor:

Don’t leave your rubbish laying around on your property because it can hurt your animals. Make sure your bins can’t get broken into by wild dogs.

 

Land:

Chance:

Save the land by not littering & throwing rubbish onto the ground.

 

Calan:

When fencing the land, pick up what is unused or left over wire. Pick up any wire that you see lying on the ground. Pick up things that shouldn’t be there.

 

Maddie:

To make a difference in keeping our land sustainable we can take many actions/precautions. Don’t litter. Don’t continually tear up trees to make room for increasing urbanisation.

 

Ashleigh:

By putting plastic bottles, cans & milk cartons in the recycle bin it will save the land & animals in the local area.

 

Jessica:

The way that you can help your land to be healthy & beautiful is by putting your rubbish in the bin rather than throwing it out of the car window onto the ground. Also, aerating your paddocks will help to keep them nice & healthy.

 

Water for Cotton. It is so important.

Water Use Efficiency in the Cotton Industry by Mackenzie

Cotton is only grown if there is efficient amount of water available. “This means Australians cotton growers produce more crop per drop than any other producing country” (Cotton Australia).

The Australian cotton industry has achieved a 40% increase I water productivity over the last decade. Cotton is an efficient plant, with the latest industry data showing approximately 70% of all water is used by the crop.

 This indicates that there is now less on-farm water losses and more of the water is used by the crop. Australia’s cotton growers have improved water use efficiency by 3-4% per year since 2003 (source: Third Australian Cotton Industry Environmental Assessment, September 2012).

Once planted, Australian cotton framers are smart about the way they manage water resources.

The Australian Grown Cotton Sustainability Report 2014 showed that cotton growers are using a range of constantly improves water use efficiency. 70% of farmers use soil moisture probes, up from 40% in 2006 (highest of all agriculture industries in Australia).

Other practices include irrigating to deficits, using drip and overhead sprinkler systems, better accounting of soil variations, changed bed shapes, using irrigation scheduling probes, furrow irrigation system optimises evaluations, pump optimisation and reducing distribution losses.

 

 

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