Category Keen to be Green

Outdoor Classroom Day 2018

The children at GAP enjoyed participating in a global initiative called Outdoor Classroom Day on November 1st. We enjoyed some time to explore the trees, sticks, grasses, leaves, pine needles, bits of bark, insects, fresh air and sunshine in our surrounding…

Pfadfinder Pfashion Show

The scout hall was alive tonight with music, dancing, food and fashion. The joeys, cubs and parents were treated to a fashion show and disco tonight, put on by the older scouts and venturers. Guests were treated to some healthy nibbles and…

ACTSmart Sustainability Expo

At Spielwelt and Pfadfinder, we are keen to be green!  So far, we have made over 50 changes to our hall and operations, to be more sustainable and do the right thing for the environment. As with everything we do,…

Up-cycled Pfadfinder Fashion is coming

The Pfadfinder Monday scouts are busy preparing for  “Pfadfinder Pfashion Pfest” where our star models and designers will debut a number of fashion pieces each, upcycled from everyday materials.  Here’s how that came about. Our 11-14 year old scouts were fascinated and…

Children’s Clothing Swap

Pfadfinder have been learning about the clothing industry and how it affects the environment.   The textiles industry is a huge polluter, so we thought up some ways we could reduce our impact.  Watch this space! One easy way to reduce the…

Chocolates and straws are next to go

As delicious as chocolate is, the committee has recently decided to knock it from our fundraising campaign despite its reasonably good return on investment. Aside from the obvious questions about modelling healthy habits for children, chocolate is a luxury the…

Frogwatch Visitor Hops In

The Thursday/Friday GAP class enjoyed having our German biologist early educator friend Anke Maria hop in to visit, bringing her educational toys from Frogwatch. We heard from her friend Friedrich der Frosch (a frog puppet) about some of the threats…