 | |  | How leaky is your school?
Get your students together for a fun, school-wide Leaky Tap Audit. Investigate how many taps and bubblers your school has and find out just how efficient they are. Then identify areas of the school which are wasting water and suggest ideas to improve the school’s water use.
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 | Green Cross around the world
Green Cross International’s ‘Smart Water for Green Schools’ project provides sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation to schools in Ghana. Does your class know about the struggle for clean drinking water many children face? Learn more about Green Cross Ghana by downloading this poster, or read about the project on the Green Lane Diary site.
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 | Water saving in the workplace
Hair care brand Pureology is dedicated to water conservation. To help reduce water waste in the hairdressing industry, they’ve launched the WaterSaver Salon website. It allows salons to measure their current water use and identify simple ways to reduce their water waste. Can your students think of any other industries that waste a lot of water? What are some ways they could reduce their water waste?
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 | Bottle-free Friday
When Tyler was in Year 6 at Palm Beach State School in Queensland, she came up with her own way of protecting our oceans. She arranged a campaign to start a 'Plastic Bottle Free' Friday at her school to reduce the use of plastic bottles and raise awareness of the damage they can do to the oceans. What could your students do to help keep our oceans clean?
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 | Garden Grubs take over
As part of their Green Lane Diary experience, students from WA’s Applecross Primary School have started a garden club, called 'Garden Grubs'! Students from year 3,4 and 5 applied to join the garden and friendship club which is run by teachers and year 6 and 7 Rangers every Wednesday during lunch time. What are you doing as part of Green Lane Diary? Share your stories and see what others are doing on our interactive map.
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 |  | | A person requires between 2-4 litres water per day, but it takes between 2000 to 5000 litres of water to produce one person's daily food! |
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| |  | | | The Green Lane Diary is an award-winning education program for primary school children. It is a free program aligned to the national curriculum for years 3-7.
Designed by industry experts and education specialists, the diary empowers children to learn about the environment through positive action at home, at school and in the community. | | |
    | | | Short showers – set a family time limit and keep track on a chart. Who is taking the longest showers in your house? Are there any water wasters? | | |
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