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Year 12 exams
I got a sneaky sneaky peaky today while doing an exam supervision for the year 12 exam for Design today. I thought it was a fantastic...
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Oct 25, 20204 min
My zero-waste day.
I wrote this a few months ago. This morning, I got up and the first thing I did was go to the toilet. In that, I used who gives a crap...
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Oct 17, 20202 min
I am no expert - please forgive me
I'm definitely not an expert in Laudato Si, in caring for the environment, in zero-waste, in gardening, in anything really. When...
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Oct 17, 20201 min
A Covid poem... rewritten
I was recently at a fantastic retreat. And we did discuss the impact the COVID had on our lives. The leader gave us this wonderful poem:...
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Oct 6, 20202 min
Let me entertain you
My husband and I love entertaining. We have friends coming over pretty much every week for board games, other gaming nights that James...
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Oct 3, 20202 min
What is greenwashing?
A few weeks ago I got this message via instagram. When I started my business, I wasn't at all looking for endorsements. I don't try to be...
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Sep 20, 20203 min
The other Encyclical
Before there was a hype about Laudato Si, there was, and still is just a hype around Evangeli Gaudium. I have read Evangeli Gaudium...
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Sep 7, 20203 min
Phenomenon of Man
Someone recommended to me that I read the Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Possibly the hardest book to read in the...
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Aug 29, 20202 min
Zero-waste marking
In our new Queensland assessment system for ATAR, we are required to mark via ISMGs, which are just another version of a criteria sheet....
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Jul 11, 20205 min
Minimalism
I just finished watching 'The Minimalists' on Netflix and I have a few thoughts on the documentary. I know that it was more or less a...
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Jul 3, 20203 min
What does a post COVID church look like?
For a long time, I have said that the Catholic Church is in a prime position to be role models for change on the climate crisis front....
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Apr 18, 20201 min
Covid and Climate
I saw someone the other day edit a tweet from an MP that showed how, when all of COVID is over, what the response to the climate crisis...
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Apr 18, 20202 min
Dear parents that are homeschooling
Dear parents that are homeschooling, Going online has reminded me, as a secondary teacher, about what my job truly means. We know that...
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Apr 5, 20201 min
Did Jesus live an integral ecology?
Pope Francis talks about how we are part of an integral ecology. That is we are integral to the ecology of the whole planet. We have...
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Mar 21, 20201 min
Lent 2020
This year for Lent I gave up processed and packaged foods. Due to some insane headaches that I needed some bread to help me absorb pain...
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Mar 21, 20202 min
Has Christianity hindered our mindset to help the environment?
This was a question that came up, in relation to Islam, when I was at the Islam conference. I considered it from a Christian perspective....
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Mar 21, 20201 min
Control and Discipline vs Sacrifice
I went to a conference the other day regarding the Islam response for climate change. One of the most interesting things that challenged...
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Feb 29, 20201 min
Plastic pollution
This is Dili, Timor Leste. This was a photo that we took from the top of Cristo Rei. It was a lot of stairs. That smoke that you see is...
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Feb 29, 20202 min
Vatican Verde
Verde is green in Spanish. The only reason why I remember this is because when you go to a Spanish restaurant, green salsa is salsa...
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Feb 27, 20203 min
Thoughts on the sustainability curriculum.
Within the science sustainability cross-curricular priority, there are 3 key concepts that students learn from P-10. They learn about...
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