Te Kura o Papatuanuku Wairarapa Earth School
Carterton, New Zealand
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Te Kura o Papatuanuku Wairarapa Earth School is a charity based in Carterton, New Zealand working on education, environment & climate, community development.
Te Kura o Papatuanuku Wairarapa Earth School is a charitable trust in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand. It promotes education for sustainability through hands-on, garden-based and project-based learning for students, schools and the wider community. Its activities include a food forest and outdoor classroom at South End School in Carterton, school science lessons, fruit tree planting, healthy kai programmes and a student-run sustainable enterprise. The trust was founded as a partnership between the Wairarapa Montessori Charitable Trust, South End School, Kuranui College and Makora College, and works with schools, community groups and local businesses. Its long-term goal is a Centre for Sustainability at South End School.
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Medieval Skills with Miro
Education · New Zealand
Year 7 and 8 students at South End School learn medieval food, craft, farming and village life skills through weekly sessions with Earth School teachers.
Fruit Tree Guilds
Environment & Climate · New Zealand
Food forest planting with schools such as Greytown School and Kahutara School, so students can grow, cook and share fruit and vegetables.
Off Grid Shipping Container Science Lab
Science & Research · New Zealand
Student-led plans to convert a shipping container into an off-grid science lab.
Wairarapa Science and Sustainability Project
Education · New Zealand
Hands-on science lessons, such as compost and acid-alkali investigations, delivered to Wairarapa students.
Sustainable Enterprise
Environment & Climate · New Zealand
Student team that develops recycled, handmade alternatives to single-use plastic and sells products locally.
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South End School, Kuranui College, Makora College, Greytown School, Kahutara School, Fernridge School, Wairarapa Montessori Charitable Trust, Carterton Boomerang Bags, Thunderpants, Vinnies, Food Forest Organics, Pure Wairarapa, Victoria University School of Architecture, Ruamahanga Restoration Trust, Carterton District Council, Masterton District Council, Trust House, Tindal Foundation, Roy and Jan Mace Foundation, Carterton Lions
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