Students unlock treasure

With the help of modern technology, perseverance and passion, Baldivis students have applied their sustainability knowledge to create a new virtual education tool.

Stockland Baldivis Shopping Centre unveiled Australia’s first sustainability treasure hunt last week, which was designed with more than 300 students from Baldivis Secondary College.

Children and adults are invited to enjoy the treasure hunt by finding and clicking on hidden QR codes throughout the centre to learn about environmentally friendly practices.

The code will then link to a short video created by the students, which describes the sustainable practice and how it helps preserve the environment.

BSC students took part in programs co-ordinated by the centre over a year to learn about the importance of sustainable design and development before design-ing the tool. BSC teacher Timothy Hill, said the students were inspired to learn about Stockland’s vision to shape thriving comm-unities while reducing negative impacts on the environment.

“The students were very engaged and were able to consider some of the contemporary issues and future direction occurring within the industry,” he said.

Stockland Baldivis marketing manager Melissa Osterhage said there was no better way to learn than through active participation, and students from BSC had applied their new knowledge with the creation of the sustainability treasure hunt.

“Stockland’s strength in sustainability and commitment to the community was met head-on by these students passionate to share their new knowledge,” she said.

As a mark of the project’s success, the centre achieved a four-star green star rating for retail centre design from the Green Building Council of Australia.