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YRE resources

We’ve developed a range of resources to help guide you through the Young Reporters for the Environment Litter Less Programme (YRE) for schools.

Resources for students & teachers

YRE Classroom Guide

YRE NZ Curriculum Links

YRE Environmental Campaign Toolkit

UNESCO Trash Hack Lesson Plans

Earth Cycle of Resources

E-waste

Hazardous Waste

Waste management

Litter

Packaging

Sustainable consumption

Marine waste

Learning to be an environmental journalist

Worksheet #1 – Nutrition, zero waste and packaging

Worksheet #2 – Littering and rubbish around school

Worksheet #3 – How nature processes plastics

Worksheet #4 – Rubbish and littering behaviours

Worksheet #5 – Creativity & Communication 

Worksheet #6 – Experiment (PET Compost Maker)

YRE & Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Goals A4 poster

Sustainable Development Goals comic

Guide to writing like an environmental journalist 

Guide to photographing like an environmental journalist

Guide to filming like an environmental journalist

Competition entry tips from the YRE New Zealand Judges

Writing 101

Photography 101

Photography 101

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