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Middle School Philanthropy Captain, Arianna Whitfield and helper Maxie Godby Daley smile excitedly as they plant their first pot plant for Melbourne Girls' College Who can resist a great Bake-a-thon! Everyone in attendance had a great time tasting the delicious baked goods!! Somewhere behind the scenes, Philanthropy coordinator Mr Liam McManus was the first to try the baked goods. Well done to the student leaders of the Philanthropy and Interact clubs for organising the Bake-a-thon on...

Story or Poem: A mere glance. You can see the plastic bottle clearly, out of the corner of your eye. It lies, lazy and cunning on the soft sand floor. 240,000 microplastics sitting right next to you. But you don’t bother to pick it up. It’s not yours after all. The waves inch closer, their foamy edges reaching longingly for the shore. Slowly, the trash is dragged into the sea, as if nothing had happened. Perfect beach once again. What you don’t realise is that one action didn’t just...

Each day I become aware, of all the reasons why I care, beginning with our polluted air. Then we have the food we taste, cooked and eaten with great haste, leading to the plastic waste. Ice caps melt at perilous speed, the fish choke with the plastic weed, a man-made consequence, indeed. The droughts last longer every year; torrential rain and floods we fear, the urgency to act we do not hear. Our Earth heats at an alarming pace, creating fires we cannot face, wreaking havoc on the human...