The College has made enormous progress towards becoming one of the leading green schools in the nation. Each year, we track our environmental activities in Our Green Report.
Some of our significant achievements have been installing one of the largest solar powered systems in any school, the combined systems across our two campuses totalling more than 1MW.

In 2019, Beaconhills was awarded ResourceSmart School of the Year (Campus Infrastructure and Operations) for our environment-friendly Year 9 Centre with an accompanying wetland. The College also installed for its staff the first electric car charging station at an Australian school.

Throughout our curriculum, students learn about issues related to habitat destruction and Australia’s role in climate change. There are many ways for students to actively become ‘stewards of the environment’. These include Year 1 hands-on learning about composting, Year 6 ‘war on waste’ weekly cleanups of lunchtime rubbish, the Middle and Senior School ‘Cans for Cadets’ scheme, the Year 4 battery recycling blitz and much more.

Solar powered

Of our total electricity use, about 56 per cent is now produced by the College’s solar systems and 46 per cent sourced from grid-produced electricity. Our aim is to produce all electricity we use onsite. We are currently evaluating battery storage systems as we work towards our net zero goal.

Beaconhills has more than 10 main garden areas, including three Indigenous gardens. Our vegetable gardens provide fresh organic produce for our canteens and local charity organisations.
The three bin recycling system across the College ensures all waste is separated, while worm farms at both campuses process organic waste, which in turn becomes fertiliser for the gardens.