Ecological sustainability is part of the values in the Ministry of Education curriculum.
[1] The 2009 Government Budget removed funding for Education for Sustainability, effective from December.
[needs update][2] By 2018, 1,161 schools used Enviroschools,[3] founded by the Te Mauri Tau organisation in the late 1990s,[4] with funding from the Ministry for the Environment and regional councils.
[5] Enviroschools take part in activities such as tree planting, recycling and sustainable transport.
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