Enviro Challenge Is Back!
- Lian Soh
- Apr 7
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 16
For the first time since 2019, the regional competition that gets Bay of Plenty secondary school students to participate in a series of sustainability problems, is returning.
With the support of Sustainability Options, Tauranga City Council, and Western Bay of Plenty District Council, we have an exciting challenge day lined up with challenges including a sustainability audit, a debate, an upcycle challenge, a photo contest and a sustainability quiz.
Enviro Challenge is a fantastic opportunity to encourage environmental leadership and collaboration within the secondary school community, and instil confidence within students to take their passion for the environment into tertiary studies and their adult lives.
Date: Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 1:45 pm
Venue: Tauranga Girls’ College (2019 winners)
930 Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga, 3112
Cost: Absolutely free!
Contact: Amy Earles via email admin@so.org.nz with any questions and to send your completed registration form (see below).
Transport: Please consider public transport to the event where possible. If you need support with transport to the event, please let us know and we will try to access funding to support this. However it is not guaranteed.
Registration: Via registration form (see attached document).
Registrations close Wednesday 30th April 2025 (11:59 pm).
Currently we are accepting registrations of one team per school, up to six students per team.
If you would like to enter a second team, please let us know and we will review numbers closer to the registration closing date and communicate if this is possible.
Acknowledgements: This article was submitted by Amy Earles from Sustainability Options. Thank you for creating this opportunity for our rangatahi to draw upon science to meet the challenges of the real world. Bay Science would also like to acknowledge Jim Critchley (ESSENZ) for connecting us with Sustainability Options.
Please contact info@bayscience.nz in the event of any errors/suggestions or if you would like to contribute a spotlight article.
