Sunshine Coast Council

Kids in Action is an environmental education program aiming to increase knowledge and change actions. Program outcomes include:

• increasing knowledge and awareness - environmental literacy
• engendering protection and responsibility - environmental stewardship
• making changes in actions - pro-environmental behaviour
• valued learning process - constructivist learning

The Sunshine Coast Kids in Action annual conferences are highly successful with over 2,800 Sunshine Coast students across 53 schools participating to date over the past nine years.

Kids in Action Program 2019

To celebrate UNESCO’s international Year of Indigenous Languages, the 2019 Kids in Action theme was Connecting to Country: Celebrating nature’s icons. Schools were encouraged to choose a native species (flora or fauna) significant to their school and through connecting with and learning from their local Traditional Custodians across Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Countries, develop a deep understanding of the ecological role and cultural significance of their species. Under the guidance of local Traditional Custodians, students learned about their iconic species, they learned language and they began a journey towards becoming passionate custodians of Country.

The 2019 Kids in Action Program was formally recognised for its contribution to fostering reconciliation and paving the way for a better future in Queensland by winning (in partnership with Gubbi Gubbi Dance and Jinibara People's Aboriginal Corporation) the Queensland Government Reconciliation Award for Partnership.

You can check out all the fun and learning from the Environmental Projects Day and the Kids-Teaching-Kids Conference. 

Kids in Action Environmental Projects Day 2019

Kids in Action Conference 2019 

Kids in Action Conference 2018

• See the highlights from the 2018 Conference
• Check out 2018 photo album on Facebook

Kids in Action Conference 2017

• See the highlights from the 2017 Conference
• Watch the highlights video from the 2017 Conference

Kids in Action Conference 2016

• See the highlights from the 2016 Conference

Kids in Action Conference 2015

• See the highlights from the 2015 Conference
• Watch the 2015 Kids in Action Conference Youth Environment Vision video
• View images on Facebook

Kids in Action Conference 2014

• See the highlights from the 2014 Conference
• View 2014 conference images on Facebook

Kids in Action Conference 2013

• See the highlights from the 2013 Conference

Kids in Action Conference 2012

• See the highlights from the 2012 Conference

Thank you to the teachers, students and mentors who took part in the Kids Teaching Kids process, and congratulations to everyone involved.