case studies
plants that count
📍 Northcote Intermediate School
👤 Y7 students: Sam, Cam and Leo
💡 Originally selling native trees, and have since transitioned to sell native plants and flowers outside the entrance to their school.
🌳 $1,000 (100 trees) were donated to Trees That Count with the original business idea. They will continue to give to the charity with profit made from their next sales too!
breakfast club
📍 Northcote Intermediate School
👤 Y7 and 8 students: Lily, Koromiko, Hannah, Catherine, Seren, Alia, and Hein
💡 After seeing their peers go to school on empty stomachs, they created the Breakfast Club, running every Wednesday before school with food sponsored from Countdown Northcote and court games to bring everyone together!
beco
📍 Renwick School
👤 Y7 and 8 students: Danah, Charlotte, Emily Blake and Isabel
💡 After noticing a lot of plastic being used in school lunch boxes, the team originally planned to make wraps but quickly realised they weren’t ideal for wrapping up sandwiches, so they sowed together the sides to make pockets!