We are told to "love this place" but what are we really loving, is it the creative use or corporate abuse? What does the future hold for our beloved State? Will it continue to be raped of its resources and stripped of its beauty, to make way for brand new top of the line constructions or will it become the Clever State? My piece tries to reflect this question, the tension between use and abuse of the environment.

I decided to do my design on hybrid cars. It is important for us as Tasmanians to use an alternative source of transportation so it decreases the carbon dioxide released into the environment. In my design, I created five hybrid cars that are related to our everyday lives. On my background, I put important facts on hybrid cars that I researched so that people understand about our problems today. In 2020, I want to see a change.

Stop, Think… recycle Tasmania.

The aim of this piece of Artwork is to tell people that what we have here in Tasmania is Great and challenge them to make it even better and recycle anything possible. This piece on 3D Artwork was designed to represent the number of cans that Tasmanian people leave behind. In the year 2020 we estimated that the number of cans NOT recycled is going to be at a record high number. The highest mountains or the depths of the sea in Tasmania can’t stop this but we can. On the Tasmanian map we made, the cans for the border were picked up by us from the streets of Devonport. The Map itself was made from shredded newspaper, cardboard found in the schools art storage room and the paper from an old picture. Everything used is or has been recycled. We are sick of people littering so we wanted to make it stop. This is our Stop, think...Recycle Tasmania poster. Hope you like.

I did a calendar because I felt strongly about Tasmania Together and our 12 goals we as a community would like to achieve by 2020.

I thought if I made a calendar explaining to everyone about our goals we would be reminded about them all year. I hoped that every month all Tasmania’s would try to help us reach our goals.

If we all work together I know we can do it!  

The students of Grade 3/4 SK formed groups and worked together to find out what we do at Princes Street Primary to:

• promote democracy
• provide a quality education
• encourage creativity
• be active
• care about others
• encourage sustainability

We chose our groups after looking at the vision and goals of Tasmania Together. We found that we are doing so much already and that we can encourage others to do the same and ask them the import question, "Why don't you?"

At Princes Street we have been drawing on the Responsible Citizenship and Democratic values and processes strands of the Tasmanian Society and History curriculum and we have worked at creating a whole school environment where it is "Cool to Care".

The 3/4SK students have had brainstorming sessions, made posters, photo-stories and pivot animations to show how we can take control and alter the future of Tasmania for the better.

As part of our "I am a National citizen" unit we have been exploring what it means to be a citizen and a contributor to our community. We live in a unique place and are made up of a diverse range of cultures. As young children we are in a position where we can contribute to society and our global environment. We used this challenge to explore how we envision our future in Tasmania. The analogy of a crystal ball allowed us to imagine a place somewhere in time (2020_ where we would have had an impact on how it looks, feels and sounds. We used our Y-Chart brainstorming to channel our thoughts and expand our understanding of what kind of future we truly wished to see.

Our book "Looking through a crystal Ball" has been designed, created and collated by year 2 students who have developed a passion for working towards creating a better future for all Tasmanians. Their visions for their futures are closely linked to the Tasmania Together goals where all Tasmanians have the opportunity to live a happy, safe and prosperous life.