Our Recipient Charities

EERST - Environmental Education for Resource Sustainability Trust

EERST works with preschools, schools, businesses and communities to create a more sustainable future. Through education and action, communities can become more environmentally aware and live a more sustainable life.

EERST manages three environmental education programmes:

Paper4trees – waste minimisation and tree planting programme for NZ schools and preschools
Water4schools – promoting the sustainable use of water
Energy4schools – promoting sustainable energy use (still in development)

Acorn funding is used for the Paper 4 Trees programme, encouraging schools and preschools to recycle their paper and cardboard by providing classroom recycling bins. Schools are rewarded with one native tree for every two cubic metres of paper diverted from landfill.