Take 3 delivers education to inspire action.
We work with primary and secondary schools to raise awareness of plastic pollution and encourage simple actions to prevent it. Since 2011 we’ve delivered education programs to 120,000+ students from 200+ schools across Australia.

Our approach is to provide students with a compelling reason to act before encouraging them to develop their own ideas to solve the problem locally. Students are encouraged to develop solutions that will:

1. Prevent litter in their school and community.
2. Reduce waste sent to landfill from school.
3. Share information to educate and inspire others.

Examples of outcomes include:
Student led campaigns to stop litter; rewards programs for students who clean up the school or community; increased recycling in school; composting of organic waste at school; reduced plastic packaging at school canteen; installing water refill points; banning single-use plastic bottles at schools and more.

To deliver our education program we partner with councils, businesses, government departments and schools.

Take 3 deliver education programs starting at Early Childhood. Children participate in learning experiences that include discussions, art/craft work, stories telling and music to introduce the problem and inspire solutions.

Adopting the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), students will become mini marine conservationists, communicating their new found knowledge to families and the community.

The Take 3 Surf Life Saving Project works with Surf Life Saving Clubs (SLSC’s) to educate clubs, with a particular focus on nippers, about plastic pollution, to spread the Take 3 message and inspire SLSC’s to become active in reducing litter, waste and pollution that is so detrimental to our coastal and marine environment.

Surf Life Saving Clubs and their members share a common love of the ocean and the coastal environment and like Take 3, have a desire to protect it to ensure its
sustainability in the future.

With well over 300 SLSC nationally and 129 clubs within NSW alone, Surf Life Saving Clubs and their members are the largest group on the beach and undertaking coastal based activities in Australia.

Project Goals:
• Increase awareness within clubs and the community of plastic pollution and the impacts on oceans, waterways and wildlife.
• Increase participation of club members (particularly nippers) in sustainability education (waste, litter and pollution focus).
• Remove litter/ debris from local beaches, reserves and waterways e.g. beach clean ups
• Increase the role of SLSC’s as environmental champions and trigger systemic within the wider community.
• Provide SLSC with an Initiative based program that addresses aspects of the SLS EcoSurf policy and therefore contributes to fulfilling section 8.2 of the Quality Clubs program.

Participating Clubs:

Take 3 partners with select businesses, local councils, state government departments, individuals and other organisations to increase awareness of the Take 3 message and reduce waste, litter and plastic pollution.

Our Partnership Program provides agreed entities access to Take 3 resources, support and a licensed agreement to utilise the Take 3 message and branding for a set duration.

The Partnership Program aims to be a mutually beneficial experience that highlights the Partners intent in protecting the environment whilst supporting Take 3.

Take 3 carefully screens Partners, aligned with our organisation’s goals and integrity. Partners are required to agree to the terms and conditions of the program and complete a signed agreement.

Partners may include:
• Councils
• State Government Departments
• Businesses
• Organisations
• International Partners
• Individuals
• Other (research groups, schools etc)

The Take 3 Ambassador Program works with key individuals around the world to spread the Take 3 message and inspire the broader population to become active in reducing waste, litter and plastic pollution.

The program aims to be a mutually beneficial experience that allows Ambassadors to highlight their interest in protecting the environment whilst representing a unique opportunity to be aligned with a growing global movement.

Take 3 carefully selects Ambassadors who reflect the organisation’s goals and who can help fulfill the aims of the program. Ambassadors will be required to agree to the terms and conditions of the program and complete a signed agreement.

The Take 3 Guardian program works with Individuals who want to engage their local community in protecting our oceans and waterways around Australia.

Take 3 Guardians are committed to act on behalf of Take 3 to spread the message and engage in activities to increase Take 3 Participation.

Each Guardian is set up with a Take 3 Kit to help them get started and inspire their community to Take 3 for the sea and reduce sources of litter and plastic pollution in their local area.

Take 3 carefully selects Guardians who reflect the organisation’s goals and who can help fulfil the aims of the program.