On a beautiful, sunny day in Revelstoke, the students of the Beyond Recycling program embarked on their final field trip of the year. Excitement filled the air as they hopped on their bikes and pedaled less than 2 kilometers to their destination: First Light Farm! This local farm, operated by Jesse and Chris for the … Continued
For as long as I’ve been a Beyond Recycling educator in Invermere, I’ve been taking Beyond Recycling classes to Cranbrook for their Waste Field Trip. We’ve visited the big central landfill, the central bottle depot for the Kootenays, and the Materials Recovery Facility – all great learning experiences. However, this year, Kristen Curry, the teacher … Continued
What do Moms love the most on Mothers Day? Yes, a homemade card made with love, but even better when its on paper that your kid made themselves! Grade 6 students and Twin Rivers Elementary school made their own sheet of beautiful paper from recycled paper. After blending, screening, pressing, and drying, the students created … Continued
Mrs. Baker’s Grade 6 students at Kinnaird Elementary School visited the Ootishenia landfill to experience where “away” is in the phrase “just throw it away!” First the students had a tour of the recycling stations and went over the do’s and don’ts of dropping off those recyclable materials that do not get picked up by … Continued
JV Humphries students build planter boxes and grow food! As our Earth Day and EcoChallenge activity, we built planter boxes, filled with soil, seeded, watered, and watched out food grow! We grew delicious radishes and spicy greens and students took turns watering the boxes as needed through spring.
JV Humphries students in Kaslo explored the Lifecycle of Stuff in February 2023.
The Valemount Elementary Schools Grade 4/5/6 class has been learning about vermicomposting throughout the school year as part of an eco challenge. After starting a new worm bin in the fall, students observed the red wiggler worms while separating them from the vermicompost. They also learned what foods and paper items can go into the … Continued
Grade 4/5 Students from Mr. Hein and Mr. Richard’s classes at Lady Grey Elementary School had the opportunity to visit the Golden Food Bank on May 29 and 31! Educator Karen Temple-Beamish met the classes at the Golden Food Bank and shared her extensive knowledge on food security, growing and eating local food, and worm … Continued
What animals do you have on the farm? What vegetables do you grow? How do you water your crops? These questions, along with others, were being asked in the first five minutes of our tour of the Earthy Organics farm in Fruitvale. Grade 6/7 students from Glenmerry Elementary were excited and ready to experience farm … Continued
Science, Socials, Health and Wellness, and Physical Education were all touched on during the year end gardening project in Ms. Dureski’s grade 6’s at Gordon Terrace. The class has been partaking in Wildsight’s Beyond Recycling program for the past 20-odd weeks, learning about waste, water, energy, climate change, sustainability, and food. In addition to in-class … Continued
