Today’s Garbology lesson outcome was amazing!!! The discussion after the lesson was so inspiring. The students took it upon themselves to initiate their class “Eco Challenge”. One of their Eco Challenge will be series of waste challenges. The first one being a personal challenge to produce as little waste at lunch by bringing litter-less lunches . The … Continued
What happens to all the stuff we throw “away”?
This week in Mrs. Evdokimoff’s Gr.5/6 class, we took a journey through the History of Waste to see how our garbage habits have changed over time. We started by travelling back to prehistoric times, where our cavewoman Brooklyn demonstrated how throughout most of human history, we really only produced organic wastes that could easily be … Continued
Rosemont’s Grade 5’s were asked that this week, when visited by “world-renowned” Garbologist Dr. LePew. She came to help them learn about their class’s “garbaging habits” by looking at what all goes into their class garbage bin and what should go elsewhere (like the recycling bin, for instance). When asked at the beginning of her … Continued
All that STUFF…Where does it go? When asked what the most memorable moment of the Beyond Recycling program was, Frank J Mitchell students responded overwhelmingly, “The trip to the landfill!” After spending several weeks learning all about the story of everything we use – what it’s made of, where those materials come from and the … Continued
1315kg. That’s how much the J.A. Laird Elementary Gr. 5 class weighed – about the same as a load of recycling. As part of their Beyond Recycling learning, the students had an opportunity to visit the Materials Recycling Facility, bottle processing plant and the landfill with RDEK’s Loree Duzcek. They learned all about how Invermere’s … Continued
J.A. Laird Elementary Students took a recent trip to Winderberry Farm in Windermere to see just how local our food can get. At Winderberry, it’s about 100 feet – the distance from the field to the café. Winderberry’s knowledgeable farmer, Oliver led us through the greenhouses and fields, showing us the large variety of fruit … Continued
Students from grade 3/4/5 at JV Humphries in Kaslo went on the annual Beyond Recycling field trip to our transfer station and the new recycling station for Kaslo and area. Megan Deas from the RDCK led the field trip, which included a stop at Kaslo Ace Building Supplies to explore which hazardous was
The students at St Mary’s Catholic and Kootenay Orchards schools, had the opportunity to take a Recycling tour with Loree Duzcek, with the RDEK . The students visited the various recycling facilities in Cranbrook and made the journey out to the RDEK Landfill. The experience was truly "eye opening" for the students and parents who … Continued
Rossland Summit School was put to work on their REAL Food Farm Tour this week. We visited the Moon Gravity Farm located in Rossland to learn about what it takes to produce yummy local food. The students walked amongst the farms many animals; sheep, goats, chickens, bees, and even mingled with some guest frogs! There … Continued
