For our BR Earth Day celebration, we planted our planter boxes outside of the Elementary School wing. These boxes have been in use since 2011, and have been used each year. This year we added new soil (thanks to Kaslo Building Supplies!), prepped the beds, and planted lettuce, various greens, radishes, and spinach. All class … Continued
JV Humphries Beyond Recycling students explored the History of Waste in this class. Students got to dress the part of different eras of waste from Prehistory to Modern times. We discovered that our waste has significantly increased over time, and that now we produce more waster per person in Canada than ever before.
JV Humphries Beyond Recycling students explored the History of Waste in this class. Students got to dress the part of different eras of waste from Prehistory to Modern times. We discovered that our waste has significantly increased over time, and that now we produce more waster per person in Canada than ever before.
JV Humphries Beyond Recycling students explored the History of Waste in this class. Students got to dress the part of different eras of waste from Prehistory to Modern times. We discovered that our waste has significantly increased over time, and that now we produce more waster per person in Canada than ever before.
JV Humphries Beyond Recycling students explored the History of Waste in this class. Students got to dress the part of different eras of waste from Prehistory to Modern times. We discovered that our waste has significantly increased over time, and that now we produce more waster per person in Canada than ever before.
It was a rainy Earth Day this year, but Mrs. Hendry’s grade 5/6 class visited the Ootischenia Landfill and Brilliant Recycling Centre, seeing where our waste goes when we throw it "away". The landfill is trying very hard to become a resource recovery centre, aiming for no waste in the future, and the recycling centre … Continued
Brent Kennedy looked at our climate today – what it is, what’s changing about it. We learned that greenhouse gases aren’t bad things – in fact, they’re essential for life on earth as we know it. For tens of thousands of years, there’s been an amazing balance between greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. volcanic eruptions, animals’ … Continued
Brent Kennedy engaged in a polite, well-reasoned, well-researched debate today, where they tried to determine the best energy source out of solar, wind, hydro, fossil fuels, and nuclear. All were surprised by nuclear energy’s compelling arguments, and more than a few were surprised that "debate" doesn’t mean yelling at each other, trying to get one’s … Continued
Beyond Recycling is back in Mrs. Hendry’s class for the year. The program started off by taking a trip through time to see how our waste production has changed over time – both what waste we create, and how much. We went as far back as the cave people who, while they created waste, basically … Continued
JV Humphries students planted 2 garden beds today. Students prepared the soil and seeded a variety of lettuce, greens, spinach and radishes in the beds. This is the 4th year these beds have been used at JVH, and we plan to add 1 or 2 more beds next spring. Students enjoy checking on their seed’s … Continued
