Beyond Recycling students went on a walking tour to the Community Garden at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Students were given a tour of the Community Garden by Jenn Meens, a volunteer with the Revelstoke Local Foods Initiative. Students learned about the fruit forest, raised vegetable beds as well as the composting and watering systems. … Continued
Beyond Recycling students headed outside to clean up a natural area often used as an outdoor classroom. Students had spent time in this natural area during the previous Beyond Recycling class called ‘We Are Nature.’ Many students had noticed all the garbage and waste that littered the forest during a journaling session. With Earth Day … Continued
Students in Ms. Leaches class got outside to learn about various challenges that communities around the world face with “Our Water.” Students rotated between three communities with different water issues including Water Abundance, Water Scarcity and Economic Water Scarcity. Students worked in teams to determine how the water in each community would be used for … Continued
This week Ms. Leaches class explored the discrepancy of resources and ecological footprints throughout the world. Students participated in the “Food for Thought” activity where we turned our classroom into the world, and divided the world’s population and resource use. Students were spell bound as many realized for the first time how unevenly resources are … Continued
