Mr. Broderick’s grade five class had an up close look at The Golden Landfill and The Golden Bottle Depot this past fall. Carmen Fennell, Waste Reduction Facilitator from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District was our fantastic tour guide. The first thing Carmen taught us after getting off the bus was that the landfill is no … Continued
Beyond Recycling students in Revelstoke had an incredible Food Field trip today to Terra Firma Farms, an organic farm just outside Revelstoke. Students toured the farm, learning about how the animals on the farm (chickens and pigs) help feed the vegetables through composting. Students were able to see the different stages of many types of … Continued
Sarah Newton’s grade 5 class at Begbie View Elementary was inspired, after the Beyond Recycling Our Water lesson, to raise money for rural water projects in Tanzania. Their original goal was to raise $150.00 for a well. Students had a reuse, make or bake sale at the school which raised $1000.00. Two students also took … Continued
Is there anything that can be done with all the trash that we make, and all the bits and pieces of stuff lying around our homes, waiting for the day we eventually toss it away? How can we eliminate the impulse to think of all this stuff as trash & can anything useful come … Continued
What happens when we throw something “away”? Where is this magical “away” land that takes all our trash? It’s closer than you might think, and it stinks too! Lady Grey’s Beyond Recycling students got an up close look at Golden’s landfill this week. Our knowledgeable tour guide Carmen Fennel (a waste reduction facilitator with … Continued
Ms. Newtons class implemented a class wide garbage reduction campaign and created 4 new waste streams in the classroom (Compost, 1-7 Plastic, Plastic wrap, Cardboard). We stressed the importance of the 4R pyramid with recycling not being as important and reusing and reducing. Results on waste diversion: Week True garbage Compost Week 1 1496 … Continued
Mrs. Haworth’s class has been working hard at reducing their classroom waste over the last few months of Beyond Recycling. Here are some of the actions they have taken during the Garbage Eco-Challenge: Garbage Free Lunch Week After our 1st day, our goal was to get under 100 g. We managed that on all … Continued
It was an exciting and fun day at Lady Grey with Madame Bergeron’s class making paper! The students have spent the last few weeks learning about the extensive process all our STUFF goes through, from the extraction of raw materials & production to distribution and eventually disposal. The class got a chance to take recycling … Continued
