We are Nature
When we care for nature, we are caring for ourselves!
Beyond Recycling
Reflecting on Sustainable Choices
How DO we make sustainable choices? Rocky Mountain Elementary students from Elkford listen to ideas from their classmates after several rounds of Fishing for Sustainability, an activity in which students make decisions to meet the needs of their imaginary community.
Measuring our (Eco) Footprints at Kinnaird Elementary
Last week, students at Kinnaird Elementary spent the afternoon exploring the concept of Ecological Footprints. Since an eco-footprint is the amount of land needed to support our lifestyles (energy needs, food, water, transportation, raw materials in our stuff and waste), we started by brainstorming all of the things that would fit into our eco-footprints in Castlegar. We … Continued
Rosemont’s Great Energy Debate
Teams were prepared and the debate was fierce as to which energy source was best at generating electricity for us. Our representatives from the non-renewable energy sources took a back seat for most of the debate as the renewables tried to out-argue each other. Near the end, fossil fuels was in the hot seat but … Continued
Paper Making at St Mary’s Catholic School
The students at St Mary’s Catholic School in Cranbrook had the opportunity to get messy, make mistakes and learn how to make paper. It was a fun filled morning with lots of laughter, excitement, a little chaos and plenty of hands on learning. Students tried all facets of the paper making process. Students ripped, tore … Continued
A Paper Rainbow at J.A. Laird
What a rainbow! The grade 4/5 students in Mrs. King’s class at J.A. Laird made an impressive rainbow of recycled paper this week. They’ve been learning about “closing the loop” of our waste – which means changing the linear life cycle of an item into a loop, where the “waste” materials are re-used as something … Continued
Les élèves des Sentiers alpins bouclent la boucle!
Le 30 novembre dernier, les élèves de la classe de Madame Christine ont présenté le fruit de leurs recherches quant au cycle de vie de divers produits. D’abord, l’équipe des bouteilles de verre nous a raconté les différentes étapes de “l’histoire” de ces dites bouteilles: de l’extraction des matières premières jusqu’à leur disposition. Heureusement, le … Continued
The Story of Stuff
Teams of students investigated the Life Cycles of aluminum cans, glass bottles, pencils and jeans starting with the extraction of raw materials and ending with disposal of the used product.
Away We Go!- Beyond Recycling at Hume School
What happens to all the stuff we throw “away”?
Do YOU Want to be a Garbologist?
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