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
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
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
This week Yaqan Nukiy grade 4/5 class took a trip to visit the cows, pastures, milking parlor, bottling and cheese making facilities at Kootenay Meadows. We took a good look at what it takes to produce local dairy products. We also tasted different kinds of cheeses and milk at the dairy. One of the students … Continued
Beyond Recycling is a program all about choices and learning that the choices we make everyday can have an impact on the world around us. Sometimes that impact is negative, but sometimes it can be very positive! The Beyond Recycling class at Kinnaird Elementary decided a fitting way to end our program was to take … Continued
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
Over the last few weeks, the students at St Mary’s Catholic school in Cranbrook have been working hard on an Inquiry based learning project. Each student, on their own or with a partner was to design a "City of the Future" . The outcome from this project was amazing!!! The students based their design on … Continued
It is Earth Week and the students at Kootenay Orchards and St Mary’s Cathoilic school are celebrating in style!! All 3 classes, taking part in the Beyond Recycling Program selected Trash to Treasure as their class project. The creations were awesome !!! Some examples of the amazing treasures were, a painted tire seat, juice box … Continued
