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
Grade 4 and 5 students from South Nelson School spent all day Friday getting the low down on what we throw down. This enlightening tour to the Ootischenia Landfill, the Waste Management Recycling Materials Recycling Facility in Brilliant, the RDCK transfer station and the Nelson Leaf’s Bottle Depot illustrated for students what happens to our … Continued
Mr. Marzke’s grade 4/5 class started April with a trip to our local landfill! This Creston Valley Landfill is about a 5-10min drive from the school so it really is in our backyard and reinforces the concept that there is no ‘away’. We can throw out our garbage, but it all stays on Earth, and … 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
At South Nelson we are nature. However, sometimes as humans we forget that we are inseparable from the natural world. With this Beyond Recycling lesson we contemplated the complex connections between soil, water, air and sunshine and all living organisms, including us. We considered how each organism plays an important role in the intricate web … Continued
This week’s Beyond Recycling lesson centred on the idea that humans are not apart from nature, but a part OF nature. We investigated the complexities of natural ecosystems and headed outside to consider our place in the web of life. The class stood in a circle and played a game of connections. The first player … Continued
This week’s Beyond Recycling lesson centred on the idea that humans are not apart from nature, but a part OF nature. We investigated the complexities of natural ecosystems and headed outside to consider our place in the web of life. The class stood in a circle and played a game of connections. The first player … Continued
