We’re Growing Our EcoHandprint
St. Joe’s students are on week 3 of the EcoChallenge, well over 15 000 ecopoints, and certainly are doing A LOT to grow their ecohandprint.
Beyond Recycling
EcoChallenge Week 2 at St. Joe’s
Week 2 looks about as good as Week 1 – there`s recognition that some of this can be lots of fun ("I like walking to school in the snow"), some can be hard ("What was a challenge was to go meatless for 2 times a week"), and that we are capable of changing ("My mom … Continued
EcoChallenge at St. Joe’s
St. Joe’s Ecochallenge is off to a very strong start, with one week complete and reported on. From weighing their garbage, not idling, turning down the in-floor heat and unplugging chargers that arn’t charging (that’s one family), to removing heavy, unused items from the car, eating much less meat, and really paying attention to buying … Continued
Eco Handprint – Lending the Earth a Helping Hand
After writing all they do to help the Earth and reduce their Ecological Footprints (and grow their Ecological Handprints), the students in Mr. Auringer’s grades 4/5/6 also thought about what they would be willing to do to lend the earth a helping hand. Left hands show all that’s already being done, right hands highlight possible … Continued
Energy Debates at KIS and Kootenay Orchards
The students at both Kimberley Independent school and Kootenay Orchards school in Cranbrook, had an opportunity to debate the pros and cons of Solar, Nuclear, Wind, Fossil Fuels and Hydro energy this week. The students worked hard on researching their energy resource, as well as coming up with some great rebuttals for the other teams. … Continued
Energy Debates
St. Joe’s tried to find the one clear-cut winner in terms of energy sources today. Solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and fossil fuels politely battled it our, trying to highlight their own benefits and show the drawbacks to the other energy sources. In the end, it was clear there was no real winner, for all energy … Continued
Closing the Loop with Kinnaird Elementary
Today’s lesson at Kinnaird Elementary was all about conserving resources by recycling, reusing and reducing the amount of stuff we buy. When we throw an item into the garbage, we also throw away all of the natural resources or raw materials that make it up. Lane said it was cool to see how the 4 … Continued
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
We learned all about plastic, where it comes from, how much we now rely on it, in the lesson on plastic. It’s huge in our everyday world, and the thought of living without it is very strange. However, there’s a real problem with what happens to plastic once we’re finished with it, one area of … Continued
It’s A Plastic World
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
It’s A Plastic World
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued