And they’re off! Students in Mr. Schnare’s class have begun to incorporate their EcoFootprint-shrinking actions into their day-to-day lives. This week, students were rewarded for their commitments and challenged to shortening their showers and saving energy and water. FortisBC donated some great shower timers that will be used for the next few weeks! Week 1 … Continued
Mr. Schnare’s class is excited to be participating in the EcoChallege. After completing our Investigations last week, we are choosing actions this week to commit to, in order to shrink our Ecological Footprints! We are especially excited about timing our showers and making them shorter, as well as cutting down on waste. Another popular action … Continued
Mrs. Schmidt’s Grade 4/5 class took up the Beyond Recycling EcoChallenge in force this week. From trying to turning off lights as often as possible (including at friends’ houses) to trying to recycle more, there are lots of commitments that the students are going to try to make habits. But then there are the students … Continued
Part of the EcoChallenge is looking at ways we can grow our EcoHandprint – all the good things we can do to help the Earth, to save the Earth’s resources, and to make sure we’re sharing more evenly.
Lucerne students are up for the challenge. The Eco-Challenge that is. This month the grade 4/5/6 students at Lucerne are participating in a Kootenay wide Beyond Recycling Eco-Challenge, where students will try to reduce their ecological footprint (negative environmental impacts), and increase their ecological handprints (choices and actions that help the environment in a positive … Continued
The Gr. 6 classes in Robson Community School and Twin Rivers Elementary School are competing every week with their Eco Challenge actions. Each class totals their Eco Points for the week. Here are the results from Week 2 of the challenge: Robson – 6105 Eco Points (12 students) Twin Rivers – 7051 Eco Points (19 … Continued
Prints of Redfish students’ left hands (along with what they already do) and right hands (showing what they’re willing to start to do) are up and supporting the Earth – increasing our ecological handprints, decreasing our ecological footprints, and helping our planet all at the same time.
Today, students in Ms Hunter`s grade 4 and 5 class launched the month-long EcoChallenge. They have already completed a detailed investigation at home, looking at factors that contribute to their ecological footprints, and have committed to actions they`re willing to try this month, to see how it will affect their ecofootprints. One particular part of … Continued
We have started the Beyond Recycling Family EcoChallenge! Both Robson Community School and Twin Rivers Elementary School have received the Family EcoChallenge booklets to complete. This kicks off a 6 week EcoChallenge where each student and their families work towards making changes in their homes and lifestyle in order to decrease their Ecological Footprint. Within … Continued
Mrs. Schmidt’s class was in fine form today, debating various sources of energy we use, both renewable and non-renewable. While there was a winner in the debate, where one team showed above-and-beyond debating skill and professionalism, no clear winner emerged in terms of the ideal energy source. The take-home message was that, in terms of … Continued
