saunders new environmental leadership program (2x credit)
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Saunders New Environmental Leadership Program (2x Credit). . Envirothon Competition. Oral Workshop- local environmental experts – March 7 th at Saunders Field Workshop- learn ID techniques, field ecology, sampling– April 12 th at Springwater in Aylmer - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Saunders New Environmental Leadership
Program (2x Credit).
Outreach
Envirothon
Ecoschools
Oral Workshop- local environmental experts – March 7th at Saunders
Field Workshop- learn ID techniques, field ecology, sampling– April 12th at Springwater in Aylmer
Regional Competition- 20 teams from across the region-
Winners compete at Provincials at Tim Horton’s Onondaga camp in Brantford May 2-5
Wildlife, Aquatics, Soils, Forestry and 1 rotating topic: Nonpoint Source Pollution and Low Impact Development
Envirothon Competition
Ecoschools Certification
Waste Audit Our data:In 2010- 39lbs per student per year
(total 387lbs in one day)2012- 27lbs per student per year
(total 235lbs in one day)
www.prezi.com
EcoSchools Certification
Paper
Organics
Waste
Energy
Recyclable cans & bottles
Green Cones
We are designing a program to run on Wednesdays in our cafeteria
“Wasteless Wednesdays” where we’ll collect all food waste and bring it to the digesters.
Green Cone Digesters
Rain Barrel Sale Make $15 per Rain Barrel Used for School Ground
Greening http://www.tvdsb.ca/webpages/mutche/rain.cfm
Online order form and email address for questions
Rain Barrel Sale
At W.S. Fox Butterfly Garden Students decide IF and WHERE Help with plant selection, a
lesson on which butterflies might show up, how to take care of it.
Future Outdoor Classroom at Fox?? Through ReForest London
School Ground Greening
Project NestBox through Bird Studies Canada We install nestboxes and teach classes (grade 9
Ecology) how to monitor them. REAL Science- the data is recorded and put online
for ornithologists (bird scientists) to study.
School ground greeningProject Nest Watch
Specific goals of Project NestWatch: Involve amateur bird watchers, naturalists and
young people in studies related to birds; Gather long-term data on bird populations
throughout Canada; Inform the general public of existing nest record
schemes across Canada; and Provide direct feedback to project participants and
the general public regarding bird population trends.
Great Backyard Bird Count- February 17-20
Water Quality Inquiry at Westminster Ponds Environmental Ed. Centre