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ENVIRONMENT ACTIVITIES
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CARISBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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(Wagg Creek)
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RECYCLING
Carisbrooke recycles everything and composts greeen waste.
Each week, a group of Grade 5 students collect as much as 60 pounds of green waste for composting, which is then taken off site to a large red worm wiggler compost where it is dug in.
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LITTERLESS LUNCHES
The first Tuesday of each month is a litterless lunch, managed by the Grade 3-4 Combined class. To help encourage participation, reusable posters are displayed, and points are given to individuals when they bring a litterless lunch. These points are then attributed to the student's Sports Day team.
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DESTINATION CONSERVATION
Carisbrooke participates in the Destination Conservation Program which is designed to increase sustainability by helping schools conserve energy and water, reduce waste, and protect the environment, while at the same time saving money.
Students are focusing on an energy audit of the school.
The Program is operated by the Pacific Resource Conservation Society in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
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PAST PROJECT
PLANTER BOXES
In 1998, the Grade 11 woodworking class at Carson Graham Secondary School built large wooden planter boxes, then joined students at Carisbrooke for a mutual work day as the boxes were installed and planted. Herbs and strawberries, sunflowers, perennials, and vegetables were grown.
In October 1999, Carson Graham students built and delivered a compost bin.
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PAST PROJECT
EDUCATIONAL TRAIL
The school completed an Educational Trail in the Greenway alongside the school. In May 2000, 24 adults and 18 kids cleaned up the area and surfaced the trail with wood chips made from windfalls. The trail led to an outdoor classroom, a ring of tree stump seats in the forest nearby.
A formal Opening Ceremony was held on September 9, 2000 with students and neighbours participating. This event coincided with the Official Ceremony in Ottawa to Open the Trans Canada Trail.
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PAST PROJECTS
THE BLOOMING BUNCH
The Blooming Bunch, a group of 16 to 18 parents, was formed in 1998 to help facilitate and coordinate students' and teachers' environmental projects. In 1999, the group arranged a donation of tulip bulbs and soil, and prepared the planting beds for a work party.
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---- updated May, 2010
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