Green team activites March

Hi all,

The green team continues to work on the information bulletin board to share information on what can be recycled at school. When students and staff know what can be recycled, we can reduce the amount of garbage produced during lunch.

The David Suzuki Foundation has 10 actions which make up the Nature Challenge.

Here's information about how to reduce your environmental footprint based on the food that you eat: Diet for a healthy planet!

How litterless is your lunch?

More than just dinosaurs!!

Can you help but think about your environment during March break?
It's possible that you will visit the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) during the March 16-20 week off? The Dinosaurs are there, and a diamond exhibit along with the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

But, you may also want to visit an installation at the fourth floor's Institute of Contemporary Culture called HousePaint, phase 2 shelter, an exhibit in which 10 artists produced work to comment about poverty and homelessness.

http://www.rom.on.ca/media/podcasts/display.php?id=75

While staying green, remember our social environment is interconnected to our physical and natural environments.


Vote Earth!

While Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 p.m. marks the official Earth Hour. Many schools across Canada including those in the Toronto District School Board are participating in a campus version of Earth Hour on Friday, March 27 from 2 to 3 p.m.

This year's Earth Hour motto is: Vote Earth! Your light switch is your vote.
So far 77 countries and over 680 cities have committed to switch off.
How will you celebrate Earth Hour?
More information: http://www.earthhour.org/






Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

If you want to start early or do a lot of fun activities during March break, why don't you try out the Earth Day Canada Earth Kids website?

You can find it at: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/kids_home.
This site has games and activities as well as homework help in areas such as: wildlife, recycling,
the North, Energy and more. Just click here!

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