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