 Earth Day is tomorrow, Wednesday April 22nd. But really shouldn't everyday be Earth Day? Our Education Ambassador Joe Donovan has organized activities throughout the week to celebrate our planet and to raise awareness on environmental protection. Today Joe worked with grades one and three at Minto to use recycled bottles and paper to make piggy banks - teaching students to save money while reusing disposed of plastic bottles and keeping trash from ending up on the beautiful mountainsides. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Tomorrow, and throughout the week, he will be organizing additional activities at both Minto and Penlyne Schools; activities include the planting of fruit trees at the schools and students starting seedlings in reused and repurposed plastic bottles. We heard some rumors about the crazy new Education Ambassador that has been seen climbing down mountainsides collecting trash. We thought there might have been a method to his madness! Nice work Joe! 
3 Comments
Sheila
4/21/2015 08:45:14 am
What a great idea! And yes, every day should be EARTH day! Thanks Joe for taking this project on and for all your work with the children.
Joe
4/21/2015 09:12:09 am
It was a joy learning about recycling and saving with Minto's brilliant students today - definitely worth any strange looks I got for picking trash out of the gulleys on my way to the school. Can't wait for the rest of Earth Day/Week/Year/Life!
Kevin
4/21/2015 11:28:49 am
Joe keep up the great work. Hope we get to see some pictures of the tree plantings as well. Leave a Reply. |
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