At Leopold Primary, they see the connections between different 'pillars' of sustainability, in this case being waste, water and biodiversity. They plan to take on two projects - cleaning up and regenerating the storm-water overflow pit on their school grounds, and caring for their local wetlands park areas - Gateway Sanctuary.
Now, the two areas are full of rubbish and there is very little life. Leopold students are going to be learning about frog ponds and wetlands areas in their environment classes. They will participate in Clean Up Australia Day (Clean up Leopold Gateway Sanctuary Day) and National Tree Day. They will de-rubbish, re-vegetate and bring these areas back to life!
The team has identified different groups that might help out - City of Greater Geelong, Greening Australia, Landcare and the Barwon Water Community Nursery and they have already been given permission to help to look after the areas. They are hoping for some expert help with frog pond design and build and to teach kids how to grow native plants from seeds to re-vegetate the area.
Waste issues affect whole ecosystems and individual species. It's great that Leopold is doing something to tackle these issues, both at their school and in their wider community!
Monitoring where waste comes from in a park or a school setting is a great way to start thinking about a long term project. I really like these project concepts. Well done team. Cat and MK Team
ReplyDeleteHow have you gone with your clean up? What have you learned about frog ponds and wetlands? What species of plants, and frogs, are native to your area? So many questions! Ingrid
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