Environmental Education

Environmental Education

When environmental education is incorporated into the school curriculum, students:

·         learn about the environment

·         develop skills to investigate and solve issues in the environment

·         acquire attitudes of care and concern for the environment

·         adopt behaviors and practices which protect the environment, and

·         understand the principles of ecologically sustainable development

Schools can use their own School Grounds and the way they use and manage Resources as a context for student learning. This makes the school curriculum more integrated with the daily lives of the students, increasing understanding and relevance.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Environmental education programs provide resources for classroom teachers, outdoor educators, club leaders, and others to teach students of all ages about our environment.  Students of all ages gain an understanding of the environmental challenges we face and how to meet those challenges.

Why Recycle

Recycling is good for the environment

It takes less energy to create new items from recycled materials than it does to create new products from raw materials. Mining minerals and milling trees into lumber requires vast amounts of energy to create products. Recycling entails reusing materials as many times as possible to conserve natural resources.

Recycling is good for communities

Extracting materials from mines or forests is done far from the place where goods are consumed; however recycling starts in your own home. Gathering recyclables, and reprocessing them into feedstock for future products is done locally by people who live, work, and spend money in their own communities.

Recycling reduces pollution

Burning garbage or throwing waste into landfills produces byproducts that pollute the environment. Runoff from landfills and metals like mercury find their way into streams, rivers and oceans, fish, and eventually into human beings, harming our health.