Education for Sustainable Futures in HSD

Education for Sustainable Futures in HSD

We Share the Earth…We Share the Earth…

With other people… With other people…

With living things…With living things…

With non-living things.With non-living things.

Can you live sustainably? Can you live sustainably?

What does that mean anyway? What does that mean anyway?

How will we engage learners and How will we engage learners and educators to live sustainably?educators to live sustainably?

Enough, Enough, For All, For All, For everFor everAfrican ElderAfrican Elder

Pushing the Boundaries Pushing the Boundaries for an Education for for an Education for Sustainable Futures Sustainable Futures in HSDin HSD

Russ Dirks – ESF CST

Goals for ESF in HSDGoals for ESF in HSD

#1 Increase engagement through authentic #1 Increase engagement through authentic student learningstudent learning

#2 Make meaningful community connections#2 Make meaningful community connections

#3 Enable operations and facilities to reflect #3 Enable operations and facilities to reflect goals for sustainabilitygoals for sustainability

Tourond Creek Discovery Centre - Tourond Creek Discovery Centre - TCDCTCDC

EXPLORE

LISTEN

WORK

PLAY

Woodlands

Wetlands

Grassland

Tourond Creek

Infrastructure Development

Curriculum Development

HSD 50 % ChallengeHSD 50 % ChallengeSystem-Wide Waste ReductionSystem-Wide Waste Reduction

At our HSD PD session with Chuck At our HSD PD session with Chuck Hopkins on October 8Hopkins on October 8thth 2010 2010 ……

……It was a challenge to think differently –It was a challenge to think differently –locally and globallylocally and globally

What would have been garbage…What would have been garbage…

……was put in an industrial/agricultural was put in an industrial/agricultural composting site…composting site…

……And after a few weeks of heating up in And after a few weeks of heating up in a windrow…a windrow…

All of this “garbage” …All of this “garbage” …

……became part of a heap of became part of a heap of compost.compost.

Is that possible at your school and Is that possible at your school and at the HSD Admin. Centre?at the HSD Admin. Centre?

Waste Reduction Week – Waste Reduction Week – Landmark Elementary SchoolLandmark Elementary School

Can we Can we produce less produce less landfill landfill waste?waste?

Waste Reduction Week – The Coffee Waste Reduction Week – The Coffee Can ChallengeCan Challenge

Think About Where Garbage Goes Think About Where Garbage Goes When it Leaves Your Classroom…When it Leaves Your Classroom…

Think about the word… “Land…fill”Think about the word… “Land…fill”

Let’s Talk About ItLet’s Talk About It

Should Everything Go Into the Should Everything Go Into the Garbage When We’re Done With It?Garbage When We’re Done With It?

What Could We Do With It?What Could We Do With It?

At LES the “Waste Reduction Week” At LES the “Waste Reduction Week” changed into a waste reduction pilot changed into a waste reduction pilot

program.program.

We asked the question, “Why would We asked the question, “Why would we stop reducing waste after the week we stop reducing waste after the week is over?”is over?”

We Took A Closer Look at Our We Took A Closer Look at Our GarbageGarbage

Green TeamsGreen Teams

Changes were made in classrooms…Changes were made in classrooms…

And In the Hallways…And In the Hallways…

Even the Staffroom…Even the Staffroom…

And the staff washrooms were not And the staff washrooms were not immuneimmune

We Informed…We Informed…

We Found a Way to Make the ChangeWe Found a Way to Make the Change

We informed the waste collection personnel

The contrast was dramatic

We hauled it

Picked up finished compost…

Grew plants with itGrew plants with it

……At LESAt LES

75% reduction in 75% reduction in garbage waste!garbage waste!

With funding from the HSD innovation grant to get us started…

LES is establishing a greenhouse for the “Grow to Give “ project

Schools are making events into learning opportunities

With student leadership and staff support…

Added to creative educating …

This LCI event was virtually garbage free.

The City of Steinbach compost facility …

…is now OPEN

Building ESF Inquiry into Existing Building ESF Inquiry into Existing CurriculumCurriculum

How much water is wasted by using standard toilets instead of “low flow” toilets?

How much water is wasted at a water fountain?

A little measuring…

…and calculating…

…brings about surprising results.

Turn to the people beside you…Turn to the people beside you…What are you doing in your classroom that What are you doing in your classroom that

helps students connect to ESF?helps students connect to ESF?What would you like to do in your What would you like to do in your

classroom to make more connections to classroom to make more connections to ESF?ESF?

What are you doing in your school to turn What are you doing in your school to turn ideas into sustainable actions?ideas into sustainable actions?

What would you like to do in your school to What would you like to do in your school to promote ESF?promote ESF?

What initiatives could start your journey?What initiatives could start your journey?

Congratulations to HSD Schools

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