Post Poned

Our meeting that was supposed to be held yesterday has been postponed to next Wednesday- Wednesday November 2, 2011. Please bring your planner.

Thanks, Paul

Walking Wednesday is on : Wednesday November 2, 2011

So don't forget to walk, bike, scooter, carpool, etc to school!

Recap of Last Week's Meeting

Hello Everyone!

The Enviro Council is in:

our President-Coco 8B, Ellen 7A

our Secretary-Zoe 8B

our Media Master- Paul 8A

our Bud Helper: Juliana 8B

our Binder maker : Samantha 8B

Other positions will be posted later

Note: Walking Wednesday is in two weeks

Our meeting for this lunch has been cancelled.

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Paul Berkun-Drevnig, Media Master

Grade 8 Trip

Hello!

Today the grade 8’s had the honor to watch 2 films at the ROM. Both were about the North Pole and the Antarctic’s melting ice caps due to global warming. A brief summary will be posted below. Not only did we have the pleasure of watching the films but we also listened to the producer, director and the head of Worldwide Wildlife Fund Canada. (WWF).

Summary:

A marine biologist who is concerned about melting ice caps takes a journey to the poles (north and south.) There he discovers that there is a lot less ice than there should be and the little ice there is is ‘new’ ice not ‘old’ ice. A huge chunk of ice several times the size of Manhattan was just floating because the heat caused it to detach from the main glacier. He also believed that the Japanese disaster occurred because of the melting ice caps. To demonstrate how much the water has warmed, he even swam with a regular swim suit in the Antarctic! Later in the film he did several things including; raising a weather balloon, installing ice tracking equipment, and discovered un charted animals in the region.

Speakers:

The head off WWF Canada told us that we could track were polar bears are by going to www.wwf.ca/polarbears

This trip would not have been possible without Ms. Chandra, Mr. Ellerker, Ms. Moser, and Mr. Lanis.

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~Paul

edit: I will post pictures at a later time.

Hello Eco Warriors!

I would like to thank all those who came to the meeting. For those who were not there I will provide a small recap later in my post. Tomorrow is "Walking Wednesday" so please walk, scooter, or bike to school to show your support. Runners will come to the classrooms to tally the walkers from the classes. Today at the meeting we were given details about the more student council approach of Eco Warriors. We will have a president (with a more eco name mind you), media master, secretary, "Bud Helpers" (people who will do skits, etc.), people who will make a binder for our eco audit, announcement teams and other fun positions. For more information about the jobs please visit room 210 and look at the poster across from Ms. Moser's room. If you are interested in any of these positions you are asked to write a letter to Ms. Moser or Ms. Chandra on why you are an eligible candidate. Please have those letters ready for before Thanksgiving so they can make their decision. For those who stay for lunch please remember that we have a boomerang lunch program in which we bring our garbage we make back home. Thanks! To eliminate garbage use reusable containers.

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I was glad to see that Eco Warriors had several new members and I am looking forward to have a great year. Check the blog often as there will be updates often. Thanks

Paul