There are a number of things the community are trying to get for the eco school such as a
· New play park with shelter
· Wind turbine
· Community garden
We have fundraising events for the community and we are applying for grants.
By Annabella Green and Douglas Hull
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The plastic bottle windbreak
We had a lot of empty plastic water bottles from when we had a shortage of water in the school and had to use bottled water. The bottles were just lying around in the school house not being used so during the three
make learn, and do days we decided to use the bottles to make a plastic bottle wind break.
Making the wind break:
To make the wind break we glued 4 bottles end to end to make a taller bottle. We made lots of these long bottles and took them out to the fence at the back of the play park. We laid the bottles against the fence the fence 1 by 1 and as we went along we rolled wire netting over it and fastened it to each post with fencing staples until we got to the last post.
Some of it is starting to fall but most of it’s still standing.
By Erik Flaws
make learn, and do days we decided to use the bottles to make a plastic bottle wind break.
Making the wind break:
To make the wind break we glued 4 bottles end to end to make a taller bottle. We made lots of these long bottles and took them out to the fence at the back of the play park. We laid the bottles against the fence the fence 1 by 1 and as we went along we rolled wire netting over it and fastened it to each post with fencing staples until we got to the last post.
Some of it is starting to fall but most of it’s still standing.
By Erik Flaws
ENERGY AUDIT
We made posters to invite people to the school when we started Eco schools. Barbara Cass and Dianne Hull came to the school to help. We looked at school grounds, energy, water, health/ wellbeing, biodiversity, waste minimisation, litter and transport.
By Tamara Taylor and Kimberley Green
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