Envirogroup students explain what they're up to...

 
We have Bokashi recycling; all the fruit scraps are collected and taken to Room 1. Mrs Margaritis and some children take these scraps out to the bins by the arena. A bokashi mix is sprinkled on the scraps and after about two weeks we get a liquid fertilizer which we use on our garden, especially our edible garden (one teaspoon to a litre of water). The decomposing waste is then buried.

In each class we have recycling bins. Recently we have been given Council bins so all our paper, cardboard etc. can go in there. We also have a leaf recycle bin for all the leaves that fall from the trees. After this has broken down it is put back on the garden.

Last year we set up a rain barrel and we use this water on our edible garden.

Added to this, in each class we have Care Codes or reminders about saving power. For example
- Please turn the tap off
- Turn off the light when you leave the room
- Remember to turn the computers off at the wall

In our newsletter we also put in handy tips about saving power or reminders about litterless lunches.

We are encouraged to take our lunch rubbish home so this also reduces the rubbish around the school.

We are also thinking of setting up a worm farm.

St. James envirogroup students