tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13986716983554576652023-11-15T23:48:25.918-08:00Composting SchoolEcole Dickinsfield School, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
www.onegreenschool.blogspot.caBag Monsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949198054209334818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1398671698355457665.post-37937202994692223252013-03-07T14:50:00.002-08:002017-12-06T13:39:48.122-08:00Ecole Dickinsfield School & Compost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Ecole Dickinsfield School is a composting school! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have been a Waste Free Lunch school since 2012, and reduced our waste by 67%. (Check out our school's <a href="http://www.wastefreelunches.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Waste Free Lunches</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every day, students bring healthy lunches and snacks in reusable containers instead of disposable wrapping. We've reduced our waste by about 1200 big bags of lunch garbage a year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After we started Waste Free Lunches, we did a waste audit and noticed we still had lots of apple cores and banana peels in our garbage can. We decided to start composting! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the help of a $10,000 A+ For Energy Grant from BP Oil, and support from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, we were able to start composting. This website shows our experience!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Now our school has a garden, recycling pick-up, waste-free lunches, composting, and a water bottle filling station. We continue to grow in our environmental commitment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">We have also been thrilled to be a leader in the green movement in Fort McMurray Public School District, through the Green Scene. <a href="http://www.fmpsdschools.ca/Green%20District.php" target="_blank">Check it out!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Updated 2018</span>Bag Monsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00949198054209334818noreply@blogger.com