2: 2 JOURNEY THROUGH THE STARS Presented by: MILDURA WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL Ebonee, Alanah, Will, Lachlan and Jack
PowerPoint Presentation: MILDURA WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL N ear the mighty M urray River MILDURA, VICTORIA
PowerPoint Presentation: 3 To teach new people about our school environmental practices and what we do beyond the school gate . CHALLENGE!
PowerPoint Presentation: WATER WASTE ENERGY BIODIVERSITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 4
PowerPoint Presentation: 5 TAKING ACTION
PowerPoint Presentation: RECYCLING MILK BOTTLES TO MAKE FURNITURE! 6
PowerPoint Presentation: REUSING TILES TO MAKE A MURAL 7
PowerPoint Presentation: 8 ? SUSTAINABILITY
PowerPoint Presentation: 9 Sustainability Programs WHAT ARE THEY? WHO’S INVOLVED? HOW DOES EVERYONE KNOW? HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? DO KIDS HAVE A SAY?
PowerPoint Presentation: 10 WASTE
PowerPoint Presentation: NO TO PLASTIC BAGS GARBAGE A TERRIBLE WATER POLLUTANT 11
OUTDOOR WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Yellow buckets for food scraps: OUTDOOR WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Yellow buckets for food scraps 12
Worm Farm: Worm Farm 13
Recycling Systems at Mildura West 1. Indoor Recycling System: Recycling Systems at Mildura West 1. Indoor Recycling System 14
PowerPoint Presentation: RED RUBBISH BIN Use this bin the least! 15
Paper, cardboard, magazines, newspapers: Paper, cardboard, magazines, newspapers 16
Green Commingled Recycling Bin: Green Commingled Recycling Bin 17
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PowerPoint Presentation: 19 FRUIT BOX BUCKETS
2012 TROPHY Symbolic of environmentally friendly ideas... showing what we do at Mildura West: 2012 TROPHY Symbolic of environmentally friendly ideas... showing what we do at Mildura West 20
PowerPoint Presentation: COLLECTING RUBBISH FREE DATA
Recycling tins foodscraps Save energy and resources by recycling: Recycling tins foodscraps S ave energy and resources by recycling Gardening gloves to keep weeds out. Refill drink bottles 22
PowerPoint Presentation: 23 WATER
PowerPoint Presentation: 24 KEEP WATCHING FOR DRIPPING TAPS TO SAVE WATER
PowerPoint Presentation: 25 All purpose installed taps for chilled water to refill water bottles.
PowerPoint Presentation: Sustainability Ambassadors 2012 26
PowerPoint Presentation: 275,000 litre tank 27
PowerPoint Presentation: 8,000 litres We have 5 of these tanks 28
PowerPoint Presentation: Water Sampling at Lock Island 29
PowerPoint Presentation: Testing for turbidity 30
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PowerPoint Presentation: ENERGY 32
PowerPoint Presentation: 33 USING NATURAL LIGHT IN THE CLASSROOMS
PowerPoint Presentation: 34 AND THERE’S MORE… !
PowerPoint Presentation: USE A FAN WHERE POSSIBLE INSTEAD OF AN AIR CONDITIONER 35
PowerPoint Presentation: 36 BIODIVERSITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
PowerPoint Presentation: 37 Johnson’s Bend, on the Murray
PowerPoint Presentation: RECREATION MANAGEMENT TEAM INSTALLING SEATS AND BOLLARDS MADE FROM MILK BOTTLES . 38
PowerPoint Presentation: Propagating 39
PowerPoint Presentation: RIO VISTA PARK 40
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PowerPoint Presentation: DESMOND DEMOLISHER NO Chemicals down the drain straight into the RIVER! 42
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PowerPoint Presentation: 44 Biological Pollutants
PowerPoint Presentation: Blue green algae causes scum and froth This biological water pollutant deserves our wrath! 45
BLUE GREEN ALGAE - Slow flow and low turbulence is an ideal environment: BLUE GREEN ALGAE - Slow flow and low turbulence is an ideal environment TWO CHARACTERS : BEATRICE BLUE ALGAE + GINA GREEN ALGAE will play BLUE GREEN ALGAE . This is a pun and intended to be comical . 46
BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS: BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS Image MDBC 47
PowerPoint Presentation: 48 Blue green algae cuts off oxygen and light
BLUEGREEN ALGAE TROUBLE FOR HUMANS: BLUEGREEN ALGAE TROUBLE FOR HUMANS DAMAGE TO liver, nervous system, skin rashes and eye irritations... 49
‘Dog business’ causes blue green algae!: ‘Dog business’ causes blue green algae! Images from Bree 50
PowerPoint Presentation: 51 TAKE CARE OF THE WATERWAYS
PowerPoint Presentation: 52 Enviro Blog
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PowerPoint Presentation: 54 SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS RE-VEGETATING
PowerPoint Presentation: 55 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND MENTORS .