Liz1's Profile

As a teacher, I believe I need to walk the talk to my students encouraging them to tread lightly and make as small a footprint on the earth as possible. We just finished spending a week at a bird sanctuary where we studied about important environmental issues and stewardship. Next week we are having garbageless lunches to encourage minimizing waste at school. I hope that my practises and example in the class encourage wise behavior regarding waste and caring for the world around us. When we study the unit, "Waste and Our World," we discuss non-toxic cleaners and I send home info for parents use and at least consider. I reuse plastic bags in the class for book totes and ice cream and yogurt containers for paint and crayon holders. I keep cloth bags in my car trunk and pull them out for use whenever I go shopping.