World Wetlands Day is coming up on February 2nd. What will you do to get your class involved and learning about these fragile ecosystems? Canada contains nearly 9 percent of the world’s freshwater and 25 percent of the world’s wetlands. Wetlands are essential components of watersheds, connecting water, land and all living creatures. Despite this, wetlands are some of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Unfortunately in many parts of the country wetland loss has reached over 70 percent and wetlands continue ...Read more
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Jan. 13th, 2011
The B.C. Catholic: Putting down the bottle
Thursday, 13 January 2011 09:27 Students from Cardinal Carter’s social justice club, Just Youth, and environmental club, SEED, are working to make the school bottled water free. From left to right: teacher moderator for Just Youth, chaplain Marilyn Grace, and student leaders Nicole Bazzocchi (Just Youth), Angelina Micha-Djaja (Just Youth), Maggie McMillan (SEED), Jessica Lee (Just Youth) and Mae Janelle Berte (SEED). Photo courtesy of Jessica LeeBottled water free zones in the works at Toronto ...Read more