Eco+Forum+16th+September

=__**Eco Forum 16th September**__=

All Saints, Moorebank, Sadlier and Holsworthy gathered together on the 16th of september. This challenged us not to be an ostrich and bury our heads. This day started by an opening prayer. Mr. Burrows from the catholic education office then talked to us about the the world and how it is slowing dying, although we can make a change by rethinking, reducing, reusing and recycling. Then Mr. Burrows told us about the carbon cycle and how the world is already trying to make a difference eg. Solar Panels. WEBSITE: sustainable schools NSW website. Soon after Mr. Burrows gave us a quiz here are the answers C, All of them, B, False, False, B, B, C, A, D, D, A.

Then Miss Brady welcomed us to All Saints and Miss Brady told us some tips and rules at All Saints Liverpool - Stay on the path in the garden - No food or drink in the hall.

After that St Therese Sadlier told us about MERL day, Cabramatta Creek, Miller Mall, Invasive species(myna birds, cats), BRING BACK THE ANIMALS, RSPCA, threatened species (grey headed flying fox), what can we do, how to educate the community. St, Therese Sadleir planted 400 trees in Miller park.

Saint Joseph's Moorebank Cumberland plain woodland was their project. Cumberland used to cover most of western sydney until 1788 when the european settlers settled in.There is only two percent of original cumberland plan woodland left. Today it is an important part of western sydney. In the future it will never be the same but if we preserve the plants and animals that live around the area we could possibly regenerate someof the land. the school visited chauvel park researching bad and good things about it. The first tree they noticed in the park was the wattle tree. They found many flora and fauna including centipedes and termites. During the presentation Moorebank had an interactive quiz. they showed us their letter to the council. Following that they had a interesting rap about saving the cumberland woodland. after that they showed us the survey that they sent to all the local residents. After that they showed the beyond the fence goerges river education centre photos which including them in many fun activities. they then presented a video of an interview with Martin Parkinson who talked about the condition of the park. They then gave us tips about how to preserve native areas that are important to the future generations of our world.

St Christophers At Holsworthy
 * Their project was looking at creeks and seeing the problems they had
 * St Christopher read the Lorax and made them think about recycling and reusing
 * St Christophers has a vegetable garden and compost bins
 * They also have one of the hugest prize winning pumpkins in the Southern Hemisphere
 * They have eco rangers that look after the school environment
 * They went to Harris Creek Reserve excursion to observe the impact humans have had on the environment
 * They found some graffiti at the Holsworthy train station
 * Others problems they found were, invasive species, dumped furniture, weeds, litter and noise pollution
 * Positive things nthey found were native flora and fauna, bins and clean playground centres
 * The save Harris Creek Eco ranger rap was awesome!
 * They went on a excursion to Wattle Grove Lake
 * They found similar problems as Harris Creek
 * They had a really good song about Wattle Grove Lake
 * St Christiophers had many tips to help the environment

All Saints Liverpool All Saints Liverpool had to find things to develop a local area. Their projects include:

Glenfield Park They tried to get a vegetable garden for the park.

Hinchinbrook Albury Keech Reserve They tried to stop graffiti, they did a survey, put up posters and tried to contact the council.

Lighthorse park

St Christopher's at Holsworthy, their project was: They read the book the Lorax it made them think about how to recycle. they have a vegetable garden and compost bins.
 * They save water by having 2 water tanks and they have eco-rangers
 * They have solar pannels
 * Harris creek reserve runs down to the Georges river they had an excursion and these are the things they found:invasive species, graffiti, and rubbish and noise pollution.
 * they found native flora species eg, Banksia and wattle
 * birds and animals common to this area are cokatoo, galah,
 * this is a difficult environment for animals to live in
 * Harris creek eco rap - save Harris Creek
 * Students from their school helped clean up the area on their excursion.
 * Pollution in Wattle Grove Lake
 * tThey thought of ideas placing signs and bins around the area
 * they noticed that the water was very polluted
 * presented their presentation on wattle grove lake-rap save wattle grove lake!
 * talk about st christophers school sustainability eco-rangers
 * they have eco-rangers, waste free lunch, composting, eco meetings.
 * they had very good eco-tips for everyone to do, energy saving light bulbs, recycle, send letter to council, turn off taps etc
 * short video about ecology-saving enerdy reducing pollution, using environmentally friendly products, saving water, planting trees.