Waste Reduction Education - Honourable Mention Bayview Community School
Minister of Environment and Labour Mark Parent (left) and Rick Ramsay, Chair of RRFB Nova Scotia (right) present (from left to right) teacher, Susan Burgoyne and students Alisha Hynick and Lily Burgoyne with an Honourable Mention for Waste Reduction Education at the 9th Annual Mobius Environmental Awards held in Dartmouth on April 25, 2007.
Bayview Community School was recognized for co-creating and piloting a 50-page resource workbook aimed at Middle School students. This sustainability workbook helps the school community calculate and monitor their "Household Ecological Footprint". It is a creative, scientific and educational tool and was piloted this term with students in Grades 7-9. The objective is to help students gain the scientific skills to measure their environmental impact, and to help reduce their Household Ecological Footprint through a working "Action Plan". Principal Connie Murray accepted the Honourable Mention plaque for Waste Reduction Education on behalf of Bayview Community School.
