Reynolds Secondary School
From Common Energy
Contact:
Staff: Heather Coey- hcoey@sd61.bc.ca
Student: Felicity Wilson- felicityfreak@shaw.ca
Tech Guy: Tony Bashi- tbasherizer@hotmail.com
3963 Borden Street,
Victoria, BC
V8P 3H9
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[edit] Accomplishments
Reynolds Secondary's Green Group (an environment-focused extension of Leadership), has organized many activities and awareness raising campaigns in its short lifespan. Since September 2007, we have done the following:
[edit] Completed
-Mobile Recycling Depot and FoodRoots market (every 4th Saturday of the month from 9:00-1:00 in the Mackenzie/Borden parking lot)
-Did an energy use analysis of the school's essay papers (Using indicators from the SHS HSSAF)
-BCHydro's Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb fundraiser (which raised money for the group and also raised awareness about energy conservation)
-Sent working groups to Glendale Gardens for ecosystem restoration projects (through Reynolds' Flexible Studies Program)
-Pulled up invasive and harmful Garlic Mustard plants at mount Doug Park
-Gave an "EcoAwesome" workshop to middle school students at the Victoria Student Leadership Conference; Focused on an individual's impact on the environment
-Bought potted plants for 30+ classrooms to "green-ify" the inside of our school
-Fair Trade, Organic coffee and chocolate sale to raise funds for a school in Guatemala
-Put recycling bins around the school to encourage recycling
-Organized a school clothing swap to encourage people to reuse old clothes
[edit] In the works
-A campaign to encourage staff and students to REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
-Waste weigh-in
-A publicity campaign to raise awareness of the Group's existence in the school
-Transformation of the school courtyard and greenspaces into beautiful and eco-friendly places. Leadership Victoria is working with Reynolds to design a "blueprint" for the project.
-School-wide beautification project, including a sustainable garden plot and compost in the courtyard, and improvements made to the front facade.
-Aquatic conservation project (in association with the Vancouver Aquarium)
[edit] Links
Reynolds Leadership's site- http://hcoey.tripod.com/id5.html
The Green Spaces Project- http://www.greenspacesproject.org
[edit] Questions, Comments?
We are open to any suggestions or questions anyone may have for/about our program, so drop us a line at the above e-mail addresses. We'd be happy to help.
