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= = = When we were on our walk around Liverpool looking at our issues for our “Beyond the Fence” H.S.I.E topic, one of the issues we saw was how polluted the Georges River was at Light Horse Park. I noticed that the river was brown and that the river had bits and pieces of rubbish floating in it. Another issue I saw was how dirty the footpath we were on was. I saw lots of rubbish on the path we took, there was even broken glass and some plastic bags, and when we were on the stairs heading to Light Horse Park we saw heaps of glass, rubbish and a shopping trolley. =

= = = Some big issues are: = = Chewing Gum is always being left on the street and pathways. If people keep putting gum everywhere soon it will build up and no one will want to clean it and it will harm the environment. It is also disgusting to look at if there are visitors from other places they wouldn't want to come back to somewhere with gum everywhere. = == = =

= ☻ Shopping Trolleys- Trolleys are being left everywhere in Liverpool. People are being lazy because they don't want to return it to the shops. If people keep leaving shopping trolleys everywhere other people will think of it to be an opportunity to throw rubbish into and when it is full it is disgusting to look at. The tiny bits of rubbish could float off and create litter. = ==

= ☻ Rubbish- Rubbish is being left everywhere. nobody can be bothered to throw their rubbish in the bin it is not appealing to see litter on the floor, and think of it being up to our ankles in the future. Rubbish can then be swept by the breeze and fall into a river or sea. = ==

= ☻ Glass- Glass has been broken on the floor into pieces. It is a dangerous thing to smash on the floor especially if there are children walking around, if someone is wearing thin shoes they can be cut by the glass and start to bleed badly. = ==

= ☻ Litter in the river- The litter in the Georges river is atrocious. It is so dirty and gross, the river has turned brown and we even saw a watermelon in there which was really weird. There was some plastic bags that was really bad for the environment because plastic takes forever to break down and it could choke a bird, as birds and fish could eat the litter because they think it is food. = = = = ☻ Plastic Bags-The amount of plastic bags in the area of Liverpool is really upsetting. A plastic bag can do many things to the environment because it takes years to break down. It can be swallowed by a bird because it thinks it is food then choke to death or its baby could die. = = =

= Aldi = = Aldi has coin operated Trolleys which require a $1 or $2 coin for you to use one of their trolleys. You can also use a basket which is found in the store. Aldi trolleys are found right outside the shop and are secured be metal bars, which prevent them from rolling on the street or anywhere else. This makes customers more likely to bring back their trolley and if they don't, well they don't get their coin back. =

= Woolworths = = Woolworths use a new trolley tracker app. When someone reports a trolley a tracer is set so they know where to find the trolley. It's as easy as 1,2,3. Every person that reports a lost trolley is in automatically in the draw to win $1,000. =

= Coles = = Over the past 2 years coles has replaced the majority of the trolley fleet to improve the shopping experience for our customers across Australia.They have also invest significant sums of money employing specialist trolley contractors who are responsible for conducting regular street runs to collect any trolleys that have been removed from our stores and car parks. =

= Franklins = = Franklins cares for the environment, they care about abandoned shopping trolleys on streets and pathways. Franklins uses trolley tracker information and if you report a trolley tou are in the draw to win $1,000. =

= What is the cost to repair or replace damaged trolleys? = = Trolleys don't only cost alot of money. According to trolley tracker it states that each store especially the major supermarket companies like Woolworths or Coles spend at least 2 million dollars and over just for repairing trolleys and one trolley is about $100-400 for one trolley. =

= Where are shopping trolleys kept? = = Most shopping trolleys are kept inside the shop in a safe area where the trolleys are not going to damage or hurt anyone or anything. If trolleys are kept outside they are are secured with metal bars to prevent them from rolling out on the street or in harms way. =

= What supermarket trolleys are being dumped? = = The trolleys that are being dumped are coles, woolworths, K mart, Aldi and the main one is big W, most of the trolleys we saw were from our liverpool walk was from big W. =

= What are the positives and negatives of the trolley policy? =

people will be angry because they live far away from the supermarket and don't have a car to carry their supplies
= Sustainability means living with the resources of the planet without damaging the environment now or in the future. =

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

== = Propagation means the spreading of something into new regions. the production of more seeds, cuttings, grafting or other methods. = = = = How Do You Propagate? = = There are different ways to propagate but here is the one we did at MERL Day. The way is from a cutting, you chose a plant and cut a piece about 5-20cm long and you plant it in soil, water it and wait for it to grow, in a couple of weeks you plant will begin to grow. (for some plants you need to wait for the cut edge and dry it before you plant it.) Another way is to propagate from a from a leaf. To propagate from leaf cuttings, snip the leaf right where it meets the stem, cut the leaf at an angle, and plant it back in the soil to start a new plant (Use honey as a natural root toner). Here is a video: = =media type="youtube" key="lZJFdLIqWB8" width="339" height="280"=

= Why Do We Propagate? = = We propagate to help the environment so the plant spreads into different areas, without wasting anything. =



**On the 'MERL Day' excursion (at st. Christopher's Catholic Primary School) there was three guest speakers, Peter Carroll, Melissa Harding and Gary Burrows.** = Peter Carroll is a Member of S.C.R.A.P. which stands for 'School Communities Recycling All Paper'. He spoke about how useful a worm farm and water tank is and that all schools should have at least one. = = Melissa Harding spoke about Biodiversity and to participate in you local tree planting, also to plant trees, she was from the Liverpool council. = = Gary Burrows was from catholic education office Sydney, he presented a prezi which had things about how to save the environment and things that save energy and the environment. = = = = On the excursion we did a rotation of activities and my first activity to do was "Uno's garden" we read the book and thought about what we thought life would be like in the future (we didn't have any time to draw it). Next we played on an ipad game, it was called "Wilder Quest", you had to move the ipad around and find different animals to get to the next level (You had to find 5 of 5 different animals and there was 3 levels). The last Activity was when we did propagation, we put soil in a bottle, we got a cutting from a herb (I chose sage) put it in the soil and taped up the bottle, we sprayed 4-6 sprays of water. We saw the green house affect take place when we put it in the sun for a few minutes. =

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