Yollanda

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==In my local area (Prestons) l have seen alot of very disgusting things happening to the environment ,for example l know a lady that whenever one of her cats or pets die she throws them in the gutter and it makes the street she lives in smelly.I have noticed this problem on the way to my bus stop. ==

==Another problem is there is alot of illegal grafitti that is being displayed all over trains and railways ,even on other people's houses .In other words we need the city council to figure out a way to stop this problem. ==

== I have also realized how much abandoned trolleys are in lake, on the road and it is definitely revolting that liverpool citizens are so lazy to take them back.One word of advice if you can't take it back then just don't take the trolley because you are making someone else's life hard for they have to go in the hardest places just to get a trolley that you just don't care about. ==

== Another reason it is so apalling is that this is also causing other innocent people to die because you are just leaving them on the road and don't even bother to at least put them in a sensible place.Its worse for the stores with people who do bring them back,its unfair because then they don't get to use them.But most importantly it is costing companies a great amount of money to fix the trolleys, buy new ones,instead of promoting their shops and improving them for your benefit ==

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**__Melissa Hardy__**
=== Melissa Hardy was from Liverpool City Council.She told us about what the LCC are doing to improve our parks and what their future plans are for liverpool parks.For Example this are some of the tips she gave us : ===

-Biodiversity is important to all of us
= The things that we did =

The experience was awesome l learnt a whole lot of other things that l didn't know with awhole lot of other things
=__ CLASS PROJECTS __= =__ Trolleys __= = -What policies can be put in place to stop the dumping of trolleys? =

-To have the 42 gold coin usage
= -What supermarkets trolley are being dumped? =

The stores that are being dumped are franklins,coles,woolworths,kmart,these are the most popular and common and this is a big disappointment for we can do better.
= -Which area in liverpool has the most abandoned shopping trolleys and why? = == The areas that have the most trolley dumping is definitely parramatta and liverpool because its obvious that parramata and liverpool have the big shopping centres which then causes people to have to take a trolley for the are lots of home in a distance from the shopping centre which is west fields.When people get to their destinations they are totally not going to go back to shopping centre to return them,so l think they should have a better collecting schedule. ==

= -How do Aldi shopping trolleys work? = == Well aldi has decided that they ant to be involved in making their store sustainable.So one of the things they have decided to do to prevent the dumping of their trolleys and the expenses is that they have made a decision to have customers put either a 2 dollar coin or the aldi coin.They have also installed a system to for if you get up a mile away the trolley automatically stop. == = -What is the the cost of trolleys repairs?and how much do new trolleys cost? = = Trolleys don't only cost alot of money but they end up costing drivers alot too for repairing their own cars.According to trolley tracker that states that each store especially the major supermarkets like Woolworths or Coles spend at least 2 million dollars and over just for repairing trolleys and one trolley is about 1 hundred dollars. =

__ TREE PLANTING __
= -How do we bring back the endagered species of liverpool into the area? = == The liverpool council as start this process by starting bush regenaration programs and another things i9s that they have decided to make a change by having volunteers that will go and clean up rivers and parks every once in a while.Another thing is that they have started planning to use already used land that is not occupied instead of cutting down the fauna that still is in liverpool's habitats. == = -What are the native flora and fauna of liverpool? =

Some of the native flora are Lamandra longifolia, Bursaria spinosa, Goodenia ovata, Cymbopogon refractus, Indigofera australis, Ozothamnus diosmifolium
= -Which plants/animals are endagered in liverpool? =

One of the animals that are endagered are Frogs.some are still to be found out.
= -What policies liverpool council has in place to protect the endangered plants/animals? = == they have started with the biodiversity strategy which is helping the council come up with ideas of policies.they have put conservation points in areas that need alot of work and are working through them one at a time. == = -How much money has been spent on repairing damaged parklands? =

A couple of millions have been spent on bush regeneration, Buy new plants,planning and construction.But l would say that its worth it better than spending millions on building new buildings.
= = =__ WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2012 __= = On the 5th of June Year six at all saints went to all saints girls high school for their word environment day presentation.We learn't a whole lot through music,acts,and power points,I would say the best was the station which the environment group at the girls high school created.Their great work really paid off and l would say most of the year sixes would say the same.I think we had a whole lot of fun but the most important thing was that we all left with some new knowledge which really opened people's eyes about the environment :) = = = == = = =__ TREE PLANTING WITH LIVERPOOL COUNCIL AND MELISSA HARDY __= == On the 25th of june 6 cahill went along with the liverpool council and melissa hardy to Warwick Farm Park down near the train station in Warwick Farm.The experience was amazing and we planted two hundred plants in about two hours.To accomplish the target we were split in groups of three or four which helped in getting the job done faster.but the thing we really needed was team work.We had to use three things for planting: ==