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All Year 6 students walked around the main Liverpool area. We were looking for things that badly affected the people and the area of Liverpool. We found lots of rubbish scattered around the Liverpool parks. Later on during the excursion we headed over to an that allowed us to see the Georges River. We found the river to be brown and full of rubbish like a full size watermelon, plastic bags, and chip packets. On the way to Georges River we saw a wall that was vandalized with graffiti. We also saw a few shopping trolleys that were placed in the middle of parks. I think this city could use a bit more work towards the environment.

__ Sustainability __ - means to maintain something at a certain level. To make sure there is enough for everyone for ever.

__ Propagation __ - to increase or multiply the production of plants. To cut the roots or replant different types of plants.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Propagation __ Advantages: __ 1. Only need one plant to increase the amount of plants. 2. The amount of bacteria generated increases which alters the speed of the plant to grow faster. 3. Can be used to create virus free plant organisms.

__ Disadvantages: __ 1. Plants gradually lose their energy over a period of time. 2. Since there are many plants, it causes overcrowding to loss of nutrients.

media type="custom" key="18935960" align="left" Introducing Trolleys Around Liverpool there were many environmental problems that badly effected the plants, rivers and bushes in the area, but we concentrated on one particular part; the trolleys. In my class we discussed how the trolleys that were abandoned in the parks, driveways, and car parking area effected our environment.

__Problems:__ Something that really caught my attention was how there was rubbish placed in the trolleys as if they were portable rubbish bins. I thought about what would happen if those trolleys were to tip, it would spill all of the rubbish that was inside the trolley. All of the rubbish would fall onto the floor and would be swept away and scattered all over the place, then there would be more rubbish to clean.

Another problem was the trolleys that were left on ramp like areas near the roads. If those trolleys were to roll down, it would go onto the middle of the road. That trolley would cause a lot of problems. That one trolley could cause traffic, road delays and even crashes because of lack of attention.

What material is used to create shopping trolleys?: The majority of trolleys in Australia are made out of zinc and chrome plated steel.

Reso lution: To help get back the lost and abandoned trolleys, almost all of the leading supermarkets (Woolworth's, Coles, IGA, Aldi, Franklins etc) are beginning to use a new app called Trolley Tracker which allows the user to locate lost and abandoned trolleys. If you want to you can download this app on any apple device. www.trolleytracker.com.au

Speakers: At Merl Day there were 3 guest speakers each giving us information about the environment.

1st Speaker Peter Carrol: Peter Carroll is part of a school environmental program called S.C.R.A.P (School Communities Recycling All Papers). He talked about saving paper by saving space and flipping pages if in need of more space. He also talked about recycling paper and how 30% of landfill is removed when we recycle paper. Also how another 38% of land fill is removed when separating food scraps and garden waste. So a total of 68% of landfill is reduced if we recycle paper and card board and when you separate food scraps and garden waste.

2nd Speaker Melisa Harding: Melisa Harding was from Liverpool Council and talked about the Liverpool Restoration Plan. The Liverpool Restoration Plan was about restoring trashed parks and big shrub/bush areas that needed to be treated and fixed. She also talked about how Liverpool City Council takes a big part in National Tree Day and how they also have volunteer groups sent out for community tree planting. They also have Environmental workshops where they have 9 volunteer groups set up somewhere in Liverpool where they show case different environmental problems and their solutions to them.

3rd Speaker Gary Burrows: Mr Burrows is part of the CEO in the environmental department and he talked about replacing gas powered and coal powered electricity with solar panels and wind power in your homes. He also told us that petrol is used to make PLASTIC BAGS!!!! Mr Burrows told us about biodiversity (different varieties of flora and fauna) and how there are 29 different spices of animals that are endangered just in our Sydney area, also there are 52 threatened plant species also in our Sydney area. He said we can help them by attracting wildlife by building shelter boxes and bird and animal feeders. We could also use sign's to show that there are endangered flora and fauna in our Sydney area.

Bibliography: Excursions: Merl Day Exursion Liverpool Walk Exursion Websites:

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