Mihael

SUSTAINABILITY

__ What is sustainability? __

Sustainability is keeping something in a good state. E.G. Keeping an environment in good condition. __ What environmental issues are around Liverpool and in your local neighborhood? __

Some environmental issues in Liverpool are that there are trolleys in a lot of different places like rivers and in the middle of footpaths.Others are :
 * == air, water and noise pollution ==
 * == graffiti ==
 * == littering ==

On the MERL day there were three guest speakers Peter Carroll, Melisa Harding and Mr. Burrows 1. Peter Carroll was from an organization called SCRAP which is short for (School communities recycling all paper)
 * __ Our MERL day excursion to ST. Christopher's on the 21st May 2012 __**

He spoke about trying to save electricity and money by switching to solar energy.He also talked about how much food goes to waste and that 10 million Africans die a year because of starvation.



2. **__ Melisa Harding was from the Liverpool city council __** Melisa spoke about the environment and about all the sites that get regenerated each year. She also talked about the National Tree Day and how many people volunteer to help their own environment.Every family has to pay $20 a year to purchase these types of flora for other people.

= 3. **__ Mr. Burrows was from CEO (catholic education office) __**= = Mr. Burrows spoke about sustainability. Sustainability means to have enough for everyone forever. = = He said that there are 52 threatened fauna species and 29 threatened flora species. =

Class Project

**__Trolleys__** =1.What policies can be put into place to stop the dumping of trolleys? = = Q2. which supermarket trolleys are being dumped = = Q3. which area in Liverpool has the most abandoned shopping trolleys? Why? = = Q4. How do Aldi shopping trolleys work? = = Q5. What is the cost of trolley repairs? and how much do new trolleys cost? =

**__Tree planting__**



Tree Planting Day On the 25th of June 2012 our class 6-Cahill walked to Hart park and thats where we saw Melissa.During the day we planted over 200 shrubs in different groups.Some of the plants were: Lomandra longifolia, Goodenia, ouata and Bursaria spinosa.