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=__SUSTAINABILITY__= WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? Sustainability means to keep something alive or to keep something growing. For example to keep a plant alive you need to water it.

WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARE AROUND LIVERPOOL AND IN MY LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD? Environmental issues around my local neighbourhood and liverpool are: 1. Trolleys being left around roads and on paths 2. Grafetti on trees, under tunnels and on gates

__**ST CHRISTOPHERS MERL DAY 2012 21ST MAY**__ 4 schools were involved in the MERL day 1. All Saints 2. St Therese 3. St Joseph 4. St Christophers

WE HAD 3 GUEST SPEAKERS COME IN AND TALK The first speaker PETER CAROLL spoke about SCRAP (school communities recycling all paper) 1. DO NOT waste electricity when not in use 2. USING BOTH SIDES of paper so you do not have to get more and more paper 3.BUYING SOLAR PANELS TO REPRODUCE ELECTRICITY

The second guest speaker MELISSA HARDING spoke about a restoration plan within the liverpool community 1. 9 volunteer groups which help planting and helping animals 2. $20 per year for regeneration plans per person

The third guest speaker MR BURROWS spoke about sustainability 1. making sure there is enough for our future generations 2. using what we need

TROLLEYS Q1. WHAT POLICES CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE TO STOP THE DUMPING OF TROLLEYS? The policies that can be put into place to stop the dumping of trolleys is a specific distance for a trolley to travel Rewards for people returning trolleys Q2. WHICH SUPERMARKET TROLLEYS ARE BEING DUMPED THE MOST? The supermarket trolleys that are being dumped the most are Coles, Woolworths, big W and Franklins trolleys within the area of liverpool. Q3. WHICH AREA HAS THE MOST ABANDONED SHOPPING TROLLEYS? WHY? The area that has the most abandoned is the hume high way .There is a variety of trolleys near the Hume High Way which are filled with loads and loads of rubbish because of its large spaces. Q4. HOW DO ALDI SHOPPING TROLLEYS WORK? The Aldi shopping centres have a policy which is if you want to use a trolley to carry your products then you would have to place a $2 coin inside it otherwise you can not use a trolley. Q5. WHAT IS THE COST OF TROLLEYS TO REPAIR? AND HOW MUCH DO NEW TROLLEYS COST? the cost of trolleys can be major and minor. sometimes to repair trolleys they can cost $500 to $1000. And to buy new shopping trolleys it is a couple of thousand dollars.
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TREE PLANTING Q1. HOW DO WE BRING BACK THE ENDANGERED SPECIES OF LIVERPOOL INTO THE AREA? Q2.WHAT ARE THE NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL? Q3. WHICH PLANTS/ ANIMALS ARE ENDANGERED IN LIVERPOOL/ Q4.WHAT POLOICIES LIVERPOOL COUNCIL HAS INPLACE TO PROTECT THE ENDANGERED PLANTS?ANIMALS? Q5. HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT ON REPAIRING DAMAGED PARKLANDS?

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