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= = = = =What Is Sustainability? = =sustainability is = =about being environmentally friendly = =and cutting = =down on your = =environmental foot print = =and try hard to save = =our earths = == =natural = =resources. = =  = = =

=Walk around Liverpool = =The senior students of all saints catholic primary, = =went on a walk to discover the environmental issues of Liverpool, = =  = =in our local Liverpool area, = =<span style="color: #19e119; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">to support our Beyond the fence project, = =<span style="color: #19e119; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">it was appalling that there are various issues including: =


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 * 7) =<span style="color: #6f5706; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">littering. =
 * 8) =<span style="color: #6f5706; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">illegal dumping. =

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=<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In my loacal area the main issue was in fact = =<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">GRAFFITI...... = =<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the supporting evidence is shown = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> =<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">There's illegal graffiti displayed on public transpor <span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">t = =<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">such as buses& trains =

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=<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> = =<span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">There have been several complaints = <span style="color: #fe1082; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">

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=__<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">M.E.R.L DAY __= = = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">gs1. __<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peter Carroll __= =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">S.C.R.A.P = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">School = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Communities = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Recycling = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">All = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Paper =

=<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peter Carroll. = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peter came to talk and give us some advice on how to reduce waste at = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">home, school and in our local community. = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Some of them were In fact = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">And many more other very useful tips .... =
 * 1) =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">having water tanks =
 * 2) =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">recycleing =
 * 3) =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">reuseing =
 * 4) =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">reducing =
 * 5) =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">solar panels =

=<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He talked about swells, how the wind blows allot of plastic into them, swells are a whirl of water but mainly contains plastics now because of pollution. = =<span style="color: #08c48e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">So when a albatrosses sees something shiny, it dives down and eats the fish the shine is from the flesh of the fishes skin, and it is regurgitated it for their young. But now there's allot of pollution so now the albatross regurgitates plastic and the chic dies caused by the plastic that was dumped and regurgitated by its parent. = = = = = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">gs2. __Melissa Harding__ = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">from Liverpool council = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">She talked about extinct and theatened living species of flora and fauna = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">some e.gs were = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Melissa Harding also explained = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Biodiversity = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Definition: A variety of living things (flora & fauna). = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In their natural environmental habitat. = = = =<span style="color: #df7920; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Mr Borrow = =<span style="color: #df7920; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Mr borrow summed up the day very shortly.A few of his quizzes that were QUITE SHOCKING = =<span style="color: #df7920; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">But he began with a rather interesting image of a frog giving a human a high 1 it was actually representing or saying that the frog can't defend it or it's environment (habitat) & it's self so we have to look after the environment. = = = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">work shops = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In our work shops we did a variety of fun activities in the orange group our first activity was in fact reading an early readers book Uno s garden it was about how w <span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">e should take care of our environment. And have a balanced sustainable living area, we also played an app called wild quest where we try to find & take a picture of different species of animals. and when we find 5 of an animal and take a picture then there should be some interesting facts about the creature. my absolute favorite work shop was the propagation of plants. this is how it works. you know how in the car on a hot sweltering day & all the windows are all closed tight and you begin to sweat. well that's exactly how the propagation of plants works. the bottle you have that is cut in half but still connected you add soil to the bottom = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">half and then pick a clipping from a plant (we used herbs) and we also added hormone powder just on the bottom tips of the clipping then placed into the soil, a 3-4 squerts of water and sealed the half openable part with sticky tape and write your name on it. then as the plant is left out in a kind of sunny place it stats to sweat and that's how it works so you don't have to water it alot. = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">whats interesting = = = = = =__<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">class project __=
 * 1) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">an endangered eucalyptus tree =
 * 2) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Downy wattle =
 * 3) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">a threatened type of snail =
 * 4) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">grey headed fox =
 * 5) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">koalas =
 * 6) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">bandicote =

= = =<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">trolleys = > =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">if a trolley is lost they have search teams the and if a theft is solved they charge the thief. = = = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tree planting = > > = <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Girls Catholic Collage = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">World Environment Day = =<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On the 5th of june 2012 the seniors of All Saints Catholic Primary .veiwed a presentation loacated in the hall of the girls collage. there they were raising awarness of the environmental issues an <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">d a varity of fun work shops. this day was super useful to our beyond the fence project. = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Our Liverpool Walk = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">follow this map to see: = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">what trolleys have been dumped? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">which bisnuses have had their trolleys dumped? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">and how many have been abandoned? = = = =__<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Positives & N __<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__egatives__ = =__<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Positives __= =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">aldi has a coin system so the costomers can get their money back = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">theres a reward system in coles/wollies = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">trolley search team = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">trolley tracker = =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">when reached to far theres automatic breaks = =__<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Negatives __= =<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">no coin systems thats why people arn't reterning the trolleys = =<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">some companeys don't have search teams = =<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">very few trolley slot/places to put so people = =<span style="color: #f32020; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">get lazy. = = = = = =__<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">planting shrubs and ground covers __= =<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On the 25th of June the class 6 Cahill, from All Saints Catholic Primary school of Liverpool walked all the way to Warick farm to a park.So we could plant 200 shrubs & ground covers with Melisa Harding.A plant that my team had planted was a wattle. = =<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The procedure in all this was to.First clear the mulch away until you see a healthy dark soil then grab a simple twist and tun digging device as it's twisting away it should fill up to the rim when it dose that you remove it and empty nearby for it is needed later on.Empty exsess dirt = =<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(If creepy crawlies are found they are to be left alone)Once the hole is empty add a pinch of fertilizer then delicately place your specie of shrub/ground cover (wattle).now r <span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">emember that soil that was put aside before now you need it to cover the plant. = =<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">EXTRA INFO (Behind the park 6 Cahill planted 2 <span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">00 shrubs&ground covers there was a heap of clay use the top soil first it's better for the plant this class planted a particular large amount that there was barely any room left)Once it's covered to the best of your ability surround your wattle in mulch. the area we planted had gum trees many others and in that area combind all different spicices are rare.Individually the plants are not rare. = = = =<span style="color: #076409; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">After a long hard working day we had to walk back to school and 6 C got to keep the gloves provided for the day Curtisy of our principle but I pretty much rewind mine so it was a exhausting thorny day but it was load of FUN and a muddy day.I have gloves to prove the evidence. = = =
 * 1) =<span style="color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">what policies can be put in to place to stop the dumping of trolleys? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In Coles the policy is that if <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> a theft is solved, they charge the thief. =
 * 1) =<span style="color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">which supermarket trolleys are being dumped? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The supermarket trolleys that are being dumped are Coles, Woolworths , big W ,target =
 * 2) =<span style="color: #595959; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">which area in Liverpool has the most abandoned shopping trolleys? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On the Liverpool walk grade six of all saints catholic primary school of Liverpool traveled along the side <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> walk and on the stairs of Liverpool's Light horse park trolleys were a major issue as they were blocking our way, seen as a dump site & were everywhere they annoyed me no end and I believe the council should do more to resolve this issue! And at Memorial park =
 * 3) =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">How do Auldi shopping trolleys work? The system that is used for aldi is the coin slot where you have to insert a gold coin and then when your finished with it you put it back in the so called trolley slot and it should automatically come out and get your money back. This theory is super effective for it's a message to the costumers that if you want your money back put me back where i came from! =
 * 4) =<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">what is the cost of trolley repairs? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">200 million dollars is spent by the retail industry just to repare, collect , replace & maintain =
 * 5) =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> how much do new trolleys cost? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">There are about 2 million abandoned trolleys in Australia the individual cost is 100 dollars =
 * 1) =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">how do we bring back our endangerd sp <span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">eicis of liverpool intote area? <span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">by planting them near native shrubs/ground covers an example of this is our tree planting day with Melisa Harding for more information there's a last sub heading of my wikki =
 * 2) =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">what are the native flora and fauna of liverpool? =
 * 3) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Downy wattle =
 * 4) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">a threatened type of snail =
 * 5) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">grey headed fox =
 * 6) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">koalas =
 * 7) =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">bandicote =
 * 1) =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">which plants /animmals are endangerd in liverpool? <span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Koalas and snails there are .58 threatend spicies, 23 flora spiecies & 35 fauna spicies. black cacatoos, flying foxes , birds ,owels green and golden frogs , eastern gympy possems.endangered (Extra info forests/bush lands are endangered to caused by the deforestation =
 * 2) =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">what policies do liverpool councilhas inplace to protect the endangerd plants /animals? <span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Don't feed but the public couldn't resist giving broken bread to the inoscent ducklings .another one is keep dogs away from lakes to protect water creatures the dogs have a high chance of harming the water creatures if this rule wasn't in place =
 * 3) =<span style="color: #0bb10d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">how much money has been spenton reparing damaged park lands? <span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1000-2000 dollars is spent repareing larely damaged lands, $500 on smaller parks. =



=<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Melisa briefly explained what we were going to experience on this day =

=<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">she dug a hole up to the rim of her tool and put the exess dirt behind. =

=<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Melisa added only a pinch of firtilizer in and then delcutly placed the plant in the hole then = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">She restored the soil in it's rightful place the hollow hole. & just topped it off with some mulch. = = <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> For a natural look. =

== =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">this is an immage from my point of veiw. = = = = = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> = = = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6 cahill had a crack at it. = = = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> = = = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">look at them posing & smiling while i'm hard at work geez! = =<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> and paula and jessica if you ladies are reading this it's true i have the gloves to pove it wich are filled with dirt. =

=<span style="color: #9d0cca; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">thanks for reading everyone bye!............ =