Email Environmental Education at Hawke's Bay Regional Council for help and advice with any of your schools environmental project.
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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has provided funding which has enabled ‘Genesis Reforestation Trust’ to employ a part-time facilitator to assist schools with growing native plants for their school grounds and community planting.
The Programme is called 'Shade House in Schools' and it is a Genesis Reforestation Project.
This is the project that the HBRC has funded over the last few years and is different from the national programme 'Trees for Survival'.
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If your school would like to get involved in the Shade House in Schools programme please contact Marion.
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Enviroschools originated in Hamilton in 1993, with the purpose of creating healthier, more peaceful and sustainable schools. Through a whole school approach students plan, design and create sustainable projects that benefit the school and the wider community.
Enviroschools is now available nation-wide with the support of the Enviroschools Foundation and a growing number of national and regional partnerships.
To date more than 340 schools are planning, designing and creating sustainable schools in areas such as recycling, worm farms, riparian and forest restoration projects.
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To find out more have a look on our Enviroschools webpage, contact Emily Rockwell, Enviroschools Regional Coordinator at Hawke’s Bay Regional Council email - Environmental Education or look on the National Enviroschools Website
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A large number of schools throughout Hawke’s Bay have participated in the National Waterways Project (NWP). Several thousand children have enjoyed the experience of hunting for invertebrates in our streams and rivers, measuring things like temperature, pH, water clarity and speed.
The NWP has now been combined with the international 'GLOBE' environmental programme. The new programme is called EMAP - Environmental Monitoring and Action Project.
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EMAP is funded by the Ministry of Education LEOTC fund and delivered through the Royal Society of New Zealand. Regional facilitators have been appointed and they will support schools in becoming involved with these environmental education programmes.
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Ian Cairns, who is the Hawke's Bay Environmental Monitoring and Action Project Facilitator, is available to any school who wishes to become involved with EMAP. This is an opportunity for teachers to scaffold from using their simple equipment into gathering weather, soil, vegetation and other environmental data into the stricter protocols of GLOBE.
At whatever level schools wish to become involved - Ian is ready to support them with monitoring equipment and entry of data into the global database.
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You can contact Ian at i.cairns@xtra.co.nz or phone 844 3384 or visit http://emap.rsnz.org/
Kids 4 Drama is a professional drama group based in Auckland who travel to Hawke’s Bay each year to perform an environmentally focused drama show. 30 schools around the Hawke's Bay Region are chosen to see the performance each year for free.
This is a joint council initiative and proudly sponsored by Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, CHB District Council, Wairoa District Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. If your school would like to receive the production in 2011, please contact Emily Rockwell on Emily@hbrc.govt.nz.
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In 2011 the production will focus on the following key messages:
- Green waste/food waste – Composting and Bokashi
- Water conservation
- Water quality (local streams)
- Sustainable transport (walking, bus and cycling)
- Illegal dumping and burning – rubbish and weeds
- The real cost of rubbish. where does rubbish come from and what happens to it? Who pays to get rid of it?
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In August 2010, 30 Hawke's Bay schools saw "A quest for a cleaner world " which focused on the following topics.
- Litter and illegal dumping
- Hazardous Waste
- Keeping our waterways litter free
- The danger of litter on the environment and wildlife
- Keep Hawke's Bay beautiful – community pride
- Rubbish / recycling is a resource
- Consumers can make a huge difference by the products that we choose to buy!
The 30 schools who received the show were sent a teaching resource booklet to help the students understand the concepts and key messages of this programme. It has been shown that students are more likely to remember the information and discuss at home if it is integrated into their curriculum, instead of a one-off activity.
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Since 1992 the Department of Conservation, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd have celebrated Conservation Week by taking school groups to visit two local sites of great conservation importance - White Pine Bush Scenic Reserve and Tutira Country Park.
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During the past 19 years more than 3700 students have taken part in this programme, planting thousands of native trees around Lake Tutira.
This year over 200 students from selected schools will get a guided tour around a remnant of native forest at White Pine Bush Scenic Reserve, plant native trees and learn about erosion control at Lake Tutira Country Park, and hear lots of interesting facts about the modern forestry industry. If your school would like to take part in this programme, please contact Emily Rockwell on Emily@hbrc.govt.nz.
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