Our growing student container garden

Gardening centre

This is what happens when u leave gardening centre alone for a long weekend.

Getting ready for gardening season

World Water Day

World Water Day 2016: 40 photos to make you think twice about wasting this precious resource

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  By David Sim
  March 20, 2016 08:00 GMT
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Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services is vital to human health. However, about 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.

People gather to fetch water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of GujaratReuters

Dirty water and poor sanitation can cause severe diseases in children, killing 900 under-fives every day across the world, according to United Nations estimates – or one child every two minutes. Among newborn babies, the World Health Organisation says infections caused by a lack of safe water and an unclean environment cause one death every minute somewhere in the world.

Slum dwellers collect drinking water from a submerged hand-pump after heavy rains in the northern Indian city of AllahabadReuters

A girl collects drinking water from the Dala river outside Yangon, MyanmarReuters

World Water Day 2016: 40 photos to make you think twice about wasting this precious resource

• 

  By David Sim
  March 20, 2016 08:00 GMT
• 6,597   

Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation services is vital to human health. However, about 650 million people, or 10% of the world's population, do not have access to safe water, putting them at risk of infectious diseases and premature death.

People gather to fetch water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of GujaratReuters

Dirty water and poor sanitation can cause severe diseases in children, killing 900 under-fives every day across the world, according to United Nations estimates – or one child every two minutes. Among newborn babies, the World Health Organisation says infections caused by a lack of safe water and an unclean environment cause one death every minute somewhere in the world.

Slum dwellers collect drinking water from a submerged hand-pump after heavy rains in the northern Indian city of AllahabadReuters

A girl collects drinking water from the Dala river outside Yangon, MyanmarReuters

Here is the link to the full article

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/world-water-day-2016-40-photos-make-you-think-twice-about-wasting-this-precious-resource-1550350

World Forestry Day

Theme for 2016:
Forests and water

This global celebration of forests provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests.

Forests cover one third of the Earth's land mass, performing vital functions around the world. Around 1.6 billion people - including more than 2,000 indigenous cultures - depend on forests for their livelihood.

Forests are the most biologically-diverse ecosystems on land, home to more than 80% of the terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. They also provide shelter, jobs and security for forest-dependent communities.

Yet despite all of these priceless ecological, economic, social and health benefits, global deforestation continues at an alarming rate - 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed annually. Deforestation accounts for 12 to 20 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

Celebrating forests and water

Every year on the International Day of Forests we celebrate the ways in which forests and trees sustain and protect us. This year we are raising awareness of how forests are key to the planet’s supply of freshwater, which is essential for life.

A resident of the National Tapajos Forest collects wild foliage for preparing a meal. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Did you know?

• Forested watersheds and wetlands supply 75 percent of the world’s accessible freshwater
• About one-third of the world’s largest cities obtain a significant proportion of their drinking water directly from forested protected areas
• Nearly 80 percent of the world’s population – 8 out of 10 people - is exposed to high levels of threat to water security
• Improved water resource management can show considerable economic gains
• Forests act as natural water filters
• Climate change is altering forests role in water flows and the availability of water resources
• Forests have a crucial role in building and strengthening resilience

More information on the Day is available at the UN Forum on Forests.

Happy Friday

I wish all the families of Fraser Mustard a wonderful holiday.  When we get back after March Break, it is Spring!  A wonderful time of growth, renewal and gardening!!
:)
Melissa

Today's Events!

Today, in room 101 we are focusing on reusing and recycling.  Room 207 and 103 with begin/continue their reusing art.  Room 101 has an extensive collection of items that can be used in new and interesting ways.  Things that otherwise would have been thrown away like boxes, toilet paper tubes disposable coffee cups and disposable water bottles, for example.  The children may create art or something functional like a planter or a toy.  Watch to see what your child creates.

Room 204 and 213 will make posters for each class to help the children their garbage into recycling and trash.

:)
Melissa