Earth Day/ aldo leopold school 

 

Earth Day 2005 

 Nancy Saladino & Aldo kids.....Making bracelates at Aldo Leopold School...earth Day

 

2005Presentations Earth WEEK Program at Aldo Leopold School Apr 18-19, 2005  For Units 1,2,3,4 Lisa Meli gave our Welcome and Introduction.  "as a parent and member of the Aldo Leopold community, it is my great pleasure to bring here a group of individuals who are passionate and committed to keeping the earth a clean, balanced and healthy place to live.  We know we have left things in a very desperate state for your generation and we are here trying to right some of those wrongs and to help inspire you to do the work we wish we could have.  The world is at your fingertips now as you learn to write and express your views and find the neighborhood of the world becoming increasingly smaller through current technologies.  What you need is only what you already have... .....Heart.  Find what you are passionate about and go and make a difference.  You can!!  It is the smallest acts sometimes that make the largest statements.  There is much to be done and the Earth needs you...so HAVE HEART and know how great you are....because we do and we are depending on you."   Tim Torrez   Opened with a song and drumming.. He told us .... that everything is a circle..  The drum that Tim uses with his song is a circle......the earth is a circle, the birds lay their eggs in a  nest ..which is a circle. Everything is a circle.  What we do effects our earth and all who are on her for seven generations and we  each are affected by what has been done on this earth for seven generations!  ...for  we  all ... live in a circle.  Tony Saladino of Eco Tours of Wisconsin explained about our ecological footprints,  which are the carrying capacity of the planet and our food supply.  ECO Tours is a program of reforestation and environmental awareness in Northeast WI.  "Our program is unique because it allows individuals to participate at a grass-roots level in protecting water quality, reducing erosion, flooding, and enhancing wildlife habitat.  We offer half-day and full-day trips in the local area, primarily in the East River and Baird Creek watersheds, which provide fun and educational programs for all age groups. "  Tony has worked as a naturalist since the early 1980's and remains committed to sharing his deep love of nature.  In 1987 he bicycled 4,200 miles around the Great Lakes to raise awareness that our standard of living rests on a healthy environment.  He encourages steps, such as switching to nontoxic cleansers, landscaping for wildlife, carpooling or bicycling to reduce air pollution and much more.  ECO Tours of WI teaches that we can each take steps to benefit the environment while reducing costs.  Eco Tours of WI will give each Aldo student who comes to the Baird Creek Clean-up with their family a tree to plant. Martha Haugen of AromAmora,  talked about recycling, and how we can re-use many of our recyclables and shop smarter so we create less to recycle and even less that we personally add to the landfill. Batteries..we use a lot of batteries...kids use a lot of batteries, at home and at school.  They are toxic and shouldn't be put into the landfill. She suggested that  a program for collecting the Aldo students batteries be set up and have the Green Bay Recycling and Hazardous Waste Center pick them up or designate some students to go to the recycling center with the batteries.  Students from Aldo who are interested in this project should send us some email and we will post the letters or requests on the website.  Thanks for your interest.  Kim Diaz of the Baird Creek Parkway Preservation Foundation  talked about Aldo Leopold and his book The Sand County Almanac and our ecological footprints, and volunteer opportunities.  At the end of the program each child was asked what they were willing to do to protect the earth.  Each child made  a  bracelet. The string is a natural fiber from a plant.   The individual colored  beads represent: the clear bead is  air--the blue bead is water--the black bead is animals, insects and decomposition--the yellow bead is for the sun--the brown bead is for the earth and the red bead is for fire--they represent clean air, clean water, healthy animals, healthy plants, and happy people and  we can wear these bracelets on our arm to remember our commitment to our planet earth.

 Every Day  Is Earth Day

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Tony Saladino  

 

Tim Torrez     Life Is A Circle 

Martha Haugen  Reduce, Re-Use then Recycle

Tony Saladino...Our Environmental Foot Prints.... 

 

 

 

 

 

Planning Committee for Earth Day  2005

 

 

 

 

Lisa Meli, an Aldo Leopold parent and Soup Council member, talking with Tony Saladino, Martha Haugen, Nancy Saladino, Lisa Meli, Sandy LaCoy, Nancy Hacker

 

Tony Saladino, Martha Haugen,  Nancy Saladino, Sandy LaCoy, Margaret Mary Gerhard 

Planning Meeting at Cafe Susan

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