Fwd: A message from Jack McDonald

Melanie Chaytor
Careers Advisor
TIC Gateway/STAR programme

Kapiti College
PO Box 2003
Raumati Beach
Kapiti

ph 04 902 5121 EXT 845

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Hey,

I've just Signed On with thousands of other Kiwis calling for urgent
action
on climate change. I know that my name alone may not influence the
Government
but if we get many many thousands of people to Sign On, we can't be
ignored.

Please join me by clicking on this link:

http://www.signon.org.nz/invite/accept/Xv5jbGJz

It's like a petition only better. It will take only a minute and it's very

easy.

Over 85,000 New Zealanders have already Signed On including Stephen
Tindall,
Rhys Darby, Keisha Castle-Hughes and of course, me.

This December, world leaders, including John Key, will meet in Copenhagen
to
decide what the world should do about climate change. We must give John a
strong mandate to do the right thing in Copenhagen, so please Sign On
today.
Here's that link again.

http://www.signon.org.nz/invite/accept/Xv5jbGJz

Thank you,

Jack McDonald

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Fwd: Take action

Check out the following link to read about the latest update on the
Governments decision to cut funding for Enviroschools. You can take
action!!
http://www.greens.org.nz/enviroschools

minutes 24th February

Present:April,Dermott,Jordan,Natalie,Olivia,Olivia,Florence,Bella,Akane,Mirjiam,Johanna,Julia,Caitlin
and Tash

April to get sheet of things we need to do to achieve silver this year!

Recycling: Tash and Dermott going to talk to TK about getting free
recycling for everything,notice in the notices about recycling and people
for going @ FT!

Monday:Florence and Julia

tuesday:Dermott and Tash

Wednesday:Jordan and Johanna

Thursday:Akanae and Olivia

Friday:Olivia and Natalie

Worm farm: Paeakariki school sell starter worm packs, need a big plastic
containers and a posable place to have the worm farm is next to the

Green House

Out side the foods room, behind the GYM

Green house clearing up on work day, talk to the care takers, so we can
grow new plants to do up our school - Tash and dermott

Green Connection week: Tash to dress up as a frog with Natalie and give
out lollies

Games

performance's during the week

Class contests, recycling games
etc

sausage sizzle

Efficient ways to save power : not having lights on when they are not
needed

canteen re: fridges being open all day

Youth Jam 09??

News letter : photos from our achievements

Could be used for up incoming events

Tips on how to keep green

Facts etc...

Natalie, Olivia, April and Dermott to go to Yr 9 Form classes to tell them
about green connection next week

(d4, d6, e2) April and Natalie

(m8, b11) Dermott, Olivia

(c8, c7, c4) .......

minutes 17th February

Green Connection Meetings are now on tuesday lunch times

Meeting 17th Feb

Present:Dermott, Jordan, Natalie, Olivia, Olivia, Florence, Bella, Akane,
Julia, Caitlin Natasha

Apologues - April

Today we wanted to talk about our goals for this year

Goals:

To get Silver: April will get information off MC about this

Recycling: We are going to start up paper recycling again someone need's
to find out how we can get it taken away for us.

but our main goal for this year is to get a set of rubbish bins out side
the AV rooms next to the canteen for cans paper and plastic etc...

we need a new place for the key and later think of a new system posable
systems:

have 4 or more fixed bins that with a key can be detached, end of lunch or
school a meber from GC takes the to a holding place (boiler room) puts the
recyclables in bigger bins and wheels them back, once a week truck takes
them away......

Aim - to get a GOOD recycling box in every class room

Printer Cartridges - School gets discount if refilled - $12.99 from $16.99

Worm farm: Paeakariki school sell starter worm packs, need a big plastic
containers and a posable place to have the worm farm is next to the

Green House

Out side the foods room, behind the GYM

April or some one to ask Mr Coleman if he could make a container for them.

Green house clean up on work day, talk to the care takers, so we can grow
new plants to do up our school - Tash and dermott on work day 2 more are
allowed

We can have a Red carpet day and MC can cut the ribbon - also good photos
for web site etc...

Green Connection week: Tash to dress up as a frog with Natalie and give
out lollies

Games

performance's during the week

Class contests, recycling games
etc

sausage sizzle

we NEED to think of ways to fund raise!!!

We need to cut down the magpie trees and plant new native trees - green
house would be good for this

Pictures - Dermott and who ever has a camera at the time

Efficient ways to save power : not having lights on when they are not
needed

Dermott and Tash to ask Viki if there is a way we could get a FTTP to
upload our web site to.

Awareness around the school

we need to good to all the form class's (yr9)

have a assembly for green connection for yr 9's

and speak to other yr levels at the yr level assemblies

minutes 17-2-09

these minutes will be up as soon as Dermott has fin typing them!

sorry for any inconveniances!!!

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Meet someone fun to play with at Match.com Enjoy the last moments of summer.

Belatedly announcing the safe arrival of Merika Jade Beach. Born at home
on 10th December, 2.98 kg, at 12.42 am. All safe and well. Thank you for
kind words and well wishes. Have tried to attach a pic:)

WYSE Forum

Today a group of five GC'ers went to Te Papa to join the WYSE (Wellington Youth Sustainability Eco-forum). After a day full of activities, we made our way to Parliment with the 350 group to present speeches and letters to Nick Smith (Minister for the Environment). Plenty of other MPs were there - Russel Norman, Jeanette Fitzimons, Charles Chauvele, Rahui Katene. There was plenty of media attention - we were on 3news! Below are a few photos of the day: