There is a lot of talk about cleaning up the environment these days and five Islanders were recognized for doing something about it during a ceremony Thursday at Government House in Charlottetown.
Parkside Elementary School Grade 6 students Matthew Bagnall, Jordan McCarron and Mataio Rogers, along with Brenda Delaney, owner of Down to Earth Decorating and Go Green Office Furniture and Design, and Phil Pineau, president of the Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group, took home the 2010 P.E.I. Environmental Awards for their contributions to enhancing and protecting P.E.I.'s environment.
P.E.I. Lt.-Gov. Barbara Hagerman and Richard Brown, minister of Environment, Energy and Forestry, were on hand for the ceremony.
Bagnall, McCarron and Rogers, known as the "recycling boys" at their school, were awarded the St. Teresa's Environmental School Challenge award for starting a recycling program two years ago aimed at making sure the blue recycle bins in the classrooms contain the proper recyclable items.
Every second day, the trio put on rubber gloves and check the school's blue bins and if they find classrooms are not properly
sorting, they have the school secretary issue an email explaining the importance of proper
sorting.
The program rewards classrooms with a treat for properly sorting their garbage and the three purchase the prizes with the money made from the properly sorted recyclables.
McCarron said he and his two friends started the program because they knew the blue bins were not being used properly.
"We started to notice a lot of our blue bins were dirty and filled with stuff that shouldn't be in it," McCarron said.
It's very important to the environment to use the blue bins properly, McCarron said.
"The stuff (in the blue bins) gets recycled and when stuff gets recycled it doesn't go in a landfill."
Brown said he was proud to see young Islanders like the three students take the initiative to do something about saving the environment.
"It proves to me the youth of P.E.I. are concerned about the environment and the environment of the future," Brown said.
Delaney, often referred to as the "go green lady," was awarded for her ingenuity with taking existing furnishings and other items and reworking them instead of throwing them away.
Pineau, in his third year of being president and also serves on the public forest council, was awarded for his work with the Hunter-Clyde Watershed Group.
Three Parkside Elementary School students among environmental award winners
The Parkside Recycling Team, from Parkside Elementary School in Summerside, were among the five winners of the 2010 P.E.I. Environmental Awards during a ceremony on Thursday at Government House. From left, Lieutenant-Governor Barbara A. Hagerman, present
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- Islander
- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:52:28
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
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- Islander
- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:52:06
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
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- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:50:18
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
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- Islander
- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:46:50
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
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- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:45:43
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
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- Islander
- - July 8th, 2010 at 14:44:23
Way to go a job well done !!!!!
