The École Cobble Hill Roots Shoots Club is again a BC Green Games winner for 2015.
For this year’s BC Green Games entry, the club focused on an anti-idling campaign at school and in the community. The students observed that many people left their cars idling for five minutes or more, and they wanted to make changes to improve the air quality around their school and community.
They learned about the health and environmental consequences of idling vehicles, and raised awareness of the problem of idling vehicles through posters, signs in school drop-off areas and educational information. They encouraged students to walk, ride their bikes or take the bus to school, rather than driving.
Country Grocer supported them by allowing them bring their anti-idling message to customers.
The Roots Shoots Club will use the money from the Green Games win to contribute towards the building of interpretive signs for a recently constructed trail in Fairfield Park in Cobble Hill, next to the school. These signs will talk about the ecological origins of the park, native species, wildlife and invasive species.
