"Come to a greater understanding of the interconnectedness of life and leave with the tools to improve the world."
This is an exciting time in environmental education. Never have the common problems which affect us all been better understood and never have we had the understanding, expertise, and technology to solve these problems.
The Environmental Geography Course is designed to be hands on and intensely practical. You will:
- Work with GPS units and GoogleEarth to better understand the local ecology of Orangeville
- Learn about and monitor ODSS's brand new solar water heaters
- Take field trips to see environmental solutions at work in and around Orangeville (starting with the Shelburne windfarm)
- Work in the ODSS Greenhouse and help to grow the food that will later become your lunch
- Learn about renewable technologies and how we can produce fuel from algae and energy from water
- Meet with people who study and work in the environmental field
When is my class?
Block 4 on Day 1 and Block 3 on Day 2
Where is my class?
Room 809Course Outline & Assignments
REMEMBER! The "Water Test" will take place on Friday, Oct. 2nd.
What are we doing right now?
Addressing the big question of the week: "Who owns water?"Eco-Product of the Week
Our ecological product of the week is Mr. D's organic bamboo shirt which requires less water and pesticides to produce (growing enough cotton to produce one cotton t-shirt requires 2-3 pounds of pesticides and 3x as much water as bamboo).