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STRAW
Summit
April
19, 2007
Schools
attending: Brookside School, Dunham School, Laurel Dell School, Manor School,
Mary E. Silveira School, McNear School, Old Adobe School, Old Mill School,
Rancho School, Ross School, Star Academy, and Wade Thomas School (to see
individual school displays, return to Summit home page)
The students from these schools exhibited examples of their watershed work for the year. After a brief opening where State Senator Carole Migden and Supervisor Judy Arnold spoke, the students broke up into two groups. Our friends from DriWater came with prizes for the Student Ambassadors. The students from K- 2 classes participated in several bird related activities across the street while the older students participated in small group discussions. Three questions were asked of these students.
What can kids do to help San Francisco Bay?
What is the best part of being outdoors?
What
have you noticed about today?
**Panoramic
photos by Kim Springer. Other photos by Ann Dickinson and John Parodi
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What can kids do to
help the San Francisco Bay?
Kids can
help the Bay by not littering and not throwing into Bay
Don’t
throw away so much waste – reuse it
Plant
only native plants in your backyard
Don’t
use so much plastic
Recycle
what you use
Encourage
other people to help the Bay
Convince
friends and family
Tell
people upstream of creeks to not litter
Be more
aware what you do around your community. Pick
up trash if you see it
Learn
how to stop pollutants from getting the Bay. When you pollute, it affects
wildlife which is a part of our economy.
We
should explain to people why we need to not pollute instead of just telling them
to do it. People may be more likely to hold on something to recycle, instead of
just throw it away
Make
recycling and conserving something cool
Talk to
adults and parents. Parents listen
to kids.
Restore
a creek
Recycling
or compost
Buy
paper instead of plastic bags
Learn
which plants are native and buy them for your garden
Recycle
more than throw away, don’t litter
Raise
trout eggs and release them
Teach
people to recycle more and don’t throw away recyclables
Reuse plastic bags from the store
Have a
restoration burn
Volunteer
for more programs to restore the bay
Use Monterey
Bay Aquarium fish cards and buy fish that are rated good to buy
Biking
more instead of car to help with global warming
More
electric cars
Cut the
6-pack holders so sea animals don’t think they are food
Don’t
release non-native animals so they won’t compete with natives
Bike to
school
Don’t
fish as much so don’t catch endangered fish or make fish become endangered by
over fishing trout and steel head
Don’t
buy as much fish
Pick up
litter even if it’s not yours, only takes a few seconds
Don’t
feed wild animals because they are becoming more dependent on humans
Make
barb less hooks so don’t damage fish
Move
fish from the bottom of waterfalls to the top
Release
your catch
Go pick
up trash on the beach with a group of friends
Participate
in cleaning green days
Get low
flush toilets
Use only
2-minute showers or only fill bath 3/4 full
Don’t
run water while brushing teeth
Try not
to use soap when washing cars
Put soap
water in the sink
Don’t
dump anything down the storm drain
Use
Earth day wisely
Give
away old clothes, don’t throw away
Teach
others around the world
Tell parents to not
pollute as much in cars
Clean up
city area of San Francisco
Find out
the names of native plants
Don’t
dump hazardous materials down the drains so the Bay is not polluted or recycle
Kids
keep up doing what we are doing with green things
Keep
track of water usage
Filter
for automatic shut off for too long showers
Instead
of cars, walk more.
Use
fewer guns (shells)
Recycle,
compost
More
energy efficient things, less coal
Compost
may attract rats
Filter
storm drains to reduce pollution
More
electric cars
Make
storm drains smaller to keep paper out
Electric
cars, hybrid good but not completely gas free, would like another gas free
solution
More
biodegradable products
Carpool,
ride scooters to conserve energy
Conserve
energy, lights off when not in use, same with water
Government
should recognize the new technology to help change global warming
Carpool
more
Use
French fry driven vehicles
Stop
using aerosols to stop global warming
Protect
the earth so “Day After Tomorrow” doesn’t happen
Carpooling
helps more than one person
No need
to use oven for little meal, wastes energy
What is the best part of being outdoors?
You
don’t really need toys or technology in nature to have fun
You can
make up your own games and play
When
you’re outside, there are more places to go and play games
It’s
fun to be working outside with your friends to help the environment
It’s
so natural and beneficial to the environment and if everybody did that, the
whole world would be better. You
step away from technology and get to be in a world beyond your reach.
You get
to use sharp tools
When I
got to go on the STRAW Fieldtrip, I felt more alive and happy outside.
I enjoy
the birds singing
Its
really nice to have plants, birds singing.
Its something you can’t do inside
It’s
beautiful not using gas or batteries
Get to
play, get to throw footballs
Ride
scooter, bike and use a lot of stuff that doesn’t use electricity
Fun,
dirty, hard, get good exercise and enjoy it
Nature
is out there
Not as
much to do inside, love riding my scooter
Don’t
have to waste energy, and get all the energy outside
See the
animals outside in nature, no nature inside your house
Nature
has fresh air and you’re around plants and animals
Indoors
is stuffy, outside is free and fresh air
Play
with your pets outside and watch them, which you can’t always do inside
Even in
your backyard, looking under rocks, find all sorts of bugs and animals, see them
eat.
My mum
doesn’t like me climbing on the furniture so I like to go outside and play
and play basketball with my friends
Feel
trapped inside, free outside
Going to
my brother’s baseball game is really fun
Lets
out energy, like recess at school, “Yea we’re free”.
Then back inside “We’re trapped.”
Climbing,
swinging on trees
Fresh
air, stuck in school. Then it can
be stuffy, good to be in nature
No need
for lights, sun provides
Room for
sports
Vacations,
fun but not relaxing in cities, likes to see new outdoor spaces
See what
might get destroyed
Fan of
snails, fun to look for them
Boosts
spirit if not feeling good
Playing
with animals is fun
Yosemite,
saw elk for 5 minutes, also saw a bear with babies on the path
Vegas is
fun, but lights are on, need to get rid of electricity a little bit
Likes
watching curious, shy animals that don’t just come up to you
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DriWater representative Khris Laubacher brought samples of their products. We use DriWater to irrigate many of our restoration sites and it is always a highlight of the day for the students! You can learn more about DriWater at their website.
What have you noticed about today?
I thought it was fun to see what the other classes did the same or different. Some classes planted, some pulled weeds, and others worked in the field. It was cool to hear everyone in a large group, instead of small groups
I really like missing school to see what other schools’ projects were.
I like sharing of what I did to help the community
In the beginning people were shy and didn’t know each other, then people began to open up
Good experience, everyone wants to meet others
Fun
Thought it would be in a big church with stained glass windows
Thought it would be like school
Like telling people about what a class has done
Good to be with other kids, hearing stories
Thought I would be nervous, guys in business suits
Like learning
Seeing scrapbooks, people’s projects
Unaware of DriWater for plants
Give thanks to all those making this possible
Use DriWater as a toy
Use DriWater for when on vacation
Happy if we do stop using excess electricity
Nice meeting Judy and the Senator
Was fun
How do we make recycling
cool?
To make
it cool, you get people interested in it
If you
do something, then your friends might do it and if your friends do it, then
their friends might do it too.
I think
inspiring younger people to do good work and help the Bay are then they’ll
say, “Wow, that’s cool. I
should do that!”
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