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Students at Orewa Primary will be challenged to consider their environmental impact when the Tread Lightly Caravan visits the school this month.
As well as answering questions about how they dry their washing, get to school and use water, they will be generating their own electricity by pedalling the Power Bike.
There is also a focus on e-waste that includes a cross section of landfill, demonstrating that even after 100 years much of the contents are still intact including mobile phones, plastics, electronics and polystyrene.
The caravan, which is described as “Auckland’s only mobile environmental classroom”, was developed by the Urban EcoLiving Charitable Trust and its visit to Orewa is supported by the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, which gave the Trust $1000 in its last grants round.
It began making the rounds of schools and community events in 2010 and has so far visited more than 125 schools across the Auckland region.
Inside the caravan are interactive displays showing how everyday choices such as what we buy, how we travel, what we eat, how we use energy in our homes and how we manage waste, impact the natural environment.
The key messages are that everyone’s choices have environmental consequences, that resources are limited and that small changes in the way we live help save resources, prevent pollution and protect our plants, animals and their habitats.
The Tread Lightly Caravan will visit Orewa Primary from October 17 to 21.
