![]() July 17, 1998 |
Issue Nine Page 2 of 2 |
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Salmon Main |
on Classroom Stewardship "I should like to see every school in the country adopt some natural area as its own special
project, continuing year after year in perpetuity. Preferably it should be a creek or some section
of a creek or a small stream, but it could almost equally be a section of a river bank or lake shore
or sea shore, a pond, pothole or marsh...
(Roderick Haig-Brown. Bright Waters, Bright Fish. 1976.) Campbellton Elementary, in the Haig-Brown Kingfisher Creek watershed, is just one of many schools throughout North America that has taken on just such a responsibility to its neighbouring stream. Furthermore, as with all schools, new students continually circulate through the school system, bringing with them new enthusiasm to be focussed on their adopted waterway. Those that graduate and leave, doubtlessly take with them a heightened sense of appreciation for both the environment, and for everyone that helps conserve it. I feel that the real life benefits of such attitudes are far beyond what any classroom lessons can offer. |
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