Buckingham Elementary and Stoney Creek Community School are the latest two 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Schools to install colourful hand-painted images of fish on their fences, as part of their Stream of Dreams projects. The installations are one of many learning opportunities across the District for students to build awareness of connection to the environment and how they can help support sustainability.
More than 20 years ago, a then ten-year-old girl and her mother founded Stream of Dreams in 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ to bring awareness to the 5000 fish killed in Byrne Creek after toxic material was dumped into a storm drain. They teamed up with local schools and the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers, a volunteer group that monitors the creek, to together symbolically bring the fish back to life. The first painted wooden fish were created in the year 2000 by students from Clinton Elementary, Stride Avenue and Edmonds Community Schools. Now the installations can be seen in many places in Canada and parts of the US.
Students are still learning about the connection of fish to storm drains. This month children at Capitol Hill Elementary marked the drains around the school. They painted the symbol of a fish beside the grates to remind people that the water – and anything in it – empties straight into local waterways.
Students, school and district staff work together on creative ways to build awareness of how to support sustainability efforts. Another recent example is at 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Mountain Secondary where students in a marketing class started a vintage shop at the school to support sustainable choices and bring awareness to how each of us can make decisions that impact climate change.
Learn more about other activities in the District below the following photos.
Read More: Supporting Connectedness to Environment and Sustainability
Sustainability in the District’s 2019-24 Strategic Plan
The Beauty of Outdoor Learning: New Mural – September 2021
Students and Staff Shine: Awards and Competitions – July 2021
Students Raise Awareness of Sustainability – May 2021
The Growth of Outdoor Learning – April 2021
Embracing Nature’s Playground and Classroom – October 2020
Secondary Students Win Big at City of 91×ÊÔ´È«¼¯ Environmental Awards – October 2020
We Mean Green: Our First Sustainability Plan – March 2020
Students Help Animals in Australia Impacted by Fires – February 2020
Student Competition Supports Sustainability Skills – November 2019
District Awarded for Environmental Impact – November 2019
First School in BC to Earn Fair Trade Designation – September 2019
Global Climate Strike – September 2019
Students Celebrated for Efforts to Support the Environment – June 2019
Posted November 2021