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Students plant 300 to beautify old landfill
Ditching maths to plant trees equals happy school children. Rooms 7,
8 and 9 at Moanataiari School planted 300 plants one morning in late
August, beautifying the old land-fill behind the dump.
Whaea Maria, Room 7 teacher, said, “It’s an awesome experience for
the kids to be able to give back to the environment. Many of the
children have planted before, and they showed great enthusiasm in
the planting process.”
All plants are natives and have been grown locally. Howard Saunders
from Smart Environmental Limited is an ace at sourcing native plants for
a great price, including some grown in the Trees for Survival programme.
Howard is no stranger to planting trees; he remembers planting with
fellow school student Peter Blake when he was five.
“Every planting day I watch the kids and wonder – is the next Peter Blake
amongst them?” says Howard. “I want these days to be a success, so
the children can continue to come back and look at the planting and
see the difference they are making. The coolest thing is the kids get an
understanding that they can make a difference.”
Community involvement is a large component of Howard’s role. Smart
Environmental pays for Howard’s time to be part of planting days like
this, and he is keen for them to be seen as more than just a rubbish
collection service.
This is the sixth planting this season and with one more to go it has been
one of the most successful planting seasons to date.
Press release provided by Thames Coromandel District Council.
12 year old Cailee
Dollard takes another
plant from TCDC Parks
and Reserve Manager
Derek Thompson.
Amy Kruger, 9,
and Faith Wilson,
age 10, add their
planting skills to
the day.
Ignacio Marquez-
Bernal 8, Alex
Williams, 9, and
Riley McCasgill, 8,
work together to
plant a legacy.
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