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What are the Environmentally Active Kids of Tuc-El-Nuit
up to this year?!
The first problem startswith salt and water…
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The Senior E.A.Ks are the SALT of the earth!
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The town of Oliver has a secondary sewage treatment system.
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Reclaimed water from this system is used to irrigate a golf
course, 2 vineyards & other green spaces around town.
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That’s a GREAT idea, isn’t it?
Think again!
There’s too muchsalt
in the waterAnd it’s killing
the trees!
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The E.A.Ks got involved when they discovered that reclaimed water was going to be used on
the school grounds.
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Worried that their trees would be dead before they got to grade 8, the kids started:
Googling!
Calling!
Touring!
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What they discovered was not what they expected…
“Mineral salts are always
present in the soil in
different amounts”
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“Through history, too
much irrigation always
leads to salinization of
the soil, which leads to
desertification and the
collapse of civilizations!”
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Salinization is the build
up of salt in the soil.
Desertification is when an
area turns into desert
due to too much salt
killing the plants
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“Adding NaCl (sodium chloride) speeds up this process...and industrial and residential water softeners are the main source of these salts.”
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Too much NaCl kills plants in 3 ways:
1. It causes dehydration
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2. It blocks photosynthesis
Too much NaCl kills plants in 3 ways:
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3. It creates a waterproof salt pan
Too much NaCl kills plants in 3 ways:
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There is NO GOOD WAY to remove salt from the
ground!
Salt also can’t be removed by sewage treatment systems!
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Back to Oliver, turns out that the golf course has
tried to plant new maple trees, but they can’t
survive in the salinized soil.
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The pines are also dying, from too much salt and overwatering. The old
maple trees are not expected to last much
longer either.
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The E.A.Ks concluded that there is no safe amount
of salt that can be added to reclaimed water.
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There are only 2 solutions:
Ban water softeners
Stop using reclaimed wateror
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The E.A.Ks sent their results to the paper and the town.
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They have also visited a school board meeting
and talked to the trustees about the
problem.It’s a work in progress!
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Project Two: Flushed Away!
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Problem: Find an alternative to the continual flow urinals
in the school toilets!
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Solutions:
Install a timer
Buy dry urinals
Put motion sensors on the urinals
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The E.A.Ks have decided on the timers, but Tuc-el-nuit may be closing down soon so that project is on
hold for now…
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The Junior E.A.Ks areWinging It!Project 3
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Did you know that 14 of the province’s 16 species of bats can be found in
the Okanagan Similkameen?
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And did you know that 6 of these species are listed
as being at risk?
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The Junior E.A.Ks decided to help the bats out by
building 14 summertime homes!
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Bats can eat up to 1000 insects a night!
We hope they eat lots of mosquitoes, because
they can give us the West Nile virus.
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The 14 bat boxes will provide the bats with a safe and cozy place to
spend the summer.
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The Junior E.A.Ks are also responsible for Tuc-el-nuit’s Western Bluebird
trail. This is the 15th year!
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Over 1,000 Western Bluebirds have been
fledged over the years!
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The Junior E.A.Ks have concluded that winged
critters are very effective insect munchers.
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They are:
Environmentally Friendly!
EntertainingInteresting to learn aboutInexpensive
and
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So skip the insecticides and pass me another
piece of plywood!
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Thanks for watching!