Spike@School v4.0 Sites about the environement to help with our topic studies. http://www.stpeterscatholic.school.nz/26/link_sets/106-enviroschools.rss en-nz Great site to explore about many areas associated with the environment http://www.epa.gov/kids/ Earth Zone links to recycling, water, air and endangered species. http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/ Kids helping to save the world......Learn about New Zealand wildlife here. http://www.kcc.org.nz/ Rotten Truth (About Garbage) takes an in-depth look at the complex issues surrounding waste. What Is Garbage? There's No "Away" Nature Recycles and Making Choices are the areas covered. http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm See how the people of Dumptown turned their town around. http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/ Although this site is called recyclezone, recycling is only one of the things we can do about waste. We talk about the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle. http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/ New Zealanders throw away 3.6 million tonnes of rubbish every year. If we were to measure this in 9 tonne buses it would equate to 400,000 buses of rubbish - that's more than 1000 buses every day. Find out how we can help. http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/ Get all the dirt on worms right here. http://yucky.discovery.com/noflash/worm/index.html