The "Eco Elite Project" by ISD emphasizes the collapse of the bee population, the value of pollares for food systems

Last Saturday, a group of five fifth graders from the ISD -Eco Elite project collected $ 1,200 and baking sales, with all income donated to Greenwich Parks & Recreation.

The event showed urgent environmental problems and showed an exhibition for educational beehives, in which the alarming collapse of the bee population and the importance of pollinators for our food systems were emphasized.

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These efforts are part of a wider service learning initiative based on the school's IB program (International Baccalaureate), which enables the students to examine global topics through local actions.

In addition to bees and pollination, the research of the group of sea pollution, coral reef decline, the protective roller of the ozone layer and the medical meaning of horseshoe crabs – whose blue blood is crucial for the safety of the vaccine.

Some students also used the event to work for SB-9, a proposed law of Connecticut that restricts the use of neonicotinoids should be pesticides associated with the decline of the pollinator, and with significant effects on draining into rivers and waterways in the entire state.

The deputy ISD director Julie Webster, one of the group mentors, took part in the support and accepted parents, friends and neighbors who contributed to making the event a success.

The pupils will later present their complete knowledge of fellow students and parents as part of a Gi -Norchanging exhibition in spring.