The Green Timberwolf

The Green Team

By: Shaelynn and The Green Team

So The Green Team has become a success! The green bins have been delivered to all participating class rooms, and Tim Hortons cups are finally being composted all over our school.

The Green Team was created by a group of grade 12 students that were given the task to find a way to reduce our schools ecological footprint, so our group decided to take on the task of bringing compost bins to our school. After weeks of sending emails and advertising the soon to come compost bins, they finally arrived. Bins were placed in the cafeteria, staff rooms, the office, and in all participating class rooms. Due to the lack of education about the compost bins, our group made posters about what does and doesn’t get composted, including Tim Hortons cups, which are compostable. A week after setting up the compost bins The Green Team set out to collect all the waste for its weekly pick up by the county. While we collected the waste our group noticed the great improvement our school has made, we found green bins full of Tim Hortons cups, orange peels, apple cores, and so much more.

The Green Team was not only made to bring compost bins to our school, but it was also created to pass on our groups passion for the environment on to younger generations. As a successful group we are proud to announce that the responsibilities of The Green Team will be passed on to grade 9s, 10s, and 11s at the end of 2015.   

Congratulations NPSS, we are reducing our ecological footprint one step at a time!