Kirkcolm pupils came together to mark Clean Air Day yesterday as part of our Learning for Sustainability and Eco Schools activities.

We participated in a whole school assembly to learn about the factors that can lead to air pollution, how this can impact on our health and what we can do to reduce air pollution and support both healthy human and wildlife diversity.

Some suggestions from the children were:

• Reduce car use – walk or cycle instead
• Move towards electric forms of transport
• Use public transport instead of private cars
• Grow your own fruit and veg
• Try to by locally grown food
• Use non-carbon burning fuel for heating

Have a look at some of the wonderful ideas our clever cookies have come up with:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We then studied different kinds of lichen.  We learned that some are:

• Pollution Haters – Can only grow in clean air conditions
• Pollution Lovers – Can grow in polluted air conditions

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The children went outdoors on a lichen hunt, classifying the types we observed growing in our school grounds.  We are pleased to report that we found lots of examples of the pollution hating, clean air loving lichen.  This demonstrates that we have good air quality!

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