Environmental Action Bingo Challenge 2024
Join the Environmental Action Bingo Challenge 2024 to engage in various eco-friendly activities like exploring parks, planting trees, learning about water conservation, and more. Earn entries for prizes by completing tasks and documenting your progress. Get involved in promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship in your community!
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B I N G O Natural Leaders Project 2024 Action Bingo! LEARN: Read the City s Water Rationing Plan and describe how your family will adapt ACT: plant a tree or shrub OR visit one of the trees in the Top Trees Passport EXPLORE: the Oldman River shoreline EXPLORE: Alexander Wilderness Park ACT: plant pollinator friendly flowers Complete AS MANY LINES AS YOU CAN in this bingo! Download a copy of this bingo to your own computer and add your photos & descriptions to the slides below. Submit it by June 1stusing the instructions on the last slide. LEAD: do a Shoreline Cleanup, Coulee Cleanup or your own neighborhood cleanup with friends/family EXPLORE: the Iissksiniip Coulee Walk (west side of Lethbridge College campus) PREPARE: Create or review your family s emergency plan (learn more here) PHOTOGRAPH: a wild animal (not a human or domestic pet) ACT: plant something you can eat You can submit 1 entry per line. So if you complete 2 lines, you get 2 entries, if you complete a blackout, you get 12 entries. Each class will have its own draw. There is 1 prize per class. LEARN: LEAD: clean the debris around your storm drain PHOTOGRAPH: yourself in front of a sunrise or sunset ACT: create bird or bug habitat Prizes donated by Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre: E- bike GoPro Hero 11 Kayak tour for 5 on the Oldman River with High Level Kayak & Canoes 6 week climbing lessons from Coulee Climbing 30-minute plane ride around the city with Excel Flight Training Gift certificate for YMCA Hammocks And more! Visit the WASTELESS website FREE SQUARE PREPARE: Make or review your 72-hour emergency kit (learn more here) ACT: dry a load of laundry using the sun PHOTOGRAPH: your favourite neigbourhood park PREPARE: Tidy up your yard to remove hazardous fire debris EXPLORE: Elizabeth Hall Wetlands LEARN: look up your home s water usage (on your utility account) and compare it to someone you know EXPLORE: the Lethbridge Nature Reserve at Helen Schuler Nature Centre! LEAD: Use public transit to get somewhere PREPARE: Have a family fire drill (learn more here) Questions? Contact Paige Rosner at 403-360-0160 or paige.rosner@lethbridge.ca EXPLORE: Cottonwood Park
EXPLORE: Alexander Wilderness Park EXPLORE: Alexander Wilderness Park Describe your adventure below: Add your photo below:
EXPLORE: Elizabeth Hall Wetlands EXPLORE: Elizabeth Hall Wetlands If you can t get to this park because it is not accessible by public transport, you can instead submit an email to City Council requesting this nature reserve be included on a transit route or Ride-on-Demand zone. Include a copy of your letter instead of your photo. Describe your adventure below: Add your photo below:
Explore: Lethbridge Nature Reserve at the Explore: Lethbridge Nature Reserve at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Helen Schuler Nature Centre If you can t get to this park because it is not accessible by public transport, you can instead submit an email to City Council requesting this nature reserve be included on a transit route or Ride-on-Demand zone. Include a copy of your letter instead of your photo. Describe your adventure below: Add your photo below:
Explore: Cottonwood Park Explore: Cottonwood Park If you can t get to this park because it is not accessible by public transport, you can instead submit an email to City Council requesting this nature reserve be included on a transit route or Ride-on-Demand zone. Include a copy of your letter instead of your photo. Describe your adventure below: Add your photo below:
EXPLORE: the Oldman River shoreline EXPLORE: the Oldman River shoreline If you can t get to this park because it is not accessible by public transport, you can instead submit an email to City Council requesting this nature reserve be included on a transit route or Ride-on-Demand zone. Include a copy of your letter instead of your photo. Describe your adventure below: Add your photo below:
EXPLORE: the EXPLORE: the Iissksiniip of Lethbridge College) of Lethbridge College) Iissksiniip Coulee Walk (west side Coulee Walk (west side Describe your adventure below: Which plant was the most interesting to you? Add your photo below: What is something you learned?
PREPARE: Create or review your familys PREPARE: Create or review your family s emergency plan ( emergency plan (learn more here learn more here) ) Answer the following (you don t need to include personal details or information): Did your family already have an emergency plan? What emergencies does your plan include? (fire, tornado, electrical outage, etc.) What is something you learned in creating/reviewing your family s emergency plan?
PREPARE: Make or review your 72 PREPARE: Make or review your 72- -hour emergency kit ( emergency kit (learn more here learn more here) ) hour Answer the following (you don t need to include personal details or information): Did you already have a 72-hour emergency kit? Did you include pet supplies in your emergency kit? What was the hardest part of making a 72-hour kit? What was the easiest part of making a 72-hour kit?
PREPARE: Tidy up your yard/around your PREPARE: Tidy up your yard/around your building to remove hazardous fire debris building to remove hazardous fire debris Describe your experience below: Debris piles are important for overwintering pollinators like bees, but once fire season starts they can be dangerous. Fire debris includes things like piles of leaves/coniferous needles, sticks, garbage, and other flammable materials. Tidy up your yard, especially around your home or apartment building or near wood fences or decks. Mowing to keep grass/weeds shorter is also a way to reduce fire risk at your house. What kinds of things did you tidy up?
PEPARE: Have a family fire drill ( PEPARE: Have a family fire drill (learn more here here) ) learn more Describe your fire drill below: Is there more than 1 way to get out of your house?
LEAD: clean the debris around your storm LEAD: clean the debris around your storm drain drain Add a photo or describe what you cleaned up:
LEAD: do a Shoreline Cleanup, Coulee Cleanup LEAD: do a Shoreline Cleanup, Coulee Cleanup or your own neighborhood cleanup with or your own neighborhood cleanup with friends/family friends/family If you have one, add a photo of your experience: Describe your experience: Where did you clean up? What tools did you use? How much did you collect? What was the most interesting thing you found?
LEAD: Use public transit to get somewhere LEAD: Use public transit to get somewhere If you have one, add a photo of your experience: Describe your experience: Where did you go? Which bus did you take? What was your experience like?
LEARN: Read the Citys Water Rationing Plan LEARN: Read the City s Water Rationing Plan and describe how your family is adapting to it and describe how your family is adapting to it The City s Water Rationing Plan should be available in the next month or two and will be available on the City s website. Read the plan and answer the following questions: What is something you learned after reading the plan with your family? What are 3 things you will do to ration your water?
LEARN: Visit the LEARN: Visit the WASTELESS WASTELESS website website Visit www.wasteless.ca to find the answers to the questions below: How many t-shirts do Lethbridgians throw away each year? How many tonnes of textiles are trashed by households in Lethbridge each year? What percent (%) of garments are recycled back into actual clothing?
LEARN: look up your homes water usage and LEARN: look up your home s water usage and compare it to someone you know compare it to someone you know You can usually look up your home s water use on your utility account. You may need to contact your landlord to find this information. If you live on an acreage, you may need to measure water another way. How much water did you use in July-August? How much water did you use in December-January? Who did you compare water use with? Between the two households, who uses more water?
PHOTOGRAPH: your favorite PHOTOGRAPH: your favorite neighbourhood park park neighbourhood Add your photo below:
PHOTOGRAPH: yourself in front of a sunrise or PHOTOGRAPH: yourself in front of a sunrise or sunset sunset Add your photo below:
PHOTOGRAPH: a wild animal (not a human or PHOTOGRAPH: a wild animal (not a human or domestic animal domestic animal ) ) Add your photo below:
ACT: plant something you can eat ACT: plant something you can eat Add your photo below:
ACT: plant pollinator friendly flowers ACT: plant pollinator friendly flowers Flowers that produce nectar or pollen provide food for pollinators like bees and butterflies. Visit the Nature Centre s website to explore our Pollinator Caf Guide and other resources! Add your photo below:
ACT: plant a tree or shrub OR visit one of the trees ACT: plant a tree or shrub OR visit one of the trees in the in the Top Trees Passport Top Trees Passport Add a photo of you with the tree/shrub or visiting a tree from the passport:
ACT: dry a load of laundry using the sun! ACT: dry a load of laundry using the sun! Add a photo of your laundry drying:
Submit your BINGO! Submit your BINGO! SAVE THIS POWERPOINT AS A SAVE THIS POWERPOINT AS A PDF to paige.rosner@lethbridge.ca! to paige.rosner@lethbridge.ca! PDF and email it and email it You get 1 entry for EACH LINE you complete on your bingo (be sure to include your proof in the slides above!) How many lines did you complete: LINES COMPLETED What is your name: YOUR NAME HERE What is your teacher s name: YOUR TEACHERS NAME HERE Class number (7F, 5C, etc.): CLASS NUMBER HERE School: SCHOOL NAME HERE If you win, I will call your teacher and you can choose your prize! Questions? Call Paige Rosner at 403-360-0160!
