Over the course of the fall, Aisha L, Michelle A, Katie L and I, all from Environmental Advocacy, have been working on a rehab plan for Brentwood’s raised garden beds on Partridge Road. Our first idea was to plant bulbs for tulips and daffodils in the fall so we could harvest them in the spring…
On Friday, November 17th, Brentwood students seized a valuable opportunity to engage in student presentations and a panel alongside peers from five other south Island schools – Claremont, Pearson College, St. Michael’s, Cowichan & Shawnigan. This insightful discussion not only introduced fresh perspectives on sustainability, courtesy of local youth, but also resonated profoundly with our…
From the outside looking in, one could assume that the Grade 8s are slightly isolated from the rest of Brentwood. However, when it comes to environmental advocacy and gardening, these young students are all in! Nathan C, Rogers ‘23 and I have been working to create an interactive learning space that educates the class on…
The students in Brentwood’s newest art, Environmental Advocacy, working alongside their similarly sustainably-minded twins in the Brentwood Environmental Action Team, BEAT, worked hard last year to optimize Brentwood’s environmentalism in both idea and action. From clothing swaps, to AppleFest, to campus-wide clean ups, audits of food, recycling, and electricity, and weekly Assembly announcements to inform,…
Did you know that Brentwood College School has various fruit trees on campus? There are 17 fruit trees on campus we know of, mostly located on adjacent properties across the street from the main campus. These trees were left, mostly ignored, for years until last year when BEAT and EA pruned them. This fall we…
With first term drawing to a close, the weather around campus is as expected for Vancouver Island: windy and rainy. While the weather may make things difficult for our outdoor athletes – soccer, rugby & cross country – our artists are flourishing indoors. When you walk around campus on any given Monday, Wednesday, or Friday,…
Over the past few weeks, Felix D, Whittall ‘23 and I, along with the help of a few other Environmental Advocacy (EA) members, have been running an apple juice project. The goal of this initiative was to collect local, organic apples from people who needed their apple trees harvested or had excess apples they wanted…
Question. What’s one of the quickest, healthiest, and most effective ways to cut agricultural greenhouse gasses? Going once? Going twice? Yes, you BEAT-Freaks (trademark pending) out there got it right, it is organic farming! As the Environment Advocacy team learned, organic farming is not only a way to provide local communities with nutritious foods and…
Last week, students in Environmental Advocacy & The BEAT (Brentwood Environmental Action team) really got their hands dirty. Monday and Wednesday we were able to pick pears, plums and several types of apples from some of the 17 fruit trees on campus. On Friday about 20 of us took a trip to Wilder Market Garden,…