Worming our Way to World Environment Day 2007
Joined by nearly 200 students, the Gould League celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by acknowledging the vital contribution of worms to our environment and their role in reducing the effects of climate change at Federation Square on Monday June 4.
Media
Worming our Way to Federation Square featured on The Age online, MX magazine and Channel 10.
Photo Gallery
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Which is more beautiful - my face paint or the worm on my spoon? |
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Crowds and media capture the worm racing action |
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Wormy face painting - a favourite activity |
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Hawthorn West Primary School are presented with their Bokashi bin by Greg Donoghue of eco organics |
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A worm in the hand is worth two on the face! |
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Visiting students proudly display their worm masks and racing entries |
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Celebrity judge, Julie Sugden from Cleanaway, joins children to encourage their entrants in the worm beauty pageant |
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Students discover the amazing features of worm anatomy in the Worms on Plates activity |
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Looking through the target for Green Handball |
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Ms Wormiverse (Wendicast) (in her caravan) celebrating her win with her manager and friends from Hawthorn West Primary School |
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Winner of the worm race, Alexander, with his manager, Alisha, from Sassafras Primary School |
Why celebrate worms?
Worms work the Earth's engine room, creating healthy soils and also converting enormous amounts of waste into useful natural fertilizer.
| "Of all animals, few have contributed so much to the development of the world as we know it as earth worms "
Charles Darwin, 1881 |
World Environment Day 2006
The Gould Leagu ecelebrated World Environment Day 2006 at Federation Square with over 100 students attending in person and many more sending environmental messages. The event achieved extensive television, radio and print media coverage raising awareness of World Environment Day and the role of frogs as sensitive environmental barometers.
Read about our 2006 World Environment Day celebration... 
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