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🐝 one spoonful of honey is enough to keep a person alive for 24 hours![]()
🐝 one of the first coins in the world featured a bee symbol![]()
🐝 honey contains live enzymes. The metal spoon kills these enzymes. The best way to consume honey is with a wooden spoon, if not, you can use a plastic one.![]()
🐝 honey contains a substance that helps the brain function.![]()
🐝 honey is one of the few foods on earth that alone can sustain human life.![]()
🐝 bees saved people from starvation in Africa.![]()
🐝 propolis produced by bees is one of nature’s most powerful antibiotics.![]()
🐝 honey has no expiration date.![]()
🐝 the bodies of the world’s greatest emperors were buried in golden coffins and then covered with honey to prevent them from rotting.![]()
🐝 the term “honeymoon” comes from the fact that the young couple consumed honey for fertility purposes after marriage.![]()
🐝 a bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1,000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey, but for her it is the work of a lifetime.![]()
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Thank you, dear bees!![]()
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#bees #nature #honey #beefacts
Happy National Sunflower Day 🌻![]()
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Swipe right to learn some fun facts about these beautiful flowers! ![]()
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#nationalsunflowerday #sunflower #sunflowers #flowers #nature #summer #garden ##gardening #nature #helianthus
A huge thank you to our mentors who poured their knowledge, heart and passion into helping the CARE students this year! If you are interested in learning more about being a mentor for CARE 2025 please reach out!! ![]()
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#wecare #mentor #mentorship #makingadifference #makinganimpact #changinglives #climatechange #climateaction #climateactionnow #climateeducation #ourplanetourhome #vernonbc #vernon #okanagan @sd22learns @a.n.g.e.l.i.k.i___
Repair with Flair Inspiration!! ![]()
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At 9 years old, she took jeans that didn’t fit anymore in length and cut them into shorts. She’s bedazzling them with beads and buttons around the house! ![]()
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#wecare #zerowaste #repairwithaflair #repurposed #repurposedclothing #recyle #climate #climatechange #climateaction #climateactionnow #climateactionrippleeffect #okanagan
“We don’t need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” - Anne Marie Bonneau ![]()
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#wecare #zerowaste #reducewaste #livingwithlessplastic #reduce #reuse #recycle #plasticfree #environment #climate #climatechange #climateaction #climateactionnow #reduceplastic #reduceplasticwaste #reduceplasticpollution #noplastic #ecofriendly #vernon #vernonbc #okanagan
These Seaton students harvested garlic mustard, an invasive plant species, and hand made delicious pesto! They put a lot of CARE into their creations, which people enjoyed sampling at the CARE Student Summit. They won 3rd place in the Nature & Biodiversity category! Way to go, don’t stop be-leaf-ing in your power to enable change 🌱![]()
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#wecare #climateaction #climatechange #climateactionnow #environment #invasivespecies #pesto #change #plants #nature #vernon #vernonbc #okanagan @sd22learns
These Seaton students won 3rd place in the waste reduction category for their project named, “Repair with Flair!” To reduce textile waste, they altered thrift store clothing to craft sustainable fashion statements. They strutted their stuff and their creations at the CARE expo as well!! Way to go!! ![]()
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#wecare #wasterreduction #zerowaste #fashion #thriftstore #sustainable #sustainablefashion #clothing #sustainableclothing #climate #climateaction #climateactionnow #vernon #vernonbc #okanagan @sd22learns
3 CARE students from Seaton won 2nd place for their Bugs & Blossoms project! They created pamphlets, and seeded recycled paper hearts, planted gardens for friends and family, taught Beairsto Elementary students, put their pamphlets in local businesses and went door to door to hand out seeds! They put alot of CARE into their planning, and we love that the community was so involved!! Great job!! ![]()
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#wecare #gardens #bugsandblossoms #bugs #blossoms #nature #biodiversity #plantseeds #climate #climateeducation #climateactionnow #climateeducation #vernon #vernonbc #okanagan @sd22learns
These VSS CARE students won 2nd place in Human Health & Culture for their FireSmart Safety and Education project. Living in the Okanagan, being FireSmart should be top of mind for us all! Way to ignite fire safety in our community!! ![]()
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#wecare #firesmart #firesafety #climate #climateaction #climateactionnow #vernon #vernonbc #okanagan @firesmartbc @sd22learns @cityofvernon
