Enviro-Heros!

The Haliburton-Muskoka Children’s Water Festival and its parent organization, Friends of Ecological and Environmental Learning, were recognized for the valuable role that this fun and unique festival plays in water education when they received the 2010 Haliburton Land Trust Enviro-Hero award for Education. This is a wonderful honour and the HMCWF steering committee would like to thank all our partners, financial supporters and community volunteers that have been, and continue to be, critical in making this event the success that it is! Thank you and congratulations!

Thank you to Chad Ingram and Sun Media for providing us with this photo of Heather Ross, Irene Heaven and Rick Whitteker accepting the award at the HHLT Gala on May 28, 2010.

September 27 & 28, 2010

The Haliburton-Muskoka Children's Water Festival is an annual event that motivates students to become water stewards in their homes, classroom and community. By combining hands-on interactive activities with messages relevant to their daily lives, students 'soak up' knowledge on the properties, uses, connections and importance of water. With this knowledge, students become aware of the value of conserving and protecting water.

Through a series of 35 interactive activity centres, students in grades 4 to 6 will explore the concepts of:

• Water conservation - the responsible use of water in our daily lives
• Water attitudes - historical and present day uses and attitudes toward water
• Water technology - how water is treated, stored and distributed throughout the community
• Water protection - the interdependence of ground and surface water, soil, plants, animals and people and positive steps people can take to keep water clean, and
• Water science - the water cycle, surface and groundwater flow, watersheds and aquatic environments

The learning stations are designed to be hands-on, stimulating and fun, encouraging further understanding of water concepts taught through the school curriculum.

2009 Festival

The 2009 Children's Water Festival was a great success!
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