Presentation to School District 34, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, June 18, 2012, asking for ban on cosmetic use of pesticides (Roundup and Casoron) on schoolyards. Same presentation was given earlier before Abbotsford City Council re city parks.

1. Delegation to School District #34
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
BAN COSMETIC USE
OF PESTICIDES
JUNE 18, 2012
Gerda Peachey

2. Why do we poison schoolyards
to eradicate beautiful plants —
that some call weeds?
Sterile, barren edges (burned away
by Roundup and Casoron) replace
plants that all serve a purpose.

3. Weeds provide food and shelter
for myriads living creatures.
We use weeds for medicines,
cosmetics, dyes, fibres and foods.
Let’s educate our children, teach them
to see the beauty and utility of plants,
rather than risk their health
by spraying herbicides.

4. KEEP OUT OF REACH
OF CHILDREN

5. Bird’s Foot Trefoil

6. Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementary,
Abbotsford
(There may be billions of microorganisms in
1gram of soil.- Soils, Miller and Donahue)

7. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
Abbotsford

8. Aruncus - Goatsbeard

9. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
Abbotsford

10. Red Osier Dogwood

11. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary - Dying little
Poplar after spray of Roundup

12. Swordfern

13. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(Bacteria and fungi, the two categories having
most of the organic matter decomposers,
nitrogen fixers.......
from ‘Soils’ -Miller and Donahue)

14. Dr. Thomas A. Swift - Elementary
(Earthworms provide abundant and readily
available plant nutrients.)

15. Red Clover
(The amount of available nitrogen
that leguminous crops add
to the soil is phenomenal.
-from ‘Soils’-Miller and Donahue)

16. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary, Abbotsford
(Earthworms feed on animal and plant
residues)

17. Salal - Edible and choice

18. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary, Abbotsford
(Earthworms aerate and stir the soil)

19. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary, Abbotsford
(Most earthworms live within top 6.5 feet of
soil horizon)

20. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(Enemies of earthworms are.....
bare or barren soils)

21. American Speedwell

22. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(Enemies of earthworms are.....
strong pesticides)

23. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(Algae are producers of new
photosynthetic growth.)

24. Salmonberry - Edible and Choice

25. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(The particular and collective influences of
fungi on the soil environment are important.)

26. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
(Fungi hasten nutrient recycling.)

27. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary

28. Lady Fern

29. Dr. Thomas A. Swift
Elementary

30. Dr. Thomas A. Swift
Elementary

31. Indian Plum - Osoberry

32. Dr. Thomas A. Swift
Elementary

33. Eyebright

34. Abbotsford Virtual School

35. Abbotsford Virtual School

36. North Poplar - Fine Arts

37. North Poplar - Fine Arts
Little hands will play on this
schoolyard laced with herbicides

38. North Poplar - Fine Arts

39. North Poplar
NOT SO FINE ARTS

40. North Poplar - Fine Arts

41. Swordfern

42. Abbotsford Middle School

43. North Poplar - Fine Arts

44. Aruncus -Goatsbeard

45. North Poplar - Fine Arts
Hands of little students- Chemical burn on
their playground

46. Scottish Broom

47. Self-Heal

48. Alexander Elementary -
Abbotsford

49. Cranesbill

50. Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford

51. Lupines

52. Alexander Elementary -
Abbotsford

53. Narrow-leaved Plantain and
Evening Primrose

54. Alexander Elementary -
Abbotsford

55. Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford

56. Red Osier Dogwood

57. Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford

58. Dandelion

59. Bog Loosestrife

60. Alexander Elementary -
Abbotsford

61. Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford

62. Huckleberry

63. Alexander Elementary - Abbotsford

64. Large-leaved Avens

65. Alexander Elementary
Abbotsford

66. Trillium

67. Dr. Thomas A. Swift Elementary
Abbotsford

68. I’m looking over a four-leaf Clover, that I
overlooked before.

69. Abbotsford Middle School

70. Abbotsford Middle School

72. Grass - Seed for food

73. Abbotsford Middle School

74. Tansy, Woolly Mullein and
Sheep Sorrel

75. Bouncing Bet

77. Scottish Thistle and Narrow Leaved Plantain

78. Oakridge Park
Abbotsford

79. Martens Park
Abbotsford

80. Dandelion Seeds - for the next beautiful
growth of a healthy herb

81. Martens Park
Abbotsford

82. Chives

83. Foxglove -
Digitalis

84. Creeping
Jenny

85. Fleabane

86. Text
atc h wh ere
B ut w
you w alk!

87. Abbotsford Traditional
(Not only are soils limited to the present
amounts, but they also can be made unusable.)

88. Cranesbill

89. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School
(Many toxins added to soils can build up to
concentrations that become serious threats to
plant and animal health.)

90. Some plants that have recently been found to
have symbiotic relationships with various
Nitrogen-fixing bactertia......are GRASS species.

91. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School
(Some toxic substances become
residual in the soils.)

92. Purple Vetch

93. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School
(Soils are nature’s dispose-all, its sewage
treatment plant, its water purifier,....)

94. Grasses and Sheep Sorrel

95. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School

96. Evening Primrose

97. Iris - Blue Flag

98. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School

99. Snowberry

100. Curled Dock

101. Abbotsford Traditional Middle School

102. Nootka Rose and Honey Bee

103. Indian Plum - Osoberry
Edible and choice

104. Pesticide -
The “cide” ending means to kill

105. Red Hawkweed

106. She Loves Me -- She Loves Me Not
She Loves Me.....

107. Thimbleberry

108. Redberry Elder

109. Bladder Campion

110. Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford

111. Oxeye Daisy

112. Jackson Elementary

113. Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford

114. Spurge

115. Jackson Elementary
Abbotsford

116. Asparagus

117. Jackson Elementary
Abbotsford

118. Aruncus - Goatsbeard

120. Jackson Elementary - Abbotsford
(Actinomycetes.....thrive best where
there is ample fresh organic matter.....)

121. Bladder Campion

122. Canada Thistle - Fine Food for Finches

123. White Clover
Nitrogen Fixer

124. Oats

125. Wall Lettuce

126. Sumac

127. Abbotsford Virtual School
(The best approach to encouraging
beneficial organisms is to maintain
optimum conditions for them.)

128. Horsetail - Scouring Rush

129. Abbotsford Virtual School
(The nature of soil humus
is extremely complex.)

130. Abbotsford Virtual School
(Organic matter commonly increases
water content at field capacity.)

131. Purple Vetch

132. Abbotsford Virtual School

133. Abbotsford Virtual School
(Humus buffers the soil against
a rapid change in acidity, alkalinity,
and salinity; and damage by pesticides........)

134. Great Mullein

135. Abbotsford Virtual School

136. Tansy - Old seed heads
and New growth

137. Abbotsford Virtual School

138. Cleavers (Bedstraw)
Cleavers or Bedstraw

139. Oregon Grape

140. Hairy Cat’s
Ear

141. Hairy Cat’s Ear

142. Oregon Grape

143. Harry Sayers Elementary

144. Thimbleberry

145. Bleeding Heart - Dicentra

146. St. John’s Wort - Klamath Weed

147. Cinquefoil- Potentilla

149. Rick Hansen Secondary
Abbotsford

150. Rick Hansen Secondary
Abbotsford

151. Scottish Broom

152. Eugene Reimer Middle School
Abbotsford

154. Eugene Reimer Middle School
Abbotsford

155. Eugene Reimer Middle School
Abbotsford

157. Old Man’s Beard - Lichen

158. Sweet Honesty - Silver Dollars

159. Teasel

160. Blue-eyed Grass

161. Webster Park
Mosses

162. Foxglove - Digitalis

163. Webster Park

165. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford

166. Dormick Park Elementary

167. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

168. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

169. Lamb’s Quarters

170. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

171. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

173. Miner’s Lettuce

174. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

175. False Solomon’s
Seal

176. Dormick Park Elementary
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

177. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

178. Shepherd’s Purse

179. Dormick Park Elementary, Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

180. Salsify

181. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

182. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
Young Lungs at Work? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

183. Chamomile
(Pineappleweed)

184. Glyphosate is an
Organophosphate

185. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

186. Butter and Eggs

187. Dormick Park Elementary, Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

188. Chickweed

189. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

190. Comfrey

191. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

192. Dormick Park Elementary, Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

193. Living things do not go well with pesticides

194. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
Young Lungs at Work? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

195. Chicory

196. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

197. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

198. English
Daisy

199. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

200. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

202. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

203. Flowering
Currant

204. Goldenrod provides nectar
for butterfly

206. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

207. Roundup is
Sure Death
to Fish and Amphibians

208. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
Young Lungs at Work? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

209. Great Mullein

210. Dormick Park - Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work”? -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

211. GLYPHOSATE -
“KEEP OUT OF REACH
OF CHILDREN”

212. The gardener’s best friend -
depends on rich humic soil

213. Dormick Park Elementary
Abbotsford
“Young Lungs at Work?” -
while the School District
sprays Herbicides
on their Playground?

214. Bearberry
(Kinnikinnick)

215. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford

216. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford

217. Amaranth

218. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford

219. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford

220. Salsify
provides
nectar

221. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford
Small though
microorganisms are,
the soil teems with them.

222. North Poplar Elementary
Abbotsford

223. Roundup -
means Death to Fish and Amphibians

224. Monsanto’s Claims:

225. Roundup -
Keep Out of Reach of Children

226. What choice -
Chemical burns
or ‘Weeds’ ?

227. Let’s educate our children, teach them
to see the beauty and utility of plants,
rather than risk their health
by spraying herbicides.