The students were surveyed about their commutes to school, family car usage, home heating, paper and recycling habits, school lunches, efforts to conserve electricity at school, and environmental events in their community. Most students walk, bike or take public transit to school. Families have 1-2 cars on average and make 3-4 trips per day. Home heating is typically centralized with limited temperature control. Paper recycling is not done at school but some students recycle at home. Lunches served at school and packed from home are shown. The school aims to conserve electricity by turning lights off in empty classrooms. An annual tree planting event focuses on the environment.

1. KIDS CARE ABOUT THE
W ORLD’S
ENVIRONMENT
Belarus, 4th grade Anna Kolosova

2. How do you get to school?
 Almost all of our students live not far away
from the gymnasium. 14 students answered
the questions. That is why most of the pupils
walk to school (8) some of them go by bus (2)
or by car (4).

3. How far away from school do you
live?
 3 students – 6km
 1 student – 3 km
 1 –student – 2 km
 2 students – 1 km
 3 students – 500m
 3 students – 300m
 1 student – 150m

4. Does your family have a car? If so, how many and what make and
model? How many trips a day does your family make with a car on
average?
14 pupils have got a car.
4 students have 2 cars.
10 pupils have one car.
Not all the students could answer the question
about models: Volkswagen, VAZ- 21091,
Peugeot, BMW, OPEL, Mazda, AUDI.
On average they make 3-4 trips a day.

5.  Most of our students live
in block of flats and there
is central heating in such
houses. In block of flats
we can’t regulate the
temperature and we
depend on the common
central heating. Only in the
modern block of flats
which were built some
years ago people can
regulate the temperature.
As for the air conditioners
they are becoming popular
in our country, only 2
students have an air
conditioner.

6. How many sheets of paper do you use in school each
day on average?
 On average pupils use 3-5 papers a day.
 Does your school have a recycling procedure?
Unfortunately, it doesn't.
 Do you recycle in your home? No.

7. School lunches: please send a photo of a typical
lunch served in your school.
Mashed potatoes, fried fish and a pickled Mashed potatoes, a pork chop
cucumber. A roll with sugar on it. And a cup of
tea (but it is not in the picture) with sauerkraut

8. Please send a photo of a typical lunch
brought from home.
Out of 14 pupils 13 eat
at the school canteen,
only one girl doesn’t
eat at the canteen. She
showed me her snack.
Fruits and «syrok» it’s
made out of cottage
cheese and is covered
with chocolate glaze.
Our children like it.

9. Do you routinely turn off your classroom
lights when the class leaves the room?
In our gymnasium we are trying to In our classrooms you can
save on the electricity. see such posters
 Every teacher should
pay attention at
consuming electricity
during school day. If
there is enough day
light we must turn off
the lights and
especially during
breaks.

10. Does your school or community focus on the environment
with special days or events during the year?
In September we participate in
ENO Tree Planting Day

11. In our city
you can see
such
containers
for used
batteries.
Children
like to
bring the
used
batteries
there.