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eionomistsimnnbwidstouffbibesuii faces of our future- wednsdaydec2o6i csa moraine assisted by her puppet bymikeadler staff writer carolyn burke 9 caresabout the places where animals live and she wants to help them keep their homes inventive and determined carolyn has found a unique way to let animals speak for them selves the thornhill resident attended a protest for the oak ridges moraine last year with a raccoon handpuppet bor rowed from her sister as signbearing protesters circulated in the cold carolyns puppet held up its own little sign which carolyn had made save our trees it said and on the flipside not our build ings when the st anthony catholic elementary student traveled this year to oppose the destruction of mirnico marsh a wetland in brampton she car ried a protest sign on a toy duck natural places are sup posed to stay where they are said carolyn who can see the issue from the animals point of view its like having your home right there and when you come back from work or school its vanished and you dont have anywhere to go she said carolyn said children at her school understand the moraine needs to be protected but they dont understand going to meet ings will help i went to one of carolyn burke nineyearolds puppet protested against oak ridges moraine development them and it was great in fact carolyn gave a speech at a meeting in june in which she warned paving over the moraines natural spaces is a bad decision to make if we keep tliis up our earth will be destroyed our earth will be like a big dot of grey she said she said she knows develop ment is necessary sometimes and that some people wont like it if certain areas are ruled offlimits carolyn said its important for people to tell town or city councillors what they want to see done to save the environ ment because their councillors may not know they need to know she said erioiiihntalist starts with fellow students bymikeaoler staffwriter caring for the environment is a matter of doing simple things right says marc famirande simple thmch as tlirbw- ing trash in a garbage bin not in a recycling bin or on the ground youd think that would be easy for students at brother andre catholic high school but larhirande a member of the markham schools environment club knows better club members spent part of their year at brother andres cafeteria picking trash out of the recycling bins some kids it takes a while to reach them theres no harm in trying though said lamirande 18 who adds a chain reaction can start with one student someone may throw a can in the garbage thinking oh its only me thats doing this but others who see that will do the same thing he said with around 2000 students at the school results adds up some kids probably have two or three cans of coke a day the oac student said a lot of people refuse to carpool to school another simple thing that makes sense people who live next door to each other tend to take separate cars there are environment clubs at several high schools around york region but lamirande marc lamirande- school envi ronmental club cleaned up mount joy pond area in markham said brother andres makes a special effort to serve the greater community v this fall the club cleaned up the area around markhams mount joy pond which is near the school and was covered by cigarette butts mcdonalds food bags coke cans beer bot tles and other debris it had looked so disgusting lamirande said that once cleaned up it seemed like a dif ferent place you looked at it and you wondered where you were the club also joined other groups last month in planting trees at milne dam conservation area a task made difficult by the parks muddy ground it h vtjr- intbwhatte12 by ashley joannou special v what betterway to do your part for me community thanr i to give up your time 3 yji itwasthis jheofythat jted radliika sharma jto start vol- unteerihg back when she was only 12 years old- community has given so much to me and my family this is what i try arid do to give back said the now ibyear old miliiken mills high school student every sunday for the past four years sharma has been volunteering at the markham stouffville hospital pediatric ward i spend a day with some of the kids there it makes you feel very grateful for what you have she said sharma is also a member of the miliiken mills youth task force where she collaborates with other youth in the area to put on various activities throughout the town this includes four years working as a volunteer at the miliiken childrens festival where she does facepainting and creating colourful hair wraps for young children an entire day of face- painting and hairwrapping would likely be quite tiring for the average adult but for sharma this is just part of the routine i really like what i am radhika sharma miliiken mills student volunteers at a variety of places in markham doing when i help others and i dont notice the time go by she said my parents have been key in influencing me to help oth ers they taught me to 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