Asking Questions, Seeking Answers.

For the first day together our G.A.T.E crew enjoyed the wisdom of Kelly Straford from D.O.C who shared with us the roll of DOC, the work they do locally and the issues they come up against. We used this as a spring board to explore in groups the questions:
1. What is conservation and is it important?
2. What can be conserved and what issues arise in the conservation of these?
3. What are the barriers to conservation?
4. Different groups have varied ideas about conservation, who are these groups and what views do they have?

From this the group developed their own questions to answer and wrote/emailed those who might start providing answers. For the G.A.T.E group - what was your question and who did you approach?

Conservation - Why bother?

Welcome to our 2012 GATE programme at Freyberg High School. This year we are exploring the question Is the money we spend on conservation worth it? Or, looking at it another from another angle Is there a price we can place on conservation? Over the year our group of GATE Year 9 and 10 studets will develop their own inquiry within these overaching questions. One of the starting points to all of this is to ask yourself and your families, What does conservation mean to you? What value do you place on it and why?