- Biodiversity Week at Ballyboy -
What is biodiversity?
“Biodiversity underpins the functioning of the ecosystems on which we depend for food and fresh water, health and recreation, and protection from natural disasters. Its loss also affects us culturally and spiritually. This may be more difficult to quantify, but is nonetheless integral to our well-being”
– Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Put simply, Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, clean water, fuel, health, wealth, and other services we take for granted in our everyday life
“Biodiversity underpins the functioning of the ecosystems on which we depend for food and fresh water, health and recreation, and protection from natural disasters. Its loss also affects us culturally and spiritually. This may be more difficult to quantify, but is nonetheless integral to our well-being”
– Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
Put simply, Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, clean water, fuel, health, wealth, and other services we take for granted in our everyday life
Biodiversity in Ballyboy
Look at our new playground signage below, with details of Irish native flora and fauna.The children love to look at the pictures, read the details and play games using these new biodiversity information points.
We also are delighted to announce that our Bug Hotel is open for business, we will be taking reservations from all small creatures this summer!
We also are delighted to announce that our Bug Hotel is open for business, we will be taking reservations from all small creatures this summer!
All of our classes have been busy planting Flowers, Vegetables, Salads, Trees and Irish Native Wildflowers at School. We have drawn up plans for our Bug Hotel and we have been creating beautiful art to promote the importance of biodiversity in our local environment. We are learning more about the uniqueness of every creature great and small.
