The Marion Drysdale Contest

I would like to share with you some great news!  I submitted a video entry to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Student Achievement Awards.  The award contest that I entered was established by the provincial assembly in 1984 in honour of Marion Drysdale for her dedicated work, and so is known as the “Marion Drysdale Award.”  Each year a new theme is determined.  This year the theme is “Suppress Excess: Living Within Our Means.”  The video that I created and titled “Making a Difference by Way of Waste Reduction” won regionally, as well as provincially (the video is available to watch on the “contact” page.)

My video features the “problem” (waste in landfills) but it is mostly about how I have personally acted to make a difference; since one person can truly make a difference.  The video is positive and inspirational, showing how our actions to reduce waste add up.

On Tuesday February 16, 2010 I met with Mayor Anne Krassilowsky at City Hall to show her my video; demonstrating my initiative regarding work with environmental causes.  I began with a short introduction to my campaign.  Next I showed my video.  Then I asked her a couple of questions… obviously asking her to reconsider my plastic bag ban request.  From her response, I can tell that my campaign is still necessary.