Prince George, B.C.- B.C. Lions Linebacker Javier Glatt and Fullback Alexis Bwenge brought their new game to Glenview Elementary School this morning.

 

Students were given a lesson in sustainability “That’s a pretty big word and it can be scary” said Glatt to the students, “What it means is, we are going to use only what we need to today, so there will be some for tomorrow, and for next week and for the next grade four class.”

 

The two players used football as their analogy for learning how to “rethink” about what we are doing to the environment. “When we aren’t doing well on the field,” said Glatt “the Coach pulls us aside and says we have to rethink what we are doing, so we have to make some changes, and that’s what we have to do with the way we use water, and energy and the environment”

 

Students took on the two players in  three competitions, the first gave a message about wasting water, the second about wasting energy by using non efficient light bulbs and the third about promoting recycling, so the message of Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle was loud and clear.

 

Alexis Bwenge told the children they can be “PROs” too, the word stands for:

Pride, Respect, One play at a time.

 

Bwenge explained it this way “Having Pride means not tossing out that little bit of garbage, Respect is making sure you don’t do something to someone else you wouldn’t want done to you and One play at a time means its o.k. to make a mistake, but be prepared for the next time, or next 'play'."

 

The B.C. Lions are involved in a 50 school Green Zone Sustainability Blitz.   The program is a partnership between the Lions,   the Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Environment, Plutonic Power and Terasen Gas. The Province contributed $120,000 to the program.