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How to Participate

Participation in National Green Week is simple and free. 

Indicate your interest in your GEF Member Profile today!


The Ways to Participate Are Endless! 

1. Sign up for National Green Week by becoming a member of GEF (it's free!).
2. Choose the best week for your campaign - any week between February 6 and Earth Day (April 22).
3. Within 2-3 weeks of your start date, send out notifications to your community.
Principals: send the GEF NGW Letter to Teachers to inform your staff about the program.
Teachers: send out the GEF NGW Letter to Families.
4. Visit the National Green Week curriculum for themed standard-based lessons, organized for each grade.
5. Make your plan for participation! Select from the National Green Week curriculum, or choose any other GEF programs and Eco-Challenges.

  • Waste Free Snacks Challenge - Pledge to bring snacks in reusable containers as part of the Waste-Free Snacks Campaign. Students nationwide will participate in the largest school based waste-reduction program in history by pledging to carry their drinks, snacks and home packed lunches in reusable containers for the week. The combined totals will be tallied and posted on the GEF website on Earth Day 2012 (April 22). Please review procedures here!

  • Green Energy Challenge - In an effort to reduce energy consumption at school and at home, students will audit their classrooms, schools and homes to find energy leaks and correct them. Review procedures here, and check out Green Energy Challenge lessons and school energy audits.

  • Investigate the implementation of a new or improved GEF recycling program for your school.
  • Remember to take lots of photos and videos of your students and their projects to share with the GEF community. 

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    Fishburn Park Elementary School

    Teach and Release


    As any educator knows, our profession offers unexpected opportunities that at first may not seem all that appealing.  Ironically, though, it’s often these very opportunities that leave the most lasting impressions.   My co-worker and I would like to share an experience that not only encapsulated the mission of our school, Fishburn Park Focus for Environmental Science, but also reaffirmed our teaching philosophies.

    Over the summer, our principal, Judy Lackey, called me and Kit to ask if we would like to participate in a unique program, Trout in the Classroom, which encourages students to become stewards of Brook Trout.  Each year, Trout Unlimited graciously loans fifty gallon tanks and all related equipment to a number of diverse schools.  A tank is fully equipped to create a habitat that closely resembles one in which the trout will thrive.  In order to sustain such an environment, a lot more is involved than meets the eye.  Water is changed every two to three weeks; Ph levels are consistently checked; and, in the beginning, eggs that do not survive are pulled out to prevent any contamination.  Knowing all that would be involved in the program, Kit (an avid camper) and I (a not so avid camper) decided to accept the trout challenge. 

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    When our first trout arrived in the fall, Dick Vipperman (aka the Trout Squad) was inundated with our questions and concerns.  His passion for the program proved to be extremely beneficial.  Over the course of the project, students were encouraged to become active participants in raising the trout, with Kit and I facilitating maintenance of the tank.  As the project progressed, the children were given the opportunity to check Ph levels and measure the trout to chart their growth.  Perfect examples of learning by doing, this pattern of observation and study empowered the students.  They were able to care for the trout while unknowingly absorbing Standards of Learning.  For me and Kit, teaching in this hands-on manner was a refreshing reminder of why we sought out the teaching profession in the first place.  As teachers, we aim to learn and grow with our students and to understand the nurturing that each student requires.  This program allowed us to do just that.

    The trout lifecycle is observed in one year.  As educators we are fortunate to witness a small part of a child’s life, realizing that every moment is an opportunity to learn and grow.  At the end of the Trout in the Classroom program, all of our hard work paid off as we watched the children release an abundance of trout into a protected stream near the Peaks of Otter.  The release was a proud and surreal experience for everyone involved.  Kit and I share just one year with our second graders, and it is always bittersweet to watch them move on to third grade.  For that brief moment during the release, the students shared in that feeling as they released the trout into their natural habitat and watched them swim off toward the future.

    Kit and I would like to thank Trout Unlimited, our mentor Dick Vipperman, and on-call trout lover, Chris O’Neill, for their ongoing support.

    Written by Ashley Ring and Kit Richards
    Fishburn Park Elementary
    Roanoke, VA

     

    The New Rochelle School District

    The New Rochelle School district in New Rochelle, NY, is made up of seven elementary schools.  This past January all seven schools received a letter from Dr. Kosrostoff, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction, inviting them to participate in National Green Week 2011. As a result, all schools participated in some capacity. Read on to learn about the exciting implementation of National Green Week at each of the schools!

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    Lunchroom Recycling Initiative:
    Ward reduced its lunchroom garbage stream from twenty-two large bags to two, and decreased its breakfast trash from six bags to three-quarters of a bag. This reduction was possible by setting up separation stations in each lunchroom.  “Green students" work the stations. At the stations children sort out all paper, plastic, foil, beverage containers (after emptying them) and trays.  Only actual
    garbage, i.e., leftover food, dirty napkins and ketchup pouches are put in the trash. 

    Spreading the Initiative to other schools:
    We are working to get other schools on board with this important initiative and are happy to assist them as they embark on this very important project.

    Reduction of packaging from home lunches initiative:
    We are teaching the children who bring their home lunches about reduction of packaging. The results have been great. The amount of water bottles brought from home has halved, tin foil is on the decline, and we are seeing an increase in the use of reusable containers.

    Recycling centers:
    All classrooms have green and blue bins for recycling.  We have recycling centers in the hallways throughout the building. 

    In addition, we had an assembly called Bash the Trash.  Finally, we had the children participate in the DOT initiative (“Do One Thing”).  We had children pledge to do one "green" thing and then write about what they chose to do.

    Davis Elementary School

    Davis School in New Rochelle has actively increased its green efforts during the past several years.
    Our efforts include:

    • A building-wide audit of containers for recycling
    • Kindergarten: flower and vegetable garden
    • First grade: flower garden with plantings of annuals from seed
    • Second grade: the life cycle of chicks, the study of litter and pollution
    • Third grade: butterfly life cycle, one larvae for each student to study
    • Fourth grade: study of energy, classroom lights off when not needed, study of life cycles with tadpoles
    • Fifth grade: perennial garden as class gift at area of main school sign, creation of recycling posters for school-wide awareness

    Additionally, our EarthSavers Committee holds school-wide beverage container sales each year, alternating PBA-free plastic and stainless-steel bottles. This year, reusable fabric shopping bags are also being sold. The EarthSavers Committee also shares environmental tips for parents in the school’s weekly online newsletter and decorated the school’s lobby windows with an Earth Day display to promote stewardship of the environment throughout our school community. An ongoing school-wide effort for recycling print cartridges takes place at Davis School. While green-related issues and topics are already integrated into our rich curriculum, faculty have all consulted the GEF website to incorporate additional grade-appropriate ideas into their own classroom or grade level curriculum as appropriate.

    Barnard Early Childhood Center

    • Many classrooms use recyclables such as cardboard for classroom art projects throughout the year
    • The school recycles paper and plastic in both the classrooms and in the public areas of the school
    • Each class visits Amy's Greenhouse throughout the year for various projects. This winter they planted amaryllis bulbs and children learned about the daily growth of the bulbs and plant life.
    • Teachers encourage their students to bring reusable water bottles and lunch containers and classes discuss why this is important through books and movies.
    • Classrooms turn off the lights whenever possible to work by natural sunlight and conserve energy.
    • Principle Lambert has reached out to the teachers and staff at Barnard about the efforts of our committee in her weekly newsletter. She has provided them with the link to the Green Education Foundation website so that they can utilize some of the ideas that they offer.
    Jefferson Elementary School

    Jefferson Elementary School has been environmentally active for the past several years. During 2010-11, we were involved in sustainability in ways such as these:
    • Our 2010 summer field trip program revolved around environmental awareness, with trips to the Wolf Conservation Center, Sheldrake Environmental Center, and Westchester Recycling Center
    • The school library media specialist successfully participated in Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots organization’s 2010 North America Training Summit as a Group Leader
    • Mr. Andrews’ 4th grade class collected and recycled one year’s worth of bottle caps through a program sponsored by the Aveda company
    • Together with the American Heart Association, Jefferson applied for a grant from the USDA to establish a school garden
    • Earth Week 2011 was declared a teaching week for the environment, the school community actively participated in a national poster contest, and all were encouraged to wear green on Friday of that week.


    Columbus Elementary School

    Recycling Rangers (5th grade club) have been recycling our paper waste for the last 6 years.  The Rangers collect the paper twice a week and report to the school on a weekly basis about our efforts, ways to improve, ideas for reducing our carbon footprint in school and at home. A few years ago the Rangers wrote letters to the superintendent because they were told to stop recycling due to a lack of a district-wide paper pickup procedure.  Their letters included convincing facts and reasons why recycling needs to be a school-wide effort; all recycling was thereafter restored.  The Rangers tackled a real world issue and learned a lesson about citizenry and stewardship.

    Columbus Learning Pond -  The Water Watchers and Greenhouse Gardeners (both 5th grade clubs) maintain our pond, greenhouse, aquarium and gardens.  The idea of Place-Based Education is enhanced by using our school’s surroundings as a living laboratory.  The entire school benefits from the use of our pond ecosystem, gardens and composting efforts.  Learning about aquatic food chains can include a visit to the pond for collections and observations.

    Environmental literacy has become an integral part of our science program:
    Our second grade has been learning about Monarch butterfly migrations to Mexico and back.   They also have learned that the adult butterfly will only lay eggs on milkweed plants.  They have germinated dozens of milkweed plants that will be planted outside in time for when the Monarchs arrive back in New Rochelle. 

    As part of our fifth grade study of energy, the students analyzed renewable and nonrenewable energy in the United States.  They compared benefits with risks and long term costs.  As part of an engineering component, the fifth graders designed, built and tested wind turbines.    They have also been involved in a 5 year, long-term study of Glenwood Lake.  The students test the temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and nitrogen levels in the lake.  This data is submitted to the World Water Monitoring Day Citizen Scientist program.  We also have shared our information with the Glenwood Lake Association.  Again the importance of understanding the health of a water ecosystem that is in our "backyard" is stressed so that students understand human impacts on these environments. They then can be part of the important data collection and discussion about how to make environmental changes that benefit our ecosystem.


    Trinity Elementary School

    • Sponsored an assembly with “Bash the Trash”.
    • Ran an essay contest on the native-American saying: We do not inherit the Earth form our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
    • Showed the movie Home during recess on cold/snowed days.
    • Held its second eco-conscious annual staff appreciation luncheon.
    • Provides two boxes for students, teachers, staff and parents to drop off used batteries and cartridges for recycling.


    Below are listed some of the classroom efforts taking place at Trinity:

    Energy being conserved by:

    • Classes taking place with the lights off (sun permitting)
    • Opening windows instead of turning on the AC (weather permitting).
    • Turning off lights and electronic devices not in use.
    • Weekly recycling of plastic and aluminum containers from snack time.

    Resources being conserved and reused by:

    • Reusing “old papers” for printing homework assignments on the unused side.
    • Writing on the front and back of each sheet, crossing out mistakes and starting over on the same sheet instead of getting out a new piece of paper.
    • Disposing of paper in the recycling bin.
    • Picking up crayons & pencils from the floor so they don't get thrown away.
    • Recycle crayon stubs by melting them and turning them into candles.
    • Making art projects with reused materials (milk and egg cartons, paper rolls, newspapers…).
    • Encouraging children to bring lunch/snacks in reusable lunch boxes.
    • Limiting the use of Styrofoam lunch trays by bringing paper plates form home.

    Beautification and air purification by:

    • Planting flowers every year around the building.
    • Having, learning about and taking care of plants in the classrooms.
    • Promoting Walk to School Wednesdays.

    Sustainability concepts being taught by:

    • Using lessons plans from GEF.
    • Focusing on the three R's - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Participating in sorting trash into garbage and recyclables.
    • Producing a video segment for Trinity Today promoting Earth Day 2011.
    • Reading books (Recycle by Gail Gibbons, I Can Save The Earth by Alison Inches  Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel), watching videos and holding class discussions on sustainability.
    • Each grade has created at least one artwork with recycled materials… inspired by artists like Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
    • Making posters and writing persuasive essays convincing others to Go Green.

    Daniel Webster School

    We joined a group called “Cool the Earth”, based in California, and shared their mission to slow down the carbon foot print in every area of our lives.
    Through this program’s motto—“EVERY ACTION COUNTS”, kids lead their families in teaching and taking action to reduce carbon emissions.  We launched this program with an awesome kick-off assembly, performed by teachers and students to show the kids how human activities are raising levels of carbon dioxide and heating up the mother earth.

    As part of the “cool the Earth” program, we distributed an action coupon book to every kid in school, which contains simple energy-saving tips and easy steps families can take to help fight global warming.  Once a student and their family have taken an action listed on a coupon they return it to school and the actions are counted.  We displayed a big chart in the lunchroom to measure the number of actions.

    Aside from Cool the Earth program, we encouraged kids to reduce the waste at lunch.  Among them, we sold stainless steel water bottles in the blue and yellow school colors and logo.

    We also weighed the amount of lunch waste by physically having the kids hold the trash bags.  We plan to return to school and weigh it again to see the improvement in reduction.  This helped the kids to visualize how much trash we make and where they all go to and becoming more self-conscious about wasting food and materials.  

    We are collecting broken crayons that are shipped away to be sorted and recycled then sold as Crazy Crayolas. The company employs people with developmental disabilities to sort the crayons in preparation for melting them down.

    We have created a recycling squad that collects paper from each class' recycle bin. The paper is then dumped into large bins that are carted away.

    The Modified 4th Grade Kaleidoscope has been reading articles, viewing videos, reading books related to environmental issues of the day.  Each student will choose a topic of his/her choice and research it. In June, students will present their projects to fellow students, parents, and administrators.  (Ex. topics:  green energy, global warming, glacial melting, endangered or invasive species, climate change, etc).  Projects can be informational power points, inventions, magazines, reports, videos, etc.

       

    International Green Schools Programs

    Eco-Schools USA   
    National Wildlife Federation   
    http://www.nwf.org/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA.aspx    
    (800) 822-9919               

    Eco-Globe Schools   
    Canada Manitoba Education   
    http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/esd/eco_globe/index.html   
    (866) 626-4862   
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    Ontario EcoSchools   
    Consortium of education stakeholders   
    http://ontarioecoschools.org   
    (416) 642-5774   
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    ResourceSmart 5 Star Sustainability Certification Scheme   
    Sustainability Victoria   
    http://www.resourcesmart.vic.gov.au/default.aspx   
    (300) 363-744 or +61 (03) 8626 8700               

    Toronto EcoSchools   
    Toronto District School Board   
    http://www.tdsb.on.ca/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=207&menuid=1425&pageid=1052   
    (416) 397-3000       
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    Education for Sustainability - A guide to becoming a sustainable school   
    Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative | South Australia   
    http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/efs/files/pages/EfS_guide_Interactive.pdf   
    1(800) 088-158  
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    TOTAL Green School Award       
    http://tgsa.ypte.org.uk/index.php

    Living Building Challenge   
    International Living Building Institute   
    http://ilbi.org/       
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    Sustainable Schools Best Practices Guide   
    British Columbia Ministry of Education   
    http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/greenschools/pdfs/sustbestpractices.pdf   
    (604) 660-2421  
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    s3: sustainable school self-evaluation   
    UK Department for Children, Schools and Families   
    http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/S3_Self-evaluation.pdf   
    0370 000 2288

    Key Elements Rubric   
    Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative - WA   
    http://www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/sustainableschools/detcms/school-support-programs/sustainable-schools/aussi-wa-toolkit/documents/review-plan-and-evaluate-docs/key-elements-rubric-pdf.en?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.FileStorageItem-id-1850829   
    (08) 9264 4776   
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    Eco-Schools England   
    Keep Britain Tidy   
    http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/   
    01942 61262   
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    Eco-Schools in Northern Ireland   
    Tidy Northern Island   
    http://www.eco-schoolsni.org/   
    028 9073 6920   
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    Eco-Schools Scotland   
    Keep Scotland Beautiful   
    http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/   
    01786 468234   
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    Kate Campbell   
    Eco-Schools Manager   
    01786 468232

    Eco-Schools Wales   
    Keep Wales Tidy   
    http://www.eco-schoolswales.org/home.asp   
    2920381741       
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    Green School Award   
    Swedish National Agency for Education   
    http://www.skolverket.se/sb/d/190   
    +46-8-527 332 00

    Green Schools   
    Ministry of Education of China   
    http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1   
    886-2-7736-6666

    Green Schools Programme    
    Centre for Science and Environment   
    http://www.cseindia.org/taxonomy/term/20071/menu   
    (91) (11) 29951110   
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    Green-Schools in Ireland   
    National Trust For Ireland's Environmental Education Unit   
    http://www.greenschoolsireland.org   
    01 400 2222   
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    School Environment Tracking System   
    CarbonetiX   
    http://www.schoolenergysavings.com.au/sets.php   
    03 9015 8344   
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    Schools Ecological Footprint Calculator   
    EPA Victoria   
    http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/calculators/school/introduction.asp

    (03) 9695 2722

    Sustainable Schools NSW   
    Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW and Department of Education and Training       
    +61 2 9995 5000   
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    Enviroschools       
    http://www.enviroschools.org.nz/   
    +64 7 959 7321   
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    25 Great Green in-Action Projects

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    The Children of The Village Learning Center students studied a video and looked at pictures that showed the harm plastics are causing to the marine ecosystem. They worked on a globe as their visual aid for their discussion on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Then gave a presentation to a group of preschoolers. (Read more..)
    During spring break, students and volunteers tied the ropes of plastic bags together and assembled the ball in time for the Earth Day celebration. A total of 18,079 bags were collected forming a rope approximately 6 miles long! The ball weighed approximately 270 pounds. The ball is now being displayed at local schools as an educational tool. (Read more)
    Every day throughout National Green Week, Murphy School’s classes weighed and recorded their snack trash. At the end of the week, these figures were added up and divided by the number of students in each class to determine the weight of non-recyclable snack trash generated per student per week. Many students already had plastic or steel water bottles and learnt that reducing the need to buy bottled drinks by having a reusable bottle is better than recycling because it saves huge amounts of materials and energy both in production and transportation. (Read more)
    In addition to establishing the school’s recycling program, the Ecology Club worked to establish a Tumbleweed composting program. Two Club members would stand by the compost and recycling bins to remind students on what could and could not be recycled or composted. Also, they would take the food waste out to the Tumbleweed, add dried leaves, and then turn it to help speed the decomposition process. (Read more)
    Wooster Elementary School’s community is very sport oriented and enjoys attending the many athletic events sponsored by their school. They successfully received 20 recycling bins to use at the athletic events! Students collected data and found that they were able to recycle 34% of the waste at football games and 28% of the waste at basketball games. (Read more)
    Sunrise Elementary was amazed at how much of the trash being thrown out could be recycled. The largest amount of trash was from breakfast and lunch Styrofoam trays from the cafeteria. The school is charged for each trash pickup and they learned that if they could keep the trays out of the trash this would save money for the school and school district. Sunrise uses approximately 250 trays a day. Multiply that by 180 school days and they end up saving 45, 750 trays a year and that is just from their small school. (Read more)
    In part of a larger recycling effort, two very brave students from Chapman Academy/Red Apple Preschool counted and boxed up empty CapriSun juice boxes to ship to Terracycle, a company that creates new products out of garbage. (Read more)
    Skyway Elementary put together a DVD of the school's belief and efforts in regards to being environmentally respectful. (Read more)
    City Academy High School’s Green Team helped create over 40-handpainted rain barrels and install the hardware. There was also a focused distribution plan for households near the school. (Read more..)
    Bainbridge launched a recycling program that cut their school’s garbage hauling cost. From November 2009 to April 2011 they saved a total of $6,270. Students were also provided hands-on lessons in recycling. The school conserved limited natural resources, landfill space, and minimized their garbage dumps from 16 to 8 dumps per month. Each dumpster can hold 6 cubic yards of landfill waste. The school is saving 48 cubic yards of waste from going to the landfill each month. (Read more)

    On March 2, 2011, the Warren Elementary School students celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday with the reading of The Lorax. A discussion followed on the importance that each one of us has an obligation to the environment and the world. The Read for a Tree Program started that day. Students of Warren School were asked to read and calculate the time read on their Read for a Tree calendars. All those that participated would receive a tree to plant on Arbor Day. Read for a Tree began on March 2 and continued to April 29th Arbor Day. The goal of 2,000 hours to be read was exceeded to 2,325 hours with 100 percent participation. (Read more)
    At Arrowhead High School a radical and choice-driven green learning improvement system was implemented. In order to improve students writing skills and grow a kinder appreciation for the environment, a non-traditional class was developed where all of the materials the students needed were online. They discuss and edited papers online, talked about problems and solutions online, read articles online, took notes online, watched videos online and held discussions online. (Read more)

    Alabama Cooperative Extension System’s Green Expo featured recycling and e-cycling drives in which discarded items, like cell phones, were collected. Citizens were also encouraged to bring paper and plastic items such as magazines, newspapers, cardboard, phonebooks, loose-leaf papers, soda bottles, and milk jugs to recycle. (Read more)
    Students at McCutcheon and Goudy Elementary Schools were able to look at an actual solar panel display and learn the basics about how solar energy works. (Read more)
    Fowler School’s recycling program’s goal was to save one tree for every student in the elementary school. So far, they have saved 75 trees which accumulate to 3,000 pounds of paper! Also, two girls in the class collected $101.00, and bought four beautiful pinon pine trees from a local grower for a great price! (Read more)
    Explorer and Discovery Elementary Schools’ students measured and graphed the styrofoam tray use every day after lunch. The school recycled almost 11 cubic yards since they started measuring in January. As far as the plastic recycled, they are up to 31 pounds of plastic recycled, but didn't begin measuring until April. (Read more)

    3, 2, 1 and You’re Done! is a simple and effective way of sorting lunch trays at Bayview Elementary School. (Read more)
    Through the University of Rhode Island Seed program, St. Margaret School was able to obtain 250 packets of flower and vegetable seeds for “Seeding Change” strategy. The school sent a packet home with each student and staff member at the end of the year along with tips and resources to a green summer to begin to sow the seeds of the SMS green roadmap. (Read more)
    The garden unit grew even bigger when the veggies began to sustain a newly acquired "free range" chicken coop and the three hens living in it! Memminger School of Global Studies’ students raised funds to purchase a coop by having their very own lemonade stand. Also, food waste was either given to the hens or placed in the classroom compost bin. The compost was created with the help of red wigglers to create healthy soil for the next garden project. And the cycle continues. (Read more)
    Through a word smart campaign for mother earth, the Multiple Intelligence International School’s students were transported into a storybook land with stories about the environment. A collaborative community effort transformed classrooms into a page of the book to get students interested in learning about ways to help save mother earth. (Read more)

    In addition or other items, Shiloh School collected over 500 pairs of shoes for reuse or recycling. (Read more)
    Air Base Elementary and the Green Team’s enthusiasm helped implement an energy saving Air Vent Sealing Project. Built before air conditioning, their school has eighty 22” x 24” energy guzzling vents. By collaborating with their district and maintenance, they’re now being sealed. (Read more)
    Hampton Elementary created a recycling center for their school in the design of a robot. A design created by one of their third graders. This robot has a flap for students to place their drink pouches, its mouth for empty glue stick containers and its arms point to the recycling bins for plastic and one for paper. The robot is made out of recycled, reused products that they collected. (Read more)
    New Rochelle High School focused a whole day on environmental issues called Sustainability Day, and it involved almost 4,000 students and a staff of over 150 teachers. The day had speakers, workshops (hands-on), displays that all focused on sustaining the planet. The students' art projects were made to showcase using recycled materials. (Read more)
    East Oldham Middle School uses a pulper in its recycling efforts. It is a machine that shreds materials into smaller sizes so it takes up less space. Since using this, the amount of trash bags used has gone down about 80 %. The pulper cannot take everything though; it cannot take hard plastics, metals and some types of water bottles. The Earth Force team at East Oldham is split into two teams; one team is building the recycling system and the other team is informing and educating the school about recycling and its importance. (Read more)

     

       

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