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CHHS Green Tiger Campaign

Submitted by Green_Teen_Clubs on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 19:34.
Last updated on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:59.

Vital Stats

 ongoing project
 09/01/2008
 06/01/2012
  1600
 15
 $500

The Problem

Chapel Hill High School is not the most eco-friendly place in town. It is located in an amazingly green town, but I know that we are not properly representing the town we live in. Our school's attitude towards sustainability is, recycling is good. We seem to only practice that one concept. That's a great start, but when I see all the styrofoam trays used, sinks being left on in the bathroom, no post-consumer paper, it knocks me on my side. Our school has the potential to improve and that's where Green Tiger Campaign began.

Why It's Important

The Green Tiger Campaign (named after our mascot) is a campaign driven by students (without fossil fuels, of course). Over the next few years we are here, we will do several projects to educate other students/faculty about sustainability and put those lessons into action. Through collaborative effort between our campaign and staff, we are changing out old policies and replacing them with ones that are better for students,teachers and the earth!

The Plan Of Action

Green Tiger Campaign advertised a need for students who care about earth in the school. Within a month, we have about fifteen members who are all willing to do projects to benefit our earth. As of now, our main project is to prepare our old school greenhouse for the spring, when we will use it for a community garden. We are changing faculty's ideas about how they use resources and students are beginning to get excited about these events and want to get involved.

How Can Others Get Involved?

 
If you attend Chapel Hill High school, please rally support for the Green Tiger Campaign. If not, try creating your own school campaign and find its specific problems when it comes to sustainability. Then you can fix it!

Project Updates

11/8/08
Update: We held our interest meeting on Wednesday, November 5. We had five people attend and everything is looking up. We won the Green Grant from Dosomething (You rock!) and we are now in the planning stages for our projects for this year.


12/20/08
Update: We are working on cleaning up our greenhouse for the new year! It's going to need a lot of work!

Additional people involved: 12

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Final Grant Update

07/12/09
Kristen Powers
Number of people in the organization: 25
Number of people impacted: 1400
Describe the impact the grant had: We were able to not concentrate on fundraising while we initially started the club. We were also able to use the money to create a community garden by renovating the greenhouse. This greenhouse has not been used in years for produce and it was very exciting to see this come alive.
Project highlights: 1) Formation of the GreenTiger Campaign at Chapel Hill High 2) Creation of the CHHS Community Garden 3) Partnership with Student Government for future projects
How did the project unfold and develop? Our project started off by just a few members and began to grow over several months. We started off the project by creating a community garden with the help of the grant. We formulated many ideas that would help increase our sustainability, but had higher financial costs than we had finances. However, we have better planning to help this develop. Our community was impacted by an amazing garden. We have many volunteers working to sustain the organic vegetables growing within. It has been a great way for students to meet and get service hours.

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yes
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Current age (NOTE: this section is for people 25 and younger): 
7
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15
How many people have you inspired to take action?: 
15
How many people has your project helped? : 
1600

Location(s)

Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
See map: Google Maps
What's the problem you are trying to solve?: 
Chapel Hill High School is not the most eco-friendly place in town. It is located in an amazingly green town, but I know that we are not properly representing the town we live in. Our school's attitude towards sustainability is, recycling is good. We seem to only practice that one concept. That's a great start, but when I see all the styrofoam trays used, sinks being left on in the bathroom, no post-consumer paper, it knocks me on my side. Our school has the potential to improve and that's where Green Tiger Campaign began.
Why is it important to you?: 
The Green Tiger Campaign (named after our mascot) is a campaign driven by students (without fossil fuels, of course). Over the next few years we are here, we will do several projects to educate other students/faculty about sustainability and put those lessons into action. Through collaborative effort between our campaign and staff, we are changing out old policies and replacing them with ones that are better for students,teachers and the earth!
What's your plan of action?: 
Green Tiger Campaign advertised a need for students who care about earth in the school. Within a month, we have about fifteen members who are all willing to do projects to benefit our earth. As of now, our main project is to prepare our old school greenhouse for the spring, when we will use it for a community garden. We are changing faculty's ideas about how they use resources and students are beginning to get excited about these events and want to get involved.
How Can Others Help?: 

If you attend Chapel Hill High school, please rally support for the Green Tiger Campaign. If not, try creating your own school campaign and find its specific problems when it comes to sustainability. Then you can fix it!

Total hours volunteered (to date): 
50
Start Date: 
09/01/2008
End Date: 
06/01/2012
Money Raised: 
$500
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How Can Others Help?: 

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Chapel Hill High School is not the most eco-friendly place in town. It is located in an amazingly green town, but I know that we are not properly representing the town we live in. Our school's attitude towards sustainability is, recycling is good. We seem to only practice that one concept. That's a great start, but when I see all the styrofoam trays used, sinks being left on in the bathroom, no post-consumer paper, it knocks me on my side. Our school has the potential to improve and that's where Green Tiger Campaign began.
Why is it important to you?: 
The Green Tiger Campaign (named after our mascot) is a campaign driven by students (without fossil fuels, of course). Over the next few years we are here, we will do several projects to educate other students/faculty about sustainability and put those lessons into action. Through collaborative effort between our campaign and staff, we are changing out old policies and replacing them with ones that are better for students,teachers and the earth!
What's your plan of action?: 
Green Tiger Campaign advertised a need for students who care about earth in the school. Within a month, we have about fifteen members who are all willing to do projects to benefit our earth. As of now, our main project is to prepare our old school greenhouse for the spring, when we will use it for a community garden. We are changing faculty's ideas about how they use resources and students are beginning to get excited about these events and want to get involved.
How Can Others Help?: 

If you attend Chapel Hill High school, please rally support for the Green Tiger Campaign. If not, try creating your own school campaign and find its specific problems when it comes to sustainability. Then you can fix it!

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ongoing project
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yes
DoSomething Award Winner?: 
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7
How many people are directly involved in your project? : 
15
How many people have you inspired to take action?: 
15
How many people has your project helped? : 
1600

Location(s)

Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
See map: Google Maps
What's the problem you are trying to solve?: 
Chapel Hill High School is not the most eco-friendly place in town. It is located in an amazingly green town, but I know that we are not properly representing the town we live in. Our school's attitude towards sustainability is, recycling is good. We seem to only practice that one concept. That's a great start, but when I see all the styrofoam trays used, sinks being left on in the bathroom, no post-consumer paper, it knocks me on my side. Our school has the potential to improve and that's where Green Tiger Campaign began.
Why is it important to you?: 
The Green Tiger Campaign (named after our mascot) is a campaign driven by students (without fossil fuels, of course). Over the next few years we are here, we will do several projects to educate other students/faculty about sustainability and put those lessons into action. Through collaborative effort between our campaign and staff, we are changing out old policies and replacing them with ones that are better for students,teachers and the earth!
What's your plan of action?: 
Green Tiger Campaign advertised a need for students who care about earth in the school. Within a month, we have about fifteen members who are all willing to do projects to benefit our earth. As of now, our main project is to prepare our old school greenhouse for the spring, when we will use it for a community garden. We are changing faculty's ideas about how they use resources and students are beginning to get excited about these events and want to get involved.
How Can Others Help?: 

If you attend Chapel Hill High school, please rally support for the Green Tiger Campaign. If not, try creating your own school campaign and find its specific problems when it comes to sustainability. Then you can fix it!

Total hours volunteered (to date): 
50
Start Date: 
09/01/2008
End Date: 
06/01/2012
Money Raised: 
$500
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