Last updated by DSclub_MA_Charl... on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 14:47.
Identifying paper overuse as a major school problem, a special education student team responded to this challenge by applying recycling guidelines to an entrepreneurial model. Students visited a recycle center and a plastics museum to assess how discarded material can evolve into useful and/or aesthetic objects. They hosted representatives from a company that recycles office waste. With a college Vista volunteer, they tested local water and published results for the school community.
Last updated by AlejandraHahn on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 12:21.
Alejandra is a 7 year old girl who started a recycling program at her school, donated her hair to locks for love and she is now starting a non-profit charity. The charity is collecting brand new bears and hard cover books for children in hospitals. Her first stop will be Lucille Packard children's ward in Ca. She will start to donate the bears and books to more hospitals and eventually to shelters.
Last updated by OpenYourEyes on Sat, 10/20/2007 - 16:07.
Open Your Eyes (OYE) is a group in Newfield High School that I co-founded in the mid 2006-2007 school year. OYE is a group, not a school funded club that is geared toward tackling world issues. This year we took action against global warming by starting a recycling program in our school. This involved painting and labeling boxes, distributing them into all of the classrooms, and recycling the paper each week. Once our recycling project was under way we raised money and supplies for save-a-pet totaling in approximately $600.
Last updated by Alex Lin on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 11:02.
I am the leader of Project WIN '05 - Recycle and Reuse our E-Waste. I started this project in the fall of 2004 due to an article I read in the Wall Street Journal. My team and I have worked on several minor projects before, and decided to create a solution. This was the SEMS - the Sustainable E-Waste Management System. Electronic waste, or E-Waste, is basically discarded consumer electronics: cell phones, rechargeable batteries, computers, monitors, etc.
Last updated by libbyhenderson on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 11:23.
Do Something, Brooks! sponsored a "Twice as Nice" recycling contest. The challenge to the entire school was to create a work of art, a game, toy, craft, or anything else from recycled, reused materials. The goal was to think about and learn ways to reuse or recycle materials, instead of throwing things away. We challenged the school to go beyond, stretch their imaginations and inventive skills. At least 50% of the project had to be made of recycled materials. Entries were displayed in the LMC for a week.
Last updated by FountainhillsMYC on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 20:43.
The Town of Fountain Hills Mayors Youth Council collected used and old cell phones to help spread awareness of domestic violence and help to recycle old phones. The MYC started their project in Jan. 2007, their goal was collect at least 10 phones each (total of 50) by the end of the school year in May of 2007. the cell phone drive was a perfect fit for these high school’ers, because most of their friends had old phones just sitting around. Most people don't know what to do with their old or used cell phone once they have gotten a new one.
Last updated by riverside on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 16:20.
Our club members read about global warming and how it happens, what can help stop it. We made signs for our school to remind kids about turning off the lights, recycling in the right containers, and we made public service announcements about "somethings we can do" to stop global warming.
Last updated by Brookelyn0404 on Thu, 10/25/2007 - 23:14.
A group of dedicated student from Port Perry High School in Port Perry, Ontario looking to make an environmental impact on their school and in their community. Having being formed for merely a few months, the group has already taken part in many initiatives such as tree planting in both the school yard and community as well as a student"buy-out" to watch the compelling documentary "An Inconvienent Truth".
Last updated by DSclub_CA_Irvington on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 14:15.
Irvington High school is hosting an E-waste drive, which will be dedicated to proper diosposal of electronic waste on Saturday, May 19. We need as much help we can to make this event a success. That means we need your help! More information is down below, and more can be found on the web. The link is listed below. What: Electronic Waste Recycling Fundraiser Where: Irvington High School parking lot (map) When: Saturday, May 19 8am - 4pm rain or shine Why: Help raise funds for student clubs and help alleviate unnecessary and unsafe disposal of electronics.
Last updated by GreenTreeFrog on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 10:09.
More than 100 million trees' worth of junk mail arrive in American mailboxes each year---the equivalent of deforesting the Rocky Mountain National Forest 4 times per year!!! Let's stop this!A mailbox chock full of unsolicited paper material, advertisements, catalogs, postcards, coupons and miscellaneous mail, may not just intrude on your privacy, but it is also lends a hand to severe and potentially permanent environmental damage.
