User:Growing up Green

Growing Up Green This is just to jumpstart us using the Wiki to communicate. As time goes on I will revamp it.

Eco Fair Please share your ideas and progress relating to the area of the Eco Fair you are in charge of.

Trash for Teaching:

Drink Pouch Recycling:

We are signed up for Terra Cycle. The collection bags should come in 2-4 weeks.

The announcement has been made to the students about Capri Sun pouch collecting. There is a box in the lunch area.

Ideas for Grade Level Booths:

Junk Art Display

Recycled Kippot- Made out of material scraps (6th grade? )

How to make recycled paper- http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/Kid's%20Entries/Make_Paper.htm

Music from Nature- http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/Kid's%20Entries/Make_Music.htm

Planting for Earth- Plant seeds in re-used egg cartons

Plastic bag display- display sandals and bags out of plastic shopping bags - see websites- http://ecofriendlywahm.com/im-hooked-on-plastic-bag-crafts/ Plastic Bag Statistics: Up to 1000 - Estimated years for a plastic bag to decompose. 1460 - Plastic bags used in a year by an average family of four in the U.S. 12 million - Barrels of oil used to make the plastic bags that the U.S. consumes annually. Less than 1% - Percentage of all plastic bags that get recycled in the U.S. 88.5 billion – Plastic bags consumed in the U.S. last year. 500 billion – Estimated plastic bags sold worldwide each year.

http://www.youtube.com/user/easygreencrafts

Freecycle (Clothing Exchange)

Math Lab "What's Your Human Footprint?"

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/

DWP Lightbulbs: