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Jaymie Jaymie
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My school likes to collect garbage to go "green." But you can also do things like plant trees and
recycle. 
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Worm composting is a wonderful green activity for schools. Worms are going to play an
ever-increasing role in waste management and soil production. Worms offer a tremendous learning
opportunity! Red wiggler worms are the ideal worms for vermicomposting. They consume approximately
half their weight/day in food scraps. They convert food scraps and paper into nature's finest
fertilizer.
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Learn to love a worm. They are angels of the earth.
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Jan 2, 2011
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There are many interesting suggestions in this thread. I think there are two more things young
people can do to go green or save the earth: ride bicycles and grow garden vegetables. These two
things are so good for many reasons: bicycling makes you healthier, cuts pollution and reduces oil
money flowing to sick governments; gardening reduces pollution (think food mileage), if it's
organic, it is healthier and it can reduce garbage if you compost food waste. Both of these
activities are time-consuming when compared to jumping into your car to go to the grocery store, but
I think an important part of going green is reconnecting with your community and nature. Too much
time is spent in front of the propaganda tube (TV) and not enough talking with neighbors and
vegetables. And there is no better start and end to a day than a leisurely bike commute. Try it!
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 9, 2011
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I think that we can try to save electricity for example by switching off everytime when we leave our
classroom
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Re: Going Green
Feb 16, 2011
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Going Green in Schools
That is a great idea!
In my school we are planning to make an ecologycal garden.
I supose we are going to remove some concrete and make a green area to walk.
The purpose is to make one garden in each of our schools.
We are visiting nature friendly buildings here in Mexico to learn about its efficiency and
system.
We are planning also to make a campaign in other schools to make other green areas in the area.
I am going to install some things in my home to make it less contaminant and going to expand my
garden and plant many more plants.
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we dont do anything green
we dont recycle
we throw tons of food away
we use too much of everything, how do i make them see we need to go green?
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 21, 2011
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Hi I'm Jessica from New York...
At my school the cafeteria trays are made of styrofoam which is really bad for the earth. So I am
working on a plan to ask my principal to change the trays to reusable plastic or made from recycled
cardboard. There are also trays made from sugar cane. So I haven't made my proposal too him yet
because I am still workin on what I want to say (I just started thinking about it a few days ago.)
Any other ideas about what I can do to make my schools green?
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 22, 2011
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Hello all,
To answer your question, Jessica, I think switching to reusable containers and trays are a great
idea. There's actually an initiative by Tread Lightly which may be of interest and that's the LOW
carbon lunch. That may be a fun way to get your school involved, maybe have one once a month, etc.
You can find more info at http://treadlightly.tigweb.org/getinvolved/
There's also the ecological footprint challenge you can suggest in your schools - students can all
sign up FOR FREE and challenge teachers, students and family members to reduce your ecological
footprint. More details are at http://treadlightly.tigweb.org/challenges/.
Other ideas would be to start using scrap paper. Schools use so much paper that it would definitely
help if we minimized that number. For example, students drawing in art class can use the other side
of paper if the first side has already been used. Buying recycled paper or FSC paper definitely
helps too because you're not cutting down trees that are unsustainable. You can create contests or
have "sustainable week" where classrooms can collect points to see who rode their bikes or
took public transport to school instead of cars, turning off classroom lights when they're done and
turning off water taps in the bathrooms when you're not using it, etc. and there can be a winner.
Use a hand dryer instead of paper towels.
I hope this helps!
This post was edited on: 2011-02-22 at 01:44 PM by: Janice
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Nicole
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 24, 2011
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Hello I am Nicole from the United States! It is so great to see the members from other countries
being so active in the green movement. I think it is a great thing and we need to purify our
environment for both our health and the earth's. It is especially a great thing to have this green
movement inherited in schools to teach the students the right way to treat the environment before
they inherit bad habits. Even though I feel this is a great movement, I feel that for some it has
become more of a trend than something for the betterment of the world. With all of the "green" water
bottles and other miscellaneous items I just feel that it is more of a fashion statement....which
may be a good thing. What is everyone's take on this? Thanks!
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 24, 2011
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Nicole, i don't know what I think about that. I think it is good that word has spread about
recycling and other environmentally friendly activities but sometimes companies just use it as a
marketing campaign. It depends on if the product is legitimately good for the environment or not.
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Nicole
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Feb 25, 2011
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Yes! That is what I mean...I wonder if some companies are really going as "green" as they could or
if they are just saying they are doing this to market their names. Some of the biggest companies in
the USA such as Target, Coca Cola, and McDonalds are going green but it doesn't seem to me that they
are struggling for publicity so that may not be the case. Definitely something to look into though!
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Re: Going "Green" in schools
Feb 25, 2011
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I read about this in the book "Get Real." It said how when Walmart started selling food that was
organic and eco friendly products, some activists were happy. Walmart is such a big company that any
move it makes to help the earth is a shot heard round the world. But some people disagreed because
Walmart wouldn't stop shipping its products around the world and paying its workers unfair wages,
etc. Someone (i forget his name) said, "There's something gross about buying a healthy carrot from a
sick company."
Click here to see a news story about one of Walmarts supposedly
ecologically responsible products.
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Feb 27, 2011
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Wow that article was insane! That was exactly what I was writing about before though. The idea that
Walmart is selling this "environmental friendly" jewelry but the workers making the jewelry are
treated badly, the mining operations to get the jewelry are polluting the environment, and
underneath the varnish, the jewelry is no different than any other jewelry being sold! That is a
prime example of Walmart using the "going green" term to sell more products when they are really
lying to all our faces. I would not be surprised if other companies are practicing these tactics
also.
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Mar 3, 2011
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Jessie I also just wanted to say that it is wonderful you are educated on topics such as going green
and that you are active on this web site. You are 13 and it is wonderful that you are being active
and staying up to date with topics such as this one. As you are on this discussion board I am
assuming that you are going green in your middle school and that is wonderful. You are our future so
KEEP IT UP!!
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My students campaigned to cut our school's paper footprint. Please visit our wikispace at
www.cuturpaperfootprint.wikispaces.com and tell us what you think!
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