Less Wasteful

AG Reflects on the Perspectives Class

6thgrader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:00:06 +0000

1. What have you done to change your school?

I have definitly done a huge deed to my school. I have started a petition for 100% recycled paper, and hopefully it will come into full action. I have also impacted the lives of many students, telling them how much 10% recycled paper we as a school waste every year, and I hope they never deny the large numbers. If I could do something over, though, I would try to work faster and more efficiently. I will keep you all posted on what will happen in the near future!

2. What have you learned?

I have learned just how much paper is wasted, and it’s terrifing. I have also learned never to give up; at some times I just wanted to go to sleep and, of course, give up. But that’s never a good idea, and is a very important lesson in life. Never give up on what you believe in.

3. Where do we still need to improve as a school?

We need to work on motivation. I don’t think very many of us were extremely excited about my petition, and some didn’t really even care. I think switching over to 100% recycled paper is our first step to a greener school. But, I mean, it’s not going to become green over night. This takes time and patience, and students need to step up and take action! Otherwise, nothing can happen.

RC Reflects On The Perspective Class

6thgrader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:58:38 +0000

Q1. What have you done to change your school?
Q2. What have you learn?
Q3. Were do we still need to improve as a school?
A1. I have been puting up posters to tell people how much waste we do at school. I have made a power point to show people how much we need to recycle more and waste less and how we need a composting team at our school so we have a safer enviorment.
A2. I have learned that if we waste less we can stop global warming. And prefent less polution.
A3. We as a school need to improve by reading the list on what we can recycle and to trow away. We need to waste less and recycle more to make the world a better place for all of us.

CG Reflect On The Perspectives Class

6thgrader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:57:25 +0000

1. What have you done to change your school?
2. What have you learned?
3. Where do we still need to improve as a school.

1. well right now as a school we have ten percent recycled paper. I got almost half of the teachers to sign to have 100 percent recycled paper at our school.

2. i have learned that there is 35.2% recycled paper and on an average of 15% other recycleables.

3. i think that as a school we have not recycled enough paper to be an improved school

JA Reflects on Perspectives

6thgrader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:55:48 +0000

Q1: What have you done to change your school?
A: We have promoted more recycling by putting alot more recycling bins in the school, and putting signs up around the school saying things like waste less.
Q2: What have you learned?
A: I have learned that we waste so much food and electronics and trash in general and we don’t recycle as much as we should.
Q3: Where do we still need to improve as a school?
A: We still need to become more green as a community and RECYCLE MORE!!!!!!

J.B. Reflects on Perspectives Class

6thgrader — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:53:35 +0000

Q1: What have you done change your school?
A: I have written a blog about what we can do to help the environment and practicing what I preach and recycling and turning lights of too.
Q2: What have you learned?
A: How to blog and how important it is to save the Environment.
Q3: Where do we still need to improve as a school?
A:Actualy recycling all that can be recycled and not recycling what cant be recycled also not using those styrofoam things.

Our Top 10 Websites

6thgrader — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:24:49 +0000

Here are our Top 10 websites for promoting Planet health.

J.B.

1. http://www.green-networld.com/facts/facts_fr.htm

2. http://www.gdrc.org/uem/waste/key-facts.html

3. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/facts.htm

4. http://www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/5507

5. http://esauk.org/waste/

6. http://www.metro-region.org/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=25410

7. http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/topic.aspx

8. http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html

9. http://www.recycleworks.org/resident/holiday_facts.html

10. http://www.wastemanagement.com/

Some More Fun Facts!

6thgrader — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:02:24 +0000

Here are some fun facts about metal and recycling.

* Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours — or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.

* 350,000 aluminum cans are produced every minute!

* More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product
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* Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks.

* Because so many of them are recycled, aluminum cans account for less than 1% of the total U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates.

* During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce aluminum cans are made.

* An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!

* There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can can be recycled.

* Aluminum can manufacturers have been making cans lighter — in 1972 each pound of aluminum produced 22 cans; today it yields 29 cans.

* We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum pop cans every year.

* At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold!

* A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light 18,000,000 homes!

* Every ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,000 of coal, and 40 pounds of limestone

. J.B.

Interview on Petition Progress

6thgrader — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:01:45 +0000

Here is an interwiew with JM about the progress of the petition.

JB: So far how many siganatures do you think you have?

JM: A little more than 100.

JB: Who has been signing the petition?

JM: Mostly 6th graders (weve gotten all of the 6th grade to sign), a 9th grader, Our principal and a few teachers.

JB: How many signatures do you think you will need?

JM: We will need to have more than 350 (thats half of the middle school) but since our principle signed it maybe less.

JB: how will you accomplish this?

JM: well just asking for morre signatures and petitioning harder and if worse comes to worse we can go ask kindergarteners to sign it.

Crossword Puzzle

6thgrader — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:50:23 +0000

Here is a crossword puzzle that I created. You can print it out and do it (it’s not too hard.) Also, give us some feedback by leaving a comment.

Thanks, JB

recyclingpuzzle.doc

Interview About the Petition

6thgrader — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:23:15 +0000

Here is an interview with AG on the petition that she is putting together. It is for 100% recycled paper in our school.

JB: So what do you think about the petition that you are putting together?

AG: We are so excited for this petition. It could change Graland history forever!

JB: Who do you think will be signing this petition?

AG: Well, we’re targeting mostly the younger students because they have more years left in our school, and they will be able to see the full effect of the petition. They are the people of the future.

JB: Are you going to get the teachers to sign it, too?

AG: Yes. Teachers and staff members, too.

JB: When do you think our school will be switched to all recycled paper?

AG: It’s hard to say because we still have to present it to our principal first. If it goes well, though, it will most likely take about a year or two to come into full effect.