Ideas for a high school recycling/"green" club?

Question

There's a club at my school where we try to do a lot of recycling or "green" type things around the school and the community. This was the first year and nothing really happened, but next year I want to be one of the core leaders and try to get a lot of things done. I need ideas though for fun activities that high schoolers would be interested in. Any ideas? At all? Anything is great... thanks!

Answer 1

A really cool year round project for your green club could be a composting/garden system.  If you can get the school to donate a small part of their land for a composting box, organic food waste can be used to create usable soil which then can be used in a school garden, and you can then sell the fruits, veggies, berries etc in the school certified organic as a fund raiser.  :)

My wife is attempting to set up a project like this as some schools in our living area as a hands on educational project that teaches about recycling, organic growing, and waste management.

Answer 2

How about getting somebody to donate a bunch of fabric and sewing reusable grocery bags?  Canvas or burlap or something.  You don't need much skill to make a simple bag.  And surely some of the kids' moms have sewing machines.  You could sell them to the community for a fund raiser, and sell them in your school store.  (You guys have a Deca store, right?)

Maybe you could even put your club logo on them, and your website.  You guys should have a website where people can buy them.  Send one to Katie Couric... maybe you'll get featured on the news for being made of awesome (go nerdfighters!).

Answer 3

Good on you for wanting to "lead" in this area. Just an idea - what about installing a "worm farm". If you have a Home Economics room or cooking classes, food scraps can go towards feeding your worms. Worms produce great fertiiliser for any gardens your school may be creating.

Good luck !!