Need some Ideas for my School Environmental Club?

Question

I am a leader of my school Environmental Club and I need help w/some ideas(fun and educational). My committe is Waste Reduction and any ideas will be greatly appreciated :)

Answer 1

Okay, I'll throw out a thought on waste reduction.

The first thing that comes to my mind is recycling.  My family was recycling long before it became politically correct.  The reason for that is not just because it was good for the environment, but it is cheaper!  Think about it, have you/your parents bought anything made with recycled materials?  It's cheaper, because they use the recylced stuff to make new packaging, instead of making it all new.  So here's an idea for your club.  Have a scavenger hunt, where people are looking for the prices of groceries that are in packaging made from recycled and non-recycled materials.  Have a mixed list of recycled and non-recyled materials that groups need to get the price for.  Give them one hour in a grocery store to look, and don't ask the cashiers the prices.  At the end you can compare the price tags for both and see how waste reduction impacts the prices of groceries you might use everyday.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Read Cradle to Cradle.. Trust me it will help

Answer 3

go to these sites and get these books

treehugger.com

green.alltop.com

ecomall.com

ecochoices.com

naturalcollection.com

theorganicpages.com

newdream.org

coopamerica.com

ens-newswire.com

foe.org

environmentaldefense.org

epa.gov

awionline.org

catgen.com/ifat/en

fairtrade.net

just keep cutting and pasting my friend you will find what you need especially on treehugger.com and ecomall.com its a amazing resource but dont discount green.alltop.com either because it is a site that has major green sites all in one place that is a link to them and is updated daily i love it

books

365 ways to change the world : how to make a difference--one day at a time / Michael Norton

  

500 ways to change the world / Global Ideas Bank ; edited and compiled by Nick Temple



  

Farewell, my Subaru : an epic adventure in local living / Doug Fine



  

Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the Earth and get rich trying / David Bach, with Hillary Rosner.



  The green book : the everyday guide to saving the planet one simple step at a time / Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen with a foreword by Cameron Diaz and William McDonough



  

Green living : the E magazine handbook for living lightly on the earth / by the editors of E/the environmental magazine



  It's easy being green : a handbook for earth-friendly living / Crissy Trask ; illustrations by Mike Clelland.



  The lazy environmentalist : your guide to easy, stylish, green living / Josh Dorfman



  Making kind choices : everyday ways to enhance your life through earth- and animal-friendly living / Ingrid Newkirk ; foreword by Paul McCartney.



  

MySpace OurPlanet : change is possible / by the MySpace community ; with Jeca Taudte ; foreword by Tom Anderson



  Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century / edited by Alex Steffen ; foreword by Al Gore ; design by Sagmeister



  

Ethical markets : growing the green economy / Hazel Henderson with Simran Sethi ; foreword by Hunter Lovins



  

Sustainable planet : solutions for the twenty-first century / edited by Juliet B. Schor and Betsy Taylor





trust me there all excellent books i love them and they have alot of info you should make the people in your club read them as projects and get ideas from them