Saving the Enviroment ! :'(?

Question

Our school does not care about recycling at all !

I have tried forming a group,

till now we are 3 students and one teacher !!!

Is anyone willing to give me any ideas or activities we can do ?

or useful ideas that might make a diffrence !

please please, PLEASE !

Answer 1

I don't know.  I just wanted to say good luck and good job for doing your part!

Answer 2

Good for you!  

Coca-Cola and the National Recycling Coalition have a special grant program right now to place recycling bins in places where there is opportunity to create ongoing recycling programs.

Usually if people have a place to put their empties, they'll do it - so you've got to have bins available!

http://www.bingrant.org/

Answer 3

try to have buckets around classrooms and in

and have people recycle their papers from tests, quizzes, homework, or just wasted paper

Another thing you could do is bring awareness about how to recycle.

hopefully those things will help

Answer 4

Yay! Students that actually care about environmental issues! I would reccomend seeking out a local watershed group. Watershed groups are located all over and handle a variety of issues, from community cleanups to stream bank erosion. Contact your state environmental department and talk about having a training seminar. If a student calls the local DEP (or whatever the state agency is) asking for resources, they will help you. Try working with them to organize a stream cleanup or something, I know they have the make it shine cleanups here. You could also try raising public awareness by creating posters and signs about local environmental issues, whether it's water quality monitoring, trash pickups, recycling, or anything else of interest.

Stick with it, we need more people to care for the environment. Consider a college degree in environmental work and if you ever want some experience, americorps is a great place to start.