Project For Go Green
Recycling
- Collect and recycle at least 25 plastic or glass bottles or aluminum cans
- Ask your principle to put recycling bins in classrooms
- Use bright colors and eye catching designs to draw attention to recycle bins
- Create and post posters at home or at school to remind family and friends to recycle
- Organize an in-home recycling center and teach your family how to use it. Have separate bins for glass, plastics, and newspaper/cardboard
- Make a T-shirt with a recycling fact (or facts) on it, wear it to school and be ready to answer questions
- Write an essay about a positive impact recycling can bring your community; submit it to your school or local newspaper
- Once you are done perusing your favorite magazine, recycle it. Collect and recycle at least 5 magazines
- Create an infographic of visual representation of a topic related to recycling or the recycling process; present it to your science class or post it in your school
- Grab your friends and gather recyclables from a public space. Make sure everything that you pick up ends up in the right bag
Energy
- Talk to your school administration about adopting energy-saving practices
- Encourage your School to become an ENERGY STAR partner
- Educate your friends and younger siblings about energy efficiency
- Create a club that takes action around saving energy
- Encourage your school to put all computers in energy-saving sleep mode
- Explain energy-efficient lighting to your class
- Have teachers and students unplug chargers when devices are finished charging
- Teach your class how to save energy and money on the family utility bill
- Encourage your school to fix leaky faucets and toilets to save gallons of water
- Set up a carpool to school
- Host a lights-out day at your school, and then have people pledge to do the same at home
- Encourage your school to install motion sensor lights
- Sign the ENERGY STAR pledge
Green Agriculture
- Start a garden and grow produce for healthy eating
- Start a school compost
- Host locally-grown snack stands at your school event
- Rearrange your cafeteria to feature local and fresh foods
- Encourage natural plant species to grow in your backyard
Bring It Home
- Turn off electronics, lights, and fans when you leave the room
- Prevent vampire energy and save electricity.
- Use the sleep setting on your computer
- Walk, ride a bike, or skateboard instead of using a car
- Talk to your family about energy-saving driving habits
- Keep doors and windows closed when the air conditioning or heat is on
- Weatherstrip air leaks around windows and doors
- Replace your home’s HVAC filters at least every 3 months
- Set your thermostat to save energy
- Host a clothing swap with friends
- Encourage your family to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover around the house
- Plant a rain garden at home, school or another location
- Challenge your family to conserve water at home
- Buy ENERGY STAR qualified electronics, lighting, and other products
- Post home energy-saving tips through social media
Other
- Green your prom or other school dance
- Start a blog or video blog about the environment
- Make beeswax candles instead of using candles made from oil
- Host a poetry slam that focuses on the environment
- Green the school art room
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