Friday, September 24, 2010

CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Hi everyone!
This year one of our fundraising strategies is selling fruits and vegetables with Tanaka Farms, this is called Community Supported Agriculture. The way it works is that when your family signs up, a basket of fruits and vegetables is dropped off at thurston on mondays. There are two different sized boxes, large and small. The small box is $20 a week and the large is $30, the best part is, Eco-Club gets 10% of the profits! CSA is eco-friendly because everything is locally grown so there isn't a big carbon foot print, from shipping the produce. Also there are no pesticides used to grow them and every box is re-used or recycled. Tell your parents about it and try to get signed up! The link to the Tanaka farms website is right here: www.tanakafarms.com email us if you would like a registry form, or more information at thurstonecoclub@gmail.com
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A New Year

Heyyy everyone!
Welcome back to Eco-Club! Our first meeting will be this upcoming tuesday at lunch, so bring your lunch and meet us in the black box! This meeting we will be painting recycling bins and talking about our plans and goals for the upcoming year. Hope to see you there!
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Easy Ways To Go Green

1. Shorten Your showers to five minutes
2. Use canteens instead of plastic water bottles
3. Use reusable shopping bags when you go to the grocery store or save your plastic and paper bags
4. Hang your beach towels in the sun to dry them, DONT use the drier
6. Turn off the lights when you leave the room or don't need them on(watching TV or on the computer)
6. Bring a lunch box to school, it reduces the use of paper bags
7. Recycle your old electronics (cell phones, computers, game boy, etc.)
8. Carpool or take the bus to school and after school activities
9. Don't throw out your old clothes and books that are in good condition, give them to a friend or donate them
10. Turn of your computer and TV when you are not using them