Monday, October 4, 2010

First Meeting 9/28/10

Hi everyone for our first meeting we made recycling bins and talked about plans for the upcoming year! Next week, Michelle will be visiting us from Waste Management. Our Eco-Friendly fact of the week is: if you shorten your shower by one minute you save approximately 150 gallons a month!

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