Hello From the One Earth SPC Green Club!

It is almost November and we have  a lot of reminders for you!  Please excuse this interruption.

November is the month of America Recycles Day!  Let’s do our BEST effort with recycling as well as packing waste free.  REMEMBER:  WASTE FREE WEDNESDAY!  Please get those containers out as a reminder to take care while packing your lunches!

On America Recycles Day we will be having an EXTRA WASTE FREE DAY.  IT IS A THURSDAY!  November 15th.  Please mark your calendars and check the website Thursday mailings to make sure you pack waste free to honor this day.  WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY TRASH ON NOVEMBER 15th DURING LUNCH.  You are asked to bring a waste free lunch with any recyclables.  Any trash will be sent back home.  WATCH THE CALENDAR!

We are collecting $1 til November 15th to help purchase a recycling receptacle for outside the EGC.  Please be a good steward and bring a dollar to help our campus continue to answer the call to care for CREATION.  More info is in the Thursday Mailing.

Lastly, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7th is a very important GREEN CLUB MEEETING.  Please make sure past and present members plan to attend during lunch and recess as we will be handing out permission forms for a few activities.  This may be the only way to get your permission form!  Events are coming up FAST!  The Trashy Fashion Show and a Recycling Plant are two of our next events.

THANK YOU!

NO IDLING STUDY BY ONE EARTH GREEN CLUB STUDENTS AT SPC!

You may have seen a scientific study being conducted around our campus in October at dismissal.  It was very eye opening!  One Earth Green Club students are collecting data three times this year in order to report findings on idling at pickup and increase awareness of our school's No Idling Campaign.  The main objective is to create a positive atmosphere while adding scientific facts about a very common problem in our society.  The info below is inspiring and is being posted as a reminder that efforts placed this year are meant to create a healthier environment for our children and our future.  This is not a lesson in becoming a judge of others or meant to criticize our community.  This is a lesson in taking care of our planet and changing habits one day at a time!  

http://www.cleanaircampaign.org/Blog/Students-Choose-Clean-Air-As-Part-of-Clean-Commute-Week#.UIFXKW_LSM5

We have posted this information before, but it is very worthy of an extra click these days as we will start to feel the cooler temperatures and chill in the air!  This is the truth about idling.  This is why we hold on to our mission and find various ways to improve our sustainability efforts on campus.

http://www.cleanaircampaign.org/Your-Air-Quality-Transportation/The-Truth-About-Idling

NO IDLING CAR MAGNETS ARE AVAILABLE!  Please consider adding your support to our effort and become a leader on our campus.  We need all the clean air we can get!  See Amy Bartucci for further info or email aeb925@gmail.com

hi one earth club & friends!

this is a great outing for us all to enjoy.  we will pass out permission forms at our next meeting on 11/7.  if you need a ride, we will have a place on the form to indicate that - so don't worry!

just please keep the date open if you're interested in seeing some awesome trashy fashions and getting inspired by super eco-conscious people.

***we will be wearing our OWN fashions to the event!***

 please make sure you have purchased a 

SPC One Earth T Shirt (any of the 3 styles works!) so that we can take our annual group photo at the show.

contact amy bartucci for sizes and styles.

t shirts are $14

Get Your Green On!

We had an exciting and thoughtful discussion today at Green Club. Thanks to all who packed waste free!

We tried but failed to watch a super cool video recently given to us by SWANCC. We thought posting it here would be helpful for all who want to see it.
http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-change/         


Did you know that plastic does NOT bio-degrade? It photo-degrades, meaning that it only breaks down into smaller pieces and never goes away. It's a daily challenge to live life with less plastic. I try so hard every day to see where I can cut plastic out of my life, but sometimes it's so difficult! Here's an interesting vid that will get you thinking the next time you reach for a plastic water bottle.
http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/

In fact, this whole website is worth a stroll....http://www.storyofstuff.org/

Hope you have a fantastic week!
Ecologically yours,
Jamie Hasemeier + Amy Bartucci

We are totally GEEKING OUT over the programming we caught this week on the radio and TV.

The first bit of incredible news is a startling story and conversation about the melting ice in the Arctic. If you have a few minutes while helping mom + dad get dinner ready, give this a listen: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/09/24/a-new-low-for-arctic-ice

The second bit I stumbled upon last night on PBS. It's a NOVA program series called "Making Stuff:". (If you think PBS is for nerds, think again. Don't forget how cool Elmo is and he's on PBS!) The episode I caught is called "Making Stuff: Cleaner". Watch this with the whole family because it is fascinating!! Serious science and a few laughs along the way, thanks to the host David Pogue. (P.S. I learned so much.) http://video.pbs.org/video/1768954299/

Scientist are working hard to help our environment. Let's hope that each new year will bring changes to our markets that will help make our environment healthier. We all need help to learn to live ZERO WASTE lives.
Have a fabulous 3 day weekend, friends!
Your Greeniac Friends, Mrs. Hasemeier + Mrs. Bartucci

WAG is SWAG!
That's what our newest 5th grade members of the One Earth Green Club think!  Chanting WAG (We Are Green!) helped our members stay enthusiastic as we visited area businesses inviting them to participate in our paper drive on 9/29.  Some of our 6th graders were busy calculating some measureable data that is always helpful when thinking about improving our planet.  The students were busy crunching numbers of how many plastic bottles are manufactured and eventually wasted in our lives.  They will report their knowledge as well as hang their results on our bulletin board section titled: As A Matter Of Fact.  Thank you to Mrs Whalen for joining the group too!  The 7th grade members are enjoying the club this year as well and had a big turnout for the walking trip.  Thanks to everyone for all their support.  A big reminder goes out to those who have been having a difficult time remembering to be Waste Free Proud.  The library doesn't have receptacles for throwing lunch trash away!  If you come to Green Club we ask that you come Waste Free and we like to use the honor system.  Go Green!

September Green Club News

Hi Everyone!
Yes, we had 3 new members attend Green Club Canvasing today which means our school energy is getting higher and higher!  We will pack a lot into our weeks and months ahead.  Please check out this list of Suggested Reading for Students if you have any extra time at the library.  http://www.eeweek.org/resources/green_reading.htm

Additionally please check out the following website for further reading and learning about climate change.  Has the current drought got you thinking about this at all?
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html

We look forward to a successful paper drive on 9/29.  All One Earth Green Club members should have a separate place at home where paper gets easily separated in order to return to our Abitibi Paper Retriever bins in the parking lot.