SubGroup: Reusable Bags

Members: Jessica, Christine, Adrienne, Rita
Some of our Goals:

• Promoting awareness about the dangers and environmental hazards of plastic bags
• Research the damage that has been done by consistent human waste of non-recyclable plastic bags - (Shock Factor/ Videos) (Local and Global)
• Reducing the use of plastic bags in our schools, homes, and towns.
• Research laws that have been effective in other states, towns, etc. .
  
• Come up with a plan for alternative options - Using reusable bags instead of plastic bags.

Technology:

*** Looking at the global impact of local waste ***

• Research
• Google Earth
• You Tube
• Blogger Polls

*** Looking at other connections***

• Recyclable lunch bags
• Recyclable water bottles
  

EAST END TEAM Environmental Advocacy and Stewardship Group

Okay, I'm not sure how well this will work out, but since it has been a discussion topic in our EEVC on QuickTopic, I thought we could give this a shot:

Here's the Organizational Blog that a few people mentioned might help our group to place and organize and discuss our ideas. If you check out our Quicktopic, I have posted the Username and Password so that we can all use it whenever we want.

The Contact Email is environmentee@gmail.com (the password is also on quicktopic)

Anyone of us can use this. Maybe we can use it to communicate with organizations, etc. . as this project develops.

Members
Julia Best
Mei-Lynn Guerrero
Jennifer Rosler
Adrienne Crandall
Jon Mautschke
Jessica Ovanessian
Lauren Hempfling
Christine DePalo
Doug Milano
Joe Coleman
Matt Maloney
Jeff Hand
Kristen Kosta
Maureen Flanagan
Rita Greene

JULIA'S NOTES:

Enviro Group Notes: TEAM 10-22-8
Bette’s words of wisdom in brief…

• In-school projects to include the community at large!
• Collect links…incredible projects, activities, resources…
• Deepest, broadest, most meaningful aspects…
• 5 examples of how this idea can play out…
• Modeling a couple of ideas…
• Spin-offs…
• Whole & parts…
• Generative phase
• Wiki? Site? Other?
• Leaders in school…Link to community (automatic)…
• Information Gatherers…
  

General Goal – Increase environmental awareness through school & community; Act locally, think globally!

2 primary groups & same subgroups for each…

Community-based projects / and School-based projects: (both have same subtopics)

• Alternate Energy
• Government –environmental laws & policies
• A look into the future – pros & cons
• Events (i.e.: Earth Day, beach clean-ups, etc.)
• Groups & Resources – local & global

-Change
-Individual empowerment & impact
-Paperless systems & the digital divide

Things we do already…or we want to explore to do…

• Bottle caps - Lauren
• Cell phones - Julia
• Paperless classroom – Christine (mini-presentation)
• 2nd-side program (reduce photocopying, reuse) – Jon
• Plants in classroom – Rita
• Textbooks as opposed to photocopies - Kristina
• Photocopier decorating as monsters – Kristina
• R cubed – Mei-Lynn & Maureen (Styrofoam trays – vs. – reusable in cafeteria)
• Letter writing campaign - Suffolk –vs. - Nassau free recycling for schools – Lauren
• E-mail – vs. – paper snail mailings - many
• No print attendance – vs. – e-mailed…
• Recycled stuff for art projects – birdfeeders - Jessica
• Blue bins for paper & plastic – Jeff
• Interoffice mail = e-mail - many
• Green options for fertilizer…Matt

School clubs take the initiative…