We Save the World One Hybrid At A Time

A Motive

decirque321 — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:18 +0000

Our group met again, on January 19. After sending out the email (to ask permition to work with the fifth graders) to the four principals, we only got one response. That was, “great, but I don’t think a competition is good.” So, we are in the midst of trying to please the principal and think about another movtive. Why a motive you might ask. Say you are a fifth grade student being told to recycle. You are given tons of statistics about how our environment is being hurt minute by minute. Those facts go in one ear and out the other and when you go home, you forget to bring in recyclable items (and to recycle at home).

I know that most little children are competitive. So, adding in a competition helps the fifth graders remember to bring in recycleable items (or recycle them at home too!) and motivates them to bring in a lot of materials to beat the other schools. This way they are recycling and having fun. But we understand why the principal doesn’t want us to do competition. This is because our goal isn’t for children to recycle only when there is game. Our goal and main objective is to teach children to recycle anytime anywhere, not just under the conditions of winning a prize. So, that is why we are in the midst of brainstorming another motive that will get the students to learn to recycle as well as having fun.

Any suggestions? Leave comments, we’d love to hear other thoughts.

It’s Beautiful Now, But Think About Years From Now…

decirque321 — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:32:19 +0000

Movies always are a great visual for understanding things. So, I decided to search for videos on www.youtube.com. I typed in environment and got many videos. I scrolled down until one caught my eye. So, I clicked play and watched the 3 minute and 10 second clip. It showed beautiful pictures of nature that make our wonderful environment . But just think, what would our plants and forests be like years from now. It’s hard to imagine, but at the rate of which we’re going (destroying our environment due to wastes, loss of fossil fuels, and etc.) the brilliant greens that make up our forests would be gone. I don’t mean gone like they’ll be back tomorrow, I mean gone forever. The trees would be bare. The sky high trees filled with branches upon branches of leaves, that we see today, would be brown, wilting bark. They would be empty and no longer as beautiful. Just think; would you really want to live in a world like that? I know that I do not and never will. Just thinking about seeing these beautiful flowers, grass, and trees all die and be bare, makes me sad. I hope this really won’t happen. So, think about the future and for example, recycle paper to save our magnificant trees resting in a forest full of green that soon will be brown and gone.

To see the movie of our beautiful environment today, click this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lGH44jeSLI4

Don’t Be Afraid

decirque321 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:35:06 +0000

Hello there! Just posting a note to remind readers to comment! Don’t be afraid to, I don’t bite and I would love to here your feed back! A person once said to me, that while reading other blogs, remember to comment. Give the blogger your advice and leave them with some thoughts. The person also told me that commenting makes the blogger feel good that someone is reading their site, and that it’s nice to receive a note! So, please comment! Thanks again!

Until next time, your fellow recycler.

Just Because

decirque321 — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:28:21 +0000

Just because some paper can’t be recycled doesn’t mean it should go into the garbage. You can still help the environment other ways with this piece of paper; so save it. It’s winter season and when it gets chilly out, it is time for a fire. Throw some wood into the fire place and get some matches to start the fire. But before you light the wood, think about other things that could help create not only a warm fire but help save the environment. Go, get up, and go find that unrecyclable paper that you saved and throw it on the pile of wood. Next step is lighting up the pile of wood and paper. Now as you sit by the nice warm fire, think about how you just helped save the environment. =)

I got this piece of advice from reading a blog. Now you too, can take a look at the page; http://www.creditcave.com/do-not-throw-away-anything.php

Everyone Loves Presents But What is Beyond the Little Toy You Received?

decirque321 — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:36:23 +0000

Happy new year to all of you! I hope your holiday season was filled with love, laughter, and cheer. Hopefully you all received great presents but have you ever wondered what is beyond the little gift you received? Wrapped in colorful wrapping paper, stuffed with tissue paper, and enclosed in a box. What are a couple of common things between your present besides the gift inside? If you guessed cardboard and paper you are the winner, but sorry no prize. Anyway, if you are now putting one and one together you are thinking- THOSE THINGS ARE RECYCLABLE! Great job! Now that you guessed it, it is time for you to go out and recycle the wrapping your presents came in! Happy new years, guys! Have fun and remember the wrapping beyond the gift is one little step to saving the world. Give one last gift, and give it to our environment by recycling.

Fun Fact

decirque321 — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:07:39 +0000

Hey! I’m back again to give you a fun fact on recycling! Did you know that Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper a year? This is completely true and unfortunately a lot of this paper is not being recycled! Be a help, recycle!

Still Waiting…

decirque321 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:21:46 +0000

It is not January yet so our group hasn’t really progressed since our last post. On off months like these, the only way we continue to recycle is at home. Papers serperated from plastic and vice versa is as easy as it gets. Don’t think recycling is hard because it is not! Just get active by going to your town and asking for a recycling bin and the schedule on which days the garbage men collect these reusable items. Like I said in my last post, just take the extra step to throw the plastic bottle in the recycling bin instead of the regular garbage bin. It is easy as that and will help save the environment.

Until next time, your fellow recyclers!

Just A Start

decirque321 — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:04:13 +0000

We started our project on recycling. So far so good! For our project we are going to go the four elementary schools and speak to the fifth graders about recycling. Our plan is to create a competition between the four schools. In this competition each month we will give the fifth graders a different recyclable item to bring into school and collect. At the end of the month we will collect the item, recycle it, and determine who had the highest collection average- this way they will gain points. By June we will tally the scores/points for each school and determine a winner. They will then get a prize from a sponsor who we hope to get soon.

So far we are doing well and our main goal right now is to get the permition from the principals at the elementary schools. We are enthusiastic about teaching children and helping our environment. It is easy to recycle and you can do it without our group’s help. Get a recycling bin from your town and find out the days the garbage collects the different recycleable items. Then when you are going to throw out a piece of paper in the regular garbage, take the extra step to recycle the item by placing it in the bin. Each extra step will help save the environment.

We will keep you updated on the rest of our progress in helping to improve our environment. Just remember we save the world, one hybrid at a time. =)