Going Green in School - Five Easy, Environmentally Friendly Projects to Implement At Your School
Living a greener lifestyle has struck a cord with many schools who are busily implementing their going green ideas at their local school.
Teachers, parents and kids are learning how to go green in different areas at school.
If you have ever been stuck for some going green in school ideas, here are five easy, environmentally friendly projects to implement at your local school: Growing A Vegetable Garden at School Many schools these days are getting their students involved in extra curricular activities, such as learning to how to grow a vegetable garden at school.
You'll see the unique landmark of a scarecrow in the midst of the garden.
The kids can have fun gathering materials to erect a scarecrow.
The scarecrow can be a unique landmark of the garden, and also ensure that birds and wild animals don't destroy the vegetable garden.
On a special school day, the kids can invite their parents and friends to view their vegetable garden, and the fruits of their labor.
Hopefully, there might be a vegetable or two for each family to take home, to use in their cooking.
Recycle for Cash Drive The kids come home and they say "Mum, we need to raise some funds for the school".
You are wracking your brains to come up with another innovative fund raising event to help the school raise funds for much needed facilities.
Consider organizing a Recycle for Cash Drive.
It's a fantastic way to get the kids involved, and to become educated about recycling and what is involved to recycle old materials.
Start your fund raising drive by promoting the event far and wide.
Get the kids to put up posters at the local shops to let everyone in the local community know about your recycle for cash drive.
You'll soon become a Recycle for Cash expert, and other schools may soon be contacting you to find out how it's done! Recycle School Materials At the start of a new term at school, the kids usually have to get their parents to buy new school supplies for them.
These supplies can be expensive, especially if you have three or four children in the family to supplies for.
Rather than buying new supplies each term, consider using recycled materials.
Schools should be promoting the use of recycled materials, especially materials used in creating art works for projects.
There are many useful art supplies that can be found around the home such as old jam jars, toilet rolls, old scraps of paper, and magazines.
All of these materials can usefully be applied for art projects at schools.
Set up a Paper Collection Depot As well as using recycled materials for art projects, the school can be actively involved in paper recycling.
Just like with an office that has different bins for recycling, a school can set up paper recycling depots in the classrooms.
At the end of each month, a designated teacher along with students can collect all the paper from the depots to send off to a paper recycling company.
You'll probably be surprised how much paper is used at schools and how it can be used for recycling.
Metal Recycling Program Another recycling program to set up at school is a metal recycling program.
Similar to workplaces that collect drink cans for recycling, a drinks recycling collection point can be set up near the canteen to collect cans.
At the end of the month, all the drink cans collected can be sent off to a cash for drink cans recycling program.
There are so many ways that we can educate the young generation about caring the environment.
The kids can have fun as well become more educated about caring for the environment and our planet.
Teachers, parents and kids are learning how to go green in different areas at school.
If you have ever been stuck for some going green in school ideas, here are five easy, environmentally friendly projects to implement at your local school: Growing A Vegetable Garden at School Many schools these days are getting their students involved in extra curricular activities, such as learning to how to grow a vegetable garden at school.
You'll see the unique landmark of a scarecrow in the midst of the garden.
The kids can have fun gathering materials to erect a scarecrow.
The scarecrow can be a unique landmark of the garden, and also ensure that birds and wild animals don't destroy the vegetable garden.
On a special school day, the kids can invite their parents and friends to view their vegetable garden, and the fruits of their labor.
Hopefully, there might be a vegetable or two for each family to take home, to use in their cooking.
Recycle for Cash Drive The kids come home and they say "Mum, we need to raise some funds for the school".
You are wracking your brains to come up with another innovative fund raising event to help the school raise funds for much needed facilities.
Consider organizing a Recycle for Cash Drive.
It's a fantastic way to get the kids involved, and to become educated about recycling and what is involved to recycle old materials.
Start your fund raising drive by promoting the event far and wide.
Get the kids to put up posters at the local shops to let everyone in the local community know about your recycle for cash drive.
You'll soon become a Recycle for Cash expert, and other schools may soon be contacting you to find out how it's done! Recycle School Materials At the start of a new term at school, the kids usually have to get their parents to buy new school supplies for them.
These supplies can be expensive, especially if you have three or four children in the family to supplies for.
Rather than buying new supplies each term, consider using recycled materials.
Schools should be promoting the use of recycled materials, especially materials used in creating art works for projects.
There are many useful art supplies that can be found around the home such as old jam jars, toilet rolls, old scraps of paper, and magazines.
All of these materials can usefully be applied for art projects at schools.
Set up a Paper Collection Depot As well as using recycled materials for art projects, the school can be actively involved in paper recycling.
Just like with an office that has different bins for recycling, a school can set up paper recycling depots in the classrooms.
At the end of each month, a designated teacher along with students can collect all the paper from the depots to send off to a paper recycling company.
You'll probably be surprised how much paper is used at schools and how it can be used for recycling.
Metal Recycling Program Another recycling program to set up at school is a metal recycling program.
Similar to workplaces that collect drink cans for recycling, a drinks recycling collection point can be set up near the canteen to collect cans.
At the end of the month, all the drink cans collected can be sent off to a cash for drink cans recycling program.
There are so many ways that we can educate the young generation about caring the environment.
The kids can have fun as well become more educated about caring for the environment and our planet.
