2015 Funded Projects
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Orchard Park Elementary fifth graders chose to promote and facilitate event recycling at their school by purchasing five Clear Stream portable recycling collection containers as well as promotional items. They will use the containers at after school events such as Movie Night, Literacy Night, Ice Cream Social, and more. Students from the OPE Recycling Cubs attend the events and display posters and wear stickers that remind others to recycle.
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Clay Middle School students noticed that many of their fellow students were throwing their plastic bottles in the trash instead of the recycling bin, so they decided to take action. They first educated students about how to save money and the environment by using reusable water bottles through posters and a website. Students also worked with administration to install a water bottle refilling station near the school cafeteria to discourage disposable water bottle use.
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The Carmel High School Environmental Sustainability Club hosted an educational gathering at the CCS Plots to Plates Organic Community Garden on May 23, 2015. Various local groups such as the CCS Green Team, Earth Charter Indiana, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, and others were invited to share information and teach visitors about what can be done on a local level to live healthier, more sustainable lifestyles.
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The University High School EcoBlazers built a perennial flower garden specifically designed to attract and support Monarch butterflies. While the garden’s focus is providing for the Monarch butterfly, the plant selection attracts a wide variety of butterflies, moths and pollinators. The Blazer Butterfly Garden will meets official criteria set by monarchwatch.org that allows it to be registered as an official Monarch Waystation.
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To promote reusable water bottle use, the students on the University High School Stewardship committee discovered that there needed to be easier ways for students to fill water bottles in their school. With their Carmel Green Teen grant, they purchased and installed a water bottle filling station and and worked with the Athletic Department to purchase a second station. Initial estimates suggest that these stations have led to the reduction of at least 80 plastic disposable water bottles daily each.
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Members of the Carmel High School National Honor Society are providing event recycling beginning the 2015-2016 school year. They are creating recycle stations at each event where NHS members will be present and earn group hours to promote recycling of plastics, aluminum, and paper. Recycling will be provided at select high volume athletic, performing arts, and other after-school events. They are working with the school administration to streamline emptying the bins as well as ensuring that the recycling dumpsters can accommodate the extra recycling.
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