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Students Auditing and Valuing the Environment
An important part of the Green Earth Project, is getting students involved in environmental and resource conservation activities. Students can help monitor and control the use of natural resources. There are four project categories - Energy Auditing, Water Auditing, Recycling, and Plants. These activities are conducted by SAVE Teams, which are composed of two or more students per team. The teams organize, plan, and accomplish actions under the supervision of a teacher sponsor.
SAVE Team Activities
| Energy Auditing Indoor lighting survey Outdoor lighting survey Meter Reading Appliance Inventory Theme Promotion Water Auditing |
Recycling Resource Use Survey Recycling Project Theme Promotion Other Activities |
How to get Started
1. Mission Statement
Each team should make up a brief mission statement that
simply states what they want to achieve and why. Below is an example
of a typical mission statement, although there can be many variations of
it.
"The mission of Ecology Extra Team is to work together with our fellow students, teachers, and community to create a better environment for the future by conserving our present resources."
2. Implementation Plan
Each team should develop an implementation plan that
describes the actions they will take to accomplish their mission.
Below is a sample implementation plan for a SAVE Team focused on recycling.
RECYCLE PLAN 1. We will recycle the following:
2. Cafeteria - Convince the food service manager to use the plastic, washable, re-usable trays (no Styrofoam). 3. Take the recycling message to the Community:
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3. Team name and Logo
Each team should choose a name and design a logo unless
they are already an establish student club.