Green Team

We split our class up into two groups, the Green Team and the Collaborative Consumption group. I am part of the green team. We are trying to make our school “greener”, but it's not so simple. Since we've embarked on our mission I've actually changed a lot. I did talk my family into recycling more. My family is rather lazy and throws all of their cans and plastic bottles in the trash. So we've actually started recycling. Also, in the lunchroom I tell people to make sure they recycle their cans. I did go out and buy a reusable water bottle so I don't buy as many water bottles as before. I've learned that the littlest bit can go a long way. If we all reduce, reuse, and recycle we can help so much. I have the picture of all the water bottles lying in a lake of some sort burned in my brain. I don't want to contribute to that. I've also learned that some companies are going eco-friendly with their water bottles like Dasani.

In our group we decided to try to get the school together on the same page. We're going to host a "flick tournament". We will collect aluminum cans for two weeks (with the tabs still on them). Then we will have the kids in the tournament flick the can tabs off and whoever flicks it off wins (it's a game the high school kids actually do in their free time). We're basically doing this to see how many cans we collect. We will be putting up posters with information on them about where to recycle the cans. We will also recycle other materials as well to see how much we can get. So as my part in my group I wrote the letter to our vice principal, Mr. Newman asking for permission.
I honestly see myself recycling a lot more in the future. I will continue to do it as I get older. I'll also use the two others R's, reduce and reuse. I'll try to be less lazy and not buy more "convenient" things because they hurt the earth. I feel like that is the main reason a lot of people buy water bottles, because they are too lazy to buy one reusable one and fill it up all the time. Everyone needs to just be a little less lazy and help the earth!