Spout Awards

Sprout says "THANK YOU!" to faculty and staff members of CES who went green in the 2008/09 schoolyear.

And the winners are:
Linda Knudsen – paperless distributor
Lorrie Jones –general helpfulness
Dr. Ken Weichel –general cooperation
Rosemary Blintz – morning announcements

Ms. Hill (5th) – garden compost
Ms. Hardin (IMA) – worm bin
Ms. Merritt (2nd) – aluminum recycling bin
Ms. Nunamaker (1st) – recycling advocate

Ms. Ray (Self-contained) – paper recycling
Ms. Whitlock (self-contained) – aluminum recyling

Michelle Conley (K), Joni Campbell – collecting plastic
Elizabeth Felder (K), Tracy Woods – using recycled material
Michelle Johnson (K), Martina Killermann – recycling unit, recycled art
Mandy McAtee (K), Janet Lester – using recycled materials
Trisha McGinn (K), Pat Bennett – using recycled materials
Marla Rhoads (K), Geneva Hicks– using recycled materials

BIKE or WALK to school this Friday!

Don't forget it is BIKE or WALK to school day this FRIDAY. Let's fill up the streets with bikes and people. It is good for you and for your city and it is fun! Get your gear ready and let's roll.

Bike or Walk to School!

Here's our chance to see what it feels like to bike or walk to school!!!

Do you think it will make us feel healthy? Do you think it will make us more awake? Do you think it will help us concentrate in school? Do you think it will cut down on traffic? Do you think it will save us money? Do you think it will make our air cleaner?

It's worth a try!!!

If you would like to volunteer, send an e-mail to gogreence@gmail.com

Celebrate Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day! Most people use this day to make good resolutions to take better care of the planet...I dare you to go one step further: Starting today, make 3 easy changes to your life and start making a difference immediately!

1. buy a reusable shopping bag (or 6) - and have your family use it (them) every time you go to the store

2. tell your parents to use a real mug for their morning coffee

3. buy a reusable waterbottle and keep it with you for when you get thirsty

..... Come on, I know you guys can do it ...

If they want to do even more they can green their mailbox and cut down on those piles of paper around the house by going to http://www.catalogchoice.org/ and http://stopjunkmail.org/

thanks for saving our planet!

Sprout at Something Special tonight!

Kids don't forget to stop by and see me. We will be making sprout book marks at Something Special tonight. If you have any spare yogurt, ricotta or cottage cheese lids, bring them to school tonight. We will use them for our crafts.

I hope to see you!

Presidential Garden

I am so excited! The First Lady and her family and helpers are planting a garden at the White House! http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/michelle-obama-gardens-47022002?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=dgr&kw=ist Soon some of my relatives will be sprouting in Washington DC! Maybe I'll take a road trip to see them and meet the president....!
How are your own gardens shaping up?

Feed the Worms! for me, for you!

Thanks to all of the kids that helped me and my team collect compost at our last Go Green Wednesday at Clemson Elementary. We collected more than 20 gallons of compost (uneaten lettuce, apple cores, carrots...). Instead of going to a landfill and becoming harmful to our environment, these leftovers (which may be any food and vegetable waste) will become food for worms, and eventually food for me, Sprout, as nutritious rich compost which will help me grow healthy! This in turn eventually becomes food for you in the lunchroom! 

Can you kids imagine what 20 gallons is? Each of your milk jugs at home (the big ones) is a gallon. 20 of these a day means (20 x 5) 100 gallons a week, and (20 x 180) 3,600 gallons a school year. Try to picture that many gallons in your refrigerator? Impossible. 

So kids instead of making garbage :( we are completing a cycle of life :) Don't you think we should do this everyday?

About Landfills

Composting for Kids