It is a very cold morning here in Tennessee. Unusually cold. So I thought I would sit down at my desk and write a while. Recently I've been getting a lot of mail about saving the planet and how anyone and everyone can do their share. I thought I would pass some of these findings along in the hopes that we all can get on this band wagon together. What we have done and what we do today will be passed along to our children. When our children see us caring for the planet and have a consciouness about how we use things they will follow in our footsteps.
The first piece of information I would like to pass along to you is a contest to get the kids thinking. They are the hope of our future and with todays crisis, it isn't too soon to put the solutions in motion.
We Can Change the World Challenge
Deadline: March 15, 2009
Middle school students across the United States are invited to submit their solutions to environmental problems in their communities for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, a national sustainability education initiative.
The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, and the National Science Teachers Association have partnered for this initiative to educate, empower, and engage students, teachers, and communities to become "agents of change" in improving their community.
Student teams from sixth through eighth grade, under the mentorship of a teacher or adult supervisor, can register for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge. Teams of two to three students will identify an environmental issue in their community, research the issue using scientific investigation, and create a replicable green solution using Web-based curriculum tools. The mentors of the first hundred teams to register and complete a project for challenge will receive a Planet Earth series DVD set.
See the We Can Change the World Challenge Web site, for complete competition information and program resources. The initiative will expand to elementary schools in 2009 and to high schools in 2010.
SIMPLE MOM
Almost 1 trillion plastic bags are annually consumed on the planet. They will probably sit in our landfills for about a million years. One blog I read daily is Simple Mom and she among many have a great idea of using reuseable bags. You can find them everywhere now but if you want to be really trendy have a look at her blog post about reuseable bags. Not only does it have an incredible assortment of chic ego friendly bags but if you enter before November 22nd you might even be able to win one of your very own.
Have a look here and let me know what you think:
http://simplemom.net/reusable-bags-an-easy-colorful-and-free-way-to-go-green/