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SAVE Teams
Students Auditing and Valuing the Environment
An important part of Project Green Machine, is the involvement
of students in environmental and resource conservation activities.
This section addresses the activities that can be conducted by student
SAVE Teams to help monitor and control the consumption of natural resources.
There are four project categories - Energy Auditing, Water Auditing, Recycling,
and Xeriscape landscaping. These activities are conducted by SAVE
Teams, which are composed of two or more students per team. The teams
will organize, plan, and accomplish actions under the supervision of a
teacher sponsor.
Examples
of SAVE Team Activities
Energy Auditing
Indoor lighting survey
Outdoor lighting survey
Meter Reading
Appliance Inventory
Theme Promotion
Water Auditing
Water Use Survey
Meter Reading
Theme Promotion |
Recycling
Resource Use Survey
Recycling Project
Theme Promotion
Other Activities
Tree Planting
Xeriscaping
Watershed
Land Use |
Each school can form as many SAVE Teams in any or all the
categories as there are interested students and teacher sponsors.
Existing student organizations can also take on a SAVE Team mission. |
When a team is formed it should take the following actions.
1. Develop a mission statement.
2. Develop a brief implementation plan.
3. Design a name and logo for their team that expresses
the intent of their mission.
SAVE Team Organization
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 the recycling
category.
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Recycling Implementation Plan
1. School-wide recycling will include the following materials:
a. Newspaper - distribute large bins to store newspaper,
then deliver to the Southeast paper recycling dumpster (on call for service).
b. Plastic - using the igloo container (painted in school
colors and logo) for collection and storage, locate in main student area.
c. Aluminum - contract with outside firm for placement
of collection containers. They bag and weigh on location, sign off
by designee, mail checks to the Ecology Extra Team.
d. Office paper - place a small collection container
at each desk. When full, please deposit in one the 4-Green 90 gallon
specially marked containers (on call for service).
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:
a. Deliver the "Recycle Message" to three other schools
in our nearby area. Offer to help them set up their own program.
b. Plant and maintain at least 5 native hardwood trees
on school or public owned property each school year. |
3. Team name and Logo
Each team should choose a name and design a logo unless
they are already an establish student club. Below is an example of
a team name and logo.
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