GreenSak is doing something to help the environment.
We have reusable grocery bags.
Did you know that the United States of America use 100 billion grocery bags each year.
Did you know that only 1% of plastic grocery bags are recycled. Most recycling plants don't like to take plastic grocery bags because they get stuck and clog up their machines.
Recycling is great! Reusing is even better. To reuse means that we will reduce the amount of garbage that goes into the landfills and gets thrown out as litter.
Reducing the number of plastic grocery bags will also help wildlife. Every year there are 100,000 animals that die from eating, choking or suffocating from a plastic grocery bag.
Thats not all! To make a plastic bag takes natural resources. If we keep using the same bag over and over again, we will save our natural resources.
When you are *waste smart* everybody around you wants to be the same.
GreenSak is helping several schools, churches and organizations around the U.S. to raise funds for great projects like:
1. Replacing a very inefficient furnace with a new energy efficient one. If you live in the Walden, NY area and would like to support their fundraiser, contact us and we will make the connection.
2. Creating awareness for sustainable living by promoting the exploration of the ways of growing food in urban areas. Contact the Urban Farmer for more information.
3. Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii (B.E.A.C.H.) is a non-profit, volunteer organization concerned with bringing awareness and solutions to the problem of marine debris and litter on Hawai`i’s beaches. B.E.A.C.H. co-ordinates beach clean-ups, litter prevention campaigns and presentations to schools and community organizations in order to educate and bring awareness to the need to care for Hawai`i’s beaches, coastline and marine life.
 B.E.A.C.H. encourages people to bring reusable bags every time they go shopping at any store - grocery, department store, hardware etc. to help reduce plastic bag litter that is so detrimental to marine life that can mistake plastic bags for food such as jellyfish. GreenSak reusable bags are ideal for packing groceries. Thank you GreenSak for supporting beach clean-ups in Hawai`i through your generous donations of GreenSaks.
Contact www.b-e-a-c-h.org
4. A local middle school in Edwardsville, IL is fundraising with a *bang*. "We sold 76 bags before the sale officially kicked off." If you would like more information about how to support them...
just click.
Below are some great ideas on how to be a bit more *waste smart*.
Look what the kids in Oregon are doing:
Schools recognized for resource conservation programs CONGRATULATIONS to 12 local schools that have been recognized by the City of Gresham for outstanding waste reduction and resource conservation efforts during the 2004-05 school year! The awards are part of the Department of Environmental Services Council Advisory Committee (ESCAC) Schools Incentives Program. Each school received a Start Up Grant in the amount of $250. How to apply.
Recipients represent Centennial, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds school districts as well as private schools in the Gresham area. www.ci.gresham.or.us
They include:
Schools: Plans to use the funds include:
Hogan Cedars Elementary purchase paper recycling bins
Barlow District district-wide custodian's workshop
Springwater Trail High School establish and maintain a research forest on school grounds
Reynolds High School plant trees and native plants
Alpha High School goal: increase paper recycling 50%
Portland Lutheran School add drip irrigation to school habitat
Centennial High School host a number of Earth Day events
Highland Elementary expand worm bin composting area
Butler Creek Elementary buy shovels to maintain wetlands
Sam Barlow High School conduct a study along Sandy River
Kelly Creek Elementary save all recyclables from garbage
McCarty Middle School reduce solid waste amount in cafeteria
Do yo u like to draw or create art? You can express how you feel about the environment through coloring, painting, sculpting, carving and many more ways. We would like to see your art. Click or call us and we will make arrangements to photograph it or you can send it by email.
Do you want to make the earth a cleaner place to live? How can you help to protect the air, water, and land? Let us know what your doing right now to reuse, reduce and recycle. We would also like to hear about your creative ideas to help be waste wise. These can be ideas to help in your home, school, communities or any where. Again, click or call to tell us about your ideas.
 
Many materials we use every day can be reused and recycled. You may find new ways to reduce how much garbage you throw away. Maybe you can even start a recycling program in your school or community! You guessed it! We are looking for weird and crazy ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. If you have a creative weird recycling tip, let us know about it. Click or Call!
Taking care of our environment is a very important job.There's something for everyone to do-including you! No matter where you live, there are many things you can do around your neighborhood or at school, such as setting an example by not littering, helping clean up a spot, and learning about safe ways to handle trash. You can start by choosing one or more of these ideas. Some are simple. Others will need the help of a parent, older family member, or teacher. You can involve your friends and family in all of them.
Always use a reusable GreenSak at the grocery store.
Always use a reusable lunch sak and water bottle.
Always use the back side of paper and save scrap paper for art projects.
Always set an example by not littering , no matter where you are. When you put out the trash at home, make sure that garbage can lids are on tight, and that all of the trash goes into the can.
Keep your yard clean and free of things that can blow into the street and become litter.
If your school playground doesn't have a litter basket , have your teacher ask the school to put one out.
Your class can make and put up posters reminding other students to put litter where it belongs.
Ask a parent or teacher to take you or your class to a recycling center or sanitary landfill. Many recycling centers or landfills will let you see how trash is managed.
List the different kinds of items that the recycling center collects, and how each one is prepared for shipment.
At the landfill, list the kinds of equipment you see, and what each does.
Make a bulletin board that has pictures of areas that are clean, and those that are spoiled by litter or trash.
Write a story about the difference between the two, and what can be done to make dirty areas clean again.
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