The Go Green Initiative's School of the Week: Monte Garden Elementary in Concord City, CA!
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 01. 7.08
While these kids seem to be slacking off from raking up leaves, when I heard that this week’s School of the Week, Monte Gardens Elementary in Concord City, California was taking part in a milk-carton recycling program, I was definitely impressed by their efforts… You certainly don’t hear about too many schools doing that, and there are plenty of kids out there each day washing down a PB&J from the school cafeteria with one of those tiny cartons of milk.
Turns out they just may be the first in the country, as their local recycling center has come up with the funds to build a new plant that will be able to strip the wax off of 1 million+ milk cartons, enabling them to be recycled in the process.
The reason they were picked is a result of their own letter writing campaign and intense lobbying to the City of Concord. Which shows the squeaky wheel often gets the grease and was a great civics lesson for the kids involved, but now we’ll have to see how well it all shakes out. And I can’t wait to hear about it.
In the meanwhile, they’ll keep on composting, recycling, gardening, and everything else that’s good and green they’re up to.
Congrats to Monte Garden Elementary!
See also:: Barbara Bush Elementary in Grand Prairie, Texas!
via:: Go Green Initiative
Looking for some feedback with relation to a news story in Ireland.
Dubliners claiming over sap damage.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0107/sap.html?rss
The real funny part is a Councillor of the local area has been quoted as saying "Raheny Councillor Sean Kenny called on Dublin City Council to carry out an audit of trees to establish the extent of the problem.
He said trees would not need to be uprooted but suggested pruning as a possible solution."
To the best of my knowledge the trees need the leaves to work all the magic that is mother nature has to clean our air that these same cars pollute. Has anyone any views on what type of e-mail to send him on facts and figures of how good trees are in a city area.
Regards,
John Mack
FYI, It's actually just "Concord, CA" not "Concord City, CA."
There are other Waste Managment Facilities that strip wax off the carboard. For example, Waste Managment which services the Orinda/Danville, ca Area, but Concords recycling company is doing it too!!!
that really seems like a great idea, i hope the activity and mission spread throughout the world.
God Job Monte Gardens!! We're all so proud of you guys!!