Day 38: The kids get it

Warren students bring back silverware

Go Warren Nature Club !! Way to organize.

full story: http://knox.villagesoup.com/place/story/warren-students-bring-back-silverware/314421

Warren — During an after-school meeting of the Nature Club at the Warren Community School, students started to wonder what they could do to make a difference in the world. Many of the students were concerned with issues of wasted resources and decided to find out why their school was using disposable plastic silverware instead of reusable metal.
After generating a list of questions, seven student representatives met with Storm Hendrickson, food service director for Maine School Administrative District 40. Hendrickson explained to the group that the biggest reason for using plastic instead of metal is that many students were throwing the silverware out in the trash with the rest of their lunch waste.
After learning this, the Nature Club launched a campaign to educate the entire student body about the issue. Posters were made, a letter was sent out through the school newsletter urging parents to discuss with their children the importance of not throwing silverware away, and a "Use, Wash, and ReUse" play was presented to the whole school during an assembly.