Students then feed the dehydrated food waste to red wiggler worms to make compost.
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Reduce Food Waste
Lower Richland High School teacher, Aaron Bulter, supervises students who place organic food waste in a dehydrator daily.
PreK Gardens
These PreK students learn about gardening.
Richland County Recycles Day
Bradley ES students learn why idling cars and busses endanger the air we breathe at the Richland Recycles Day Education Event May 2016.
Service Days
“Students participated in the Green Apple Day of Service at Dutch Fork Academy of Environmental Science.”
Check out these recyclers…
Second grade recyclers at Bradley ES
GS Blog
Meadow Glen Elementary shoe collection campaign for Keep the Midlands Beautiful this year and some of our GREEN TEAM RECYCLERS
While our team worked hard to promote collection, they were disappointed in only collecting 99 pairs of shoes. I reminded them that:
– that was 198 shoes that didn’t go into the landfill and
– they should focus on how to increase the number for next year. (They decided that next year, month’s in advance, they will begin using advertising teasers promoting the upcoming shoe drive.)
Cardboard egg cartons worked very well as pea seed starters, when placed into a saucer like container with about 1/8 inch of water. (More water = too soggy, no water= not soft enough to decompose when transplanted placed into soil, so those received pencil poked holes. My best guess is we have planted over 300 pea seeds.
Calendar
Calendar of Events/Deadlines
Breathe Better (Anti-Idling) Enroll now for the 2018-2019 school year to minimize idling at your school:http://www.scdhec.gov/Apps/Environment/B2BreatheBetter/Home/NewApplicant Note: Schools need to re-enroll each school year. Contact: Amy Curran or Adey Olatosi <breathebetter@dhec.sc.gov> Also ask about the Air Quality Flag Program.
April:
April 31: Final day for schools to meet with Green Step mentors for spring evaluation meetings.
May:
May 15: Final day for mentors to submit evaluations.
June:
Become an Estuary Steward! Three Day Educator Workshop from NOAA Planet Stewards and NOAA’s Teachers on the Estuary: June 18-20 in Charleston, South Carolina. You will explore salt marsh dynamics collecting and analyzing data with marine researchers, engage your students in Project-based Learning using real-world examples, and bring home standards‐based STEM classroom lessons. For more information, click here. The application deadline is April 20, and contact MarineEducation@dnr.sc.gov with any questions. You can register here for the workshop.
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Seaside Elementary, is one of six Horry County Schools with a new Commercial Compost Program
with SMART Recycling. Lunch room “left-overs” are now separated into recycling, compost and landfill trash.
Ocean Bay Middle School, a certified SC Green Step School, is also participating.
