Our Planet, Our Future
Sep20

Our Planet, Our Future

Becoming an Green Eco Warrior is easy. Start by learning about what the Green Eco Warriors are doing in your community. Then join the crusade to save our home, our planet. You can be a part of changing the world for the health and safety of us all. Making small changes at home leads to big changes in how we care for our planet. Learn more about how you can get involved. Read about climate change, global warming, and pollution’s effect on our drinking water, rivers, streams, oceans, land, plants, animals, and the health of the human race. You can learn by reading the information provided on these educational websites. Or if you don’t like to read, then watch a film! Here are some films that inspired us to get started on our crusade to teach others about the harms of trash and pollution: “Hawaii Messages in the Waves” by BBC. “The Story of Stuff” by Anne Leonard “Kilowatt Ours” by Jeff Barrie Watch a movie with your family. Make it a family night. Add popcorn to your educational movie, and...

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How Much Waste Does Your School Create?
Sep20

How Much Waste Does Your School Create?

In one school year, Windsor Connecticut’s public schools throw out roughly half a million non-recyclable styrafoam lunch trays. If stacked one on top of another these trays would be taller than four of the worlds largest structures COMBINED! How did we figure this out? Peter Faulk of the Windsor Green Committee helped us with some research and provided the image of the trays stacked next to 4  of the world’s largest structures. Take a look at the research and math below used to calculate the amount of trays used in Windsor’s public school’s lunch rooms daily, and yearly . An estimated 5 tons of Non Recyclable Lunch Trays used and discarded yearly in Windsor, CT...

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Plastic Ocean
Sep20

Plastic Ocean

Article by Leticia Colon de Mejias Photo Algalita Marine Research “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, features three million tons of plastic debris floating in a swirling mass of trash that has grown to be larger than the state of Texas.  Humans toss another 2.5 million pieces of plastic into our oceans hourly. The United Nations Environmental Program reports an estimated 46,000 pieces of plastic debris floats on or near the surface of every square mile of ocean. Plastic, Fish and Plankton In parts of our oceans, there is more plastic than plankton.  Over time with consistent exposure to the sun and water, the plastic breaks down from big pieces into lots of little pieces.  Fish, birds, and sea life mistake the plastic for food and ingest the small pieces of plastic. For billions of years it was safe for fish and animals to eat objects floating in the water, this is because anything in the ocean was organic matter. Today sea animals are dying because they are eating plastic instead of organic matter. Although we don’t often think about plankton, these little guys play a big role in the planet’s eco-system. They are food for many animals such as fish and whales. In areas of the ocean where there are large amounts of plastic, the amount of plankton has decrease to alarming levels.  It is important to understand that the plankton in our oceans removes 50% of the carbon dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere, and creates 50% of the oxygen in air we breath.   Pesky Plastic Vocabulary North Pacific Gyre – A Gyre is a naturally occurring mass of whirling ocean current and air that rotate in a clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. The whirling current and air create a whirlpool effect,...

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Green Eco Warriors Recycling Activity
Sep20

Green Eco Warriors Recycling Activity

Become a part of changing your world. Make small changes in how you care for your planet. Learn more about how you can get involved. Read about climate change, global warming, and pollution’s effect on our drinking water, rivers, streams, and oceans. Why Recycle? By recycling, you will be protecting the environment, protecting your health and the health of the people you love. Fast Facts on Recycling: Reduces the amount of waste that must be disposed – which means less waste to incinerate (burn) which creates air pollution and greenhouse gases, or dumped in a landfill which can lead to groundwater pollution. Conserves water and precious natural resources – since less natural resources need to be extracted from the earth and processed. Saves energy – In 2003, EPA reported the energy savings from recycling in the US accounted for roughly 1,486 trillion Btu in energy savings – an amount equivalent to the consumption of 11.9 billion gallons of gasoline or 256 million barrels of crude oil. By using less natural resources and using less energy we reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How to start recycling Recycling is easy and important! Learn what to recycle in your area by reviewing the list of recyclable items. Think about it, could the items you are throwing in the trash be recycled? Collect the items that are recyclable inside a paper bag or recycling bin .You can leave the items curbside with your trash for pick up on trash day. If your city or town does not offer curbside recycling, work with them to start a recycling program. Invite your family, friends, neighbors, schools, local businesses, city and state elected officials to support one. Classroom activity Items needed: camera, notebook, one cardboard box or trash bin for each team to collect trash in. Create teams...

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Success Story: Jonathan Mejias
Sep20

Success Story: Jonathan Mejias

The Green Eco Warriors PDF file version of Jonathon’s presentation highlights the motivation for a lunch room recycling program that Jonathon Mejias started at his middle school. The Lunch room recycling program was the first step in our journey to becoming “Green Eco Warriors.” We have continued to learn and grow. We created Public Access Programming for WIN-TV called “Green Eco Warriors” (see videos link). The programs are intended to educate others about what they can do to get involved and make a difference. My family and I built this website to provide Motivation and Educational links to other sources we found helpful on our journey. We want to navigate people to current and factual information about what we can do to help our planet ~ our home. The more we learned, the more we realized that we needed to keep searching for facts. We stay true to our Mission “Educate and Motivate”. We believe it is youth that will heal the planet and save our future. Knowledge is power, so share what you learn. Together we can Make a difference! This our call to action…Green Eco Warriors unite! Facts we found during our research about Trash and where it goes after we bring it to the curb. Right now our oceans are full of plastics and trash. Only three to five percent of all plastics are recycled. Think about this: All plastic ever created still exists today! Except for the small amount incinerated. Learn the facts: Many people do not even know that Plastics and trash are causing these huge problems. Americans generate more trash -than any other country. Most people are SHOCKED when they find out about plastic. Many people want to make changes, and get involved! My knowledge is yours. If you would like copies of how Jonathon Mejias started...

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