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Old 12-16-2013, 10:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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New environmental Club (ideas about green initiatives for school?)

My School is starting up a new environmental club. I'm looking to gain a leadership position in the club and I'm wondering if anyone here on the forum has any ideas about green initiatives

My school currently:
Paper recycling
Bottle recycling

My ideas:
-biodiesel from cafeteria oil
-I'd really love to make our own solar cells or wind turbine but we would have to secure funding of some kind so that might be a long shot. We have big companies in the area so maybe one of them would want their logo on our wind turbine? seems good to me
-Maybe eco-driving lessons. Nothing too extreme like EOC but since everyone drives automatics we could teach about braking early, maintaining momentum, decreasing speeds.
-eco-modding would be awesome. But everyone has to be "cool" so i don't know about this one

Any other ideas please let me know

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