Archive for the ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ Category

Recycling Video

Here’s a really interesting video on recycling:  

March 25, 2013 · 16gbarre · No Comments
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Wasting Paper

Please be aware of all that you print in both the Tech Labs and the Media Center! Lots of paper is wasted form printing unnecessary pages. 

March 6, 2013 · 16gbarre · No Comments
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Eco-Silos

The Charlotte employees have been trained and can now manage the Eco-Silos. -The food waste at FDR is being recycled and used in our school’s garden.

March 6, 2013 · 16gbarre · No Comments
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Recycling Bottles

Anyone with single use plastic bottles for recycling to contact arumble@amersol.edu.pe to donate them for a recylced chandelier project at FDR!

March 29, 2012 · 16gbarre · No Comments
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Turning trash to Treasure – FDR expands it’s succesful composting program in 2011

“An organic food waste composting program was started in conjunction with Happy Lunches (a meal provider on FDR campus) last year. Due to the success of this program, where all organic food scraps are composted, we have added an additional 4 Eco-silos to the FDR campus. Thse Eco-Silos are concrete structures that have the shape [...]

September 13, 2011 · 16gbarre · No Comments
Posted in: Connections to our Facilities, Gardening/Composting, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Worm Composting Containers for Sale

During the first semester, students in the 7th grade MYP technology class created Worm Composting Containers. These containers are now on sale, watch our video! Stop thinking about helping the environment and DO SOMETHING to help the environment, for only S/. 20, buy your composting system today, perfect for apartments! Ms. Angie Urbina (aurbina@amersol.edu.pe) Ms. [...]

April 7, 2011 ·  · One Comment
Posted in: Connections to curriculum, Connections to our Facilities, Gardening/Composting, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Plastic is not Fantastic / El Plástico no es Fantástico

Dear FDR Community, A group of concerned High School students, working closely with the Green Team, has led the effort in banning the sale of bottled water on our campus.  As this group of students educated their fellow students and teachers, we all reached the conclusion that we needed to take action and stop selling [...]

December 16, 2010 ·  · No Comments
Posted in: Connections to curriculum, Our Carbon Footprint, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Water Bottles

Second grade takes action

Students in the second grade created podcasts to teach members of the community about how we can take responsibility for our planet. Mr. Wilson http://www.amersol.edu.pe/es/grade2/teacher5/ClassInfo/wpodcast/rwilson/Podcast/Podcast.html Ms. Hess http://www.amersol.edu.pe/es/grade2/teacher4/ClassInfo/hpodcast/khess/Podcast/Podcast.html Ms. Brea http://www.amersol.edu.pe/es/grade2/teacher2/ClassInfo/bpodcast/mbrea/Podcast/Podcast.html Ms. Montoya http://www.amersol.edu.pe/es/grade2/teacher1/ClassInfo/newsletter/mpodcast/mmontoya/Podcast/Podcast.html

December 16, 2010 ·  · One Comment
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Man Invents Machine To Convert Plastic Into Oil

In an efficient and safe effort to save us from the ill-effects of plastic waste, Akinori Ito has developed a machine which converts plastic back into oil. The machine produced in various sizes, for both industrial and home uses, can easily transform a kilogram of plastic waste into a liter of oil, using about 1 [...]

December 3, 2010 ·  · No Comments
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Video shared with the Green team

PLASTIC STATE OF MIND – Empire State of Mind Parody Watch this video and think carefully, what can YOU do!

December 2, 2010 ·  · No Comments
Posted in: Connections to curriculum, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Styrofoam free campus