Caring Community Member

Many of you mentioned a desire to care for the Earth. We can begin caring for the Earth by being mindful of how our everyday actions in school and at home affect the environment.

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1. Write one UNIQUE way we can be more mindful of caring for the Earth in our classroom.

2. Write one UNIQUE way we can be more mindful of caring for the Earth in our school.

3. On a slightly different topic, a school goal this year is to connect to our community (to be active citizens). List one way you can volunteer in our community sometime between now and Wednesday (9/11) to participate in September 11th’s Day of Volunteering.

28 thoughts on “Caring Community Member

  1. 1: We can turn off the lights to save energy from being wasted. This will help the earth by saving more fossil fuels to be burned which causes smoke

    2: At lunch and in class put the right garbage in the right bins. Doing this will prevent recyclables to be thrown out instead of them being reused.

    3: You can volunteer by just taking 45 min of your day just to go to a veterans grave and leave flowers or a american flag. Do it to honor those who died saving others in 9/11. Even just hanging a American flag shows respect.

  2. 1. We can be mindful for the earth in the classroom by taking care of our books. We will not have to get new books and use more paper. We can also re-read books so we don’t need new ones.

    2. We can help the earth in our school by using trash bins or recycling bins outside. We need more trash bins outside, but we should never put garbage on the ground.

    3. I can volunteer on 9/11 by playing with my younger neighbors and watching them so their parents can have some time to themselves.

    -Lauren

  3. 1. We should not bring plastic water bottles because that affects the earth. We should bring reusable water bottles.

    2. We should keep the lights were not using off because we are not using them and we are using electricity when it is not needed.

    3. Just hang up a America flag outside your house and then that means you are showing respect to America.

  4. 1.Reuse plastic folders from previous years, that way we will save plastic. Also we can use both sides of note book paper.

    2. Bike or walk to school with a friend to help pollution.

    3.Ask to play with people who look lonely

  5. 1. We can try to make best of what resources we have in class to save anything we can reuse from being wasted.

    2. During lunch we can be mindful of where we are putting our trash. This will help with reusing and recycling items.

    3. We can volunteer helping our community with thier jobs to help them think on their on their own without being disrupted.

  6. 1. We can tell each other which bin to put our trash in.

    2. We can pick up trash around the school.

    3. We can thank people who volunteered to help people in 9/11

  7. 1. One unique way to help your classroom is to not make any extra copies of papers you won’t use.

    2.One unique way to help your school is to but up sighs to prevent bullying

    3. one way to connect to your neighbor hood is to mow the lawn for your neighbor.

  8. 1: One way we can be more respectful to are planet is recycling more and being more cautious about what we throw away. We can use more metal straws and forks and other utencils.

    2: I think that all the students in CLE should recycle more. One way we can do that is get more recycling bins and try to not use plastic or paper or if you cant do that try to reuse your plastic or paper. such as paper bags,plastic bags, utencils and more.

    3: I think that we all should car for the 911 day the day that people live were in serious danger. One way we could visit people who were in 911 another way we could help is
    visiting some people who died in 911 and leave flowers at their grave.

  9. 1.One unique way to care for the Earth in the classroom is by turning off the lights in the classroom when you leave . Another way is by using less paper in the classroom.

    2.One unique way to care for the Earth at school is by using paper trays for lunch and by using paper straws instead of plastic.

    3.One way to volunteer in your community is starting or doing a food drive.

  10. 1.One way to be more mindful in the classroom is to bring in a metal water bottle. This will reduce the amount of plastic.

    2. One way to be more mindful in school is to bring a no garbage lunch.

    3.I am going to plant a bush in memory of the heroes of 9/11 I’m also going to encourage my friends and family to wear a red bandanna in memory of Welles Crowther

  11. 1. The teacher’s easel. The teachers always waste the paper on the easels I think we should get whiteboard easels, it would save paper, plastic from the laminators, and ink from the printers.
    2. I think we should use plastic reusable lunch trays, and bring our own utensils. I think this because, it would eliminate a lot of garbage.
    3. I can bake treats for the new people on my street to make them feel welcome.

  12. One unique way we can help the earth in our classroom is to bring our snacks in reusable containers because putting trash in landfills causes air pollution.

    One unique way our school can be more caring for the earth is by being more mindful about which bin we throw our trash and recyclables in.

    One way I can connect to my community is by giving brownies and cookies to our Piermont first responders, and thanking them for risking their lives to keep us safe.

  13. One unique way we can help the earth in our classroom is to bring our snacks in reusable containers because putting trash in landfills causes air pollution.

    One unique way our school can be more caring for the earth is by being more mindful about which bin we throw our trash and recyclables in.

    One way I can connect to my community is by giving brownies and cookies to our Piermont first responders, and thanking them for risking their lives to keep us safe.

  14. 1.We can use less electricity by using natural light from the windows. (The windows would be closed and the shades would be up)

    2.The cafeteria would not sell plastic water bottles and have paper straws rather then plastic straws.

    3.We can clean up the neighborhood and thank veterans for their service.

  15. 1. We can try to use the extra scrap paper if we can.

    2. We can laminate less things.

    3. We could pick things up from the ground and put them in the recycling or the trash.

  16. 1. We could grow plants so every time a tree is cut down there`s a second tree in it`s place.(includes all types of plants :0 )

    2. We should always use BOTH sides of the papers instead of one.

    3. I could volunteer for an animal rescue organization for a few hours.

  17. 1.Bring a reusable water bottle to class so it will cut down the amount of
    plastic we use
    2.we should get reusable instead of disposable trays
    3.I will help clean up the bike trail in my neighborhood.

  18. 1. We can try not to overuse or overbuy some of our school supplies to reduce the plastic and trash that we would just throw away.

    2. We can use reusable lunch boxes instead of plastic and/or paper bags.

    3. Donate clothes to the homeless.

  19. 1. We can be more care for the earth in our classroom is by not using so much paper.

    2.We as a school can reuse our plastic cups at lunchtime.

    3. We should give food to homeless shelters.

  20. 1.after you finish a book don’t throw out your post its ,out them in a notebook and talk about your post its with friends.
    2.we can use reusable sandwich containers instead of wrapping it in aluminum foil everyday.
    3.we can donate food to U.S troops who need food

  21. 1. I think a good idea is to use scrap paper. Using scrap paper will help reduce the amount of paper used. Also, in art class a way to cut down on usage of paper is if you are using a big piece of paper, think: do you really need the full sheet?
    2. I think that wasting food is very bad for our planet. 40% of food in America is wasted, that is around half of all food bought! When we waste food we use up precious resources.
    3. A way to volunteer is to go down to your public library and help with the booksale. The booksale is to raise money for the library.

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