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Stepping Lightly in Atlanta Awards 2008 Winners
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Presented by Pratt Industries |
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This award contest was organized in collaboration with Atlanta Recycles, City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs, EPA Region 4, Georgia Green & Healthy Schools, Keep Atlanta Beautiful, P2AD, Terracycle and Zoo Atlanta Green Team. |
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The goal of the Stepping Lightly in Atlanta Awards Contest is to empower students to be stewards and advocates for a sustainable environment in their own community. Students were invited to submit entries for model projects that demonstrate how they have reduced their ecological footprint in their home, class, school or community. Winners were invited to a special ceremony to receive their awards with Mayor Shirley Franklin and Anthony Pratt, chairman and CEO of Pratt Industries at the 2nd annual Arms Around Atlanta ~ Earth Day Celebration at Glenwood Park.
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| K-5 Group & Grand Prize Winner: Garden Hills Elementary School |
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Garden Hills Elementary School… Plant Alien Invasion!
Students at Garden Hills Elementary focused on invasive species since they disrupt ecosystems, and displace native plant and animal species. Students conducted biodiversity surveys on the campus, and rid their campus of invasive species and restored the space with native plants. They also plan to hold a fundraiser for the Nature Conservancy Global Invasive Plant Species Team. As Grand Prize winner Garden Hills Elementary will receive a $1,000 prize from Ford to put towards environmental projects like this one! |
Video 1: http://www.quantumshift.tv/v/1201813064/
Video 2: http://www.quantumshift.tv/v/1206930343/ |
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| 6-12th Grade Group Winner: Redan High School, Footprints Left Behind |
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For one month, Redan High School’s 12th Grade Environmental Science Class students facilitated water saving strategies and monitored the impacts on actual water usage. Students charted changes, and then presented their findings to their water company and classmates. Their findings showed huge reductions in water use. They learned that, “ it only takes a small group to affect a community!” |
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| K-5 Individual Winner: LeDejah |
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LeDejah is a 4th grader at E.L. Miller Elementary. Her project is about water conservation and about how to conserve water given the shortage that Georgia is currently experiencing. LeDejah created a colorful scrapbook to teach others about how water can be saved at home, both inside and out! While the project lasted for one month, she stated that she will continue to conserve water throughout the water ban. |
WSB-TV People's Choice Award Winners
First Place: Morningside Elementary with 15,328 votes!
Second Place: E. Rivers Elementary with 12,689!
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Finalists: K-5 Group
| E. Rivers Elementary School (5th, 3rd & Kindergarten)– Organic School Garden |
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E. Rivers Elementary students have been working on their organic school garden, and teaching others what it means to grow and eat delicious, nutritious foods! Students created garden journals, implemented a vermicomposting system, participated in taste testings and weeded, planted and harvested their garden. As one student stated, “I wish I could go to the garden every day!” |
| Slide show: http://www.wsbtv.com/slideshow/news/15924208/detail.html |
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| Morningside Elementary School – Blackout Hour |
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On March 25, the second graders at Morningside Elementary School sponsored a Blackout Hour which over half of the student body carried out with their families at home. This one-month long project involved several activities, such as researching energy conservation, and creating educational posters and skits about global warming. As an example of what students learned through this project, Bridget B. stated, “Green Power does not use non-renewable power. People should walk instead of ride cars to save our earth!” |
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| Shadow Rock Elementary School - Saving the Outdoor Classroom! |
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Students at Shadow Rock Elementary School took one look at their neglected and overgrown outdoor classroom—and knew what they wanted to do for Earth Day. Revitalizing and beautifying these areas was hard work, but they received some direction from the Fernbank Science Museum. Students cleared the trail and pavilion, created colorful bird feeders and planted assorted butterfly bushes. The school felt that this project will “bring pride and a sense of responsibility back into our school and the neighborhood.” |
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| William Finch Elementary School - Raising Awareness about Litter & Storm Drains |
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The Junior Beta Club Fifth Graders at William Finch Elementary School decided to educate their community about the need to “reduce littering because the trash that it thrown on the street rinses into the storm drains and then ends up in our streams and creeks.” Students invited a representative of the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Department to educate and train them about how to care for their water. Afterward, students spread information about this issue through teaching younger students, distributing door notices in their surrounding community and applying curb markers. |
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| Sarah Kate - Waste Free Lunch |
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Sarah Kate is a second grader that launched into lunch…a waste free lunch that is! Sarah Kate is trying to put less waste in the garbage cans at her school by bringing waste free lunches and hopes that other kids at the table will follow her lead. She created a video on how to prepare a waste free lunch. |
| Video: http://gallery.mac.com/katiekedwards/100001 |
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| Amira – Pop the Trash for Cleaner Water |
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Amira is a fourth grader who created a school-wide campaign to educate students about litter and how it pollutes our water. She used the posters and the school television news program to publicize the program, and rewarded the classes that picked up the most trash with popsicles. On Earth Day, she plans to work with volunteers on this Litter project. She states, “I learned that people are eager to help support environmental causes.” |
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Finalists: 6-12th Grade Group
| Dekalb Truency – Mold & Mildew |
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The students at Dekalb Truency investigated mold and mildew in their school and researched how it affected their indoor air quality. The students developed a brochure about mold and mildew and proper cleaning steps, which they distributed at the local library. States one student, “We want to teach those who live in Atlanta and Dekalb, … and to help make their indoor air quality better!” |
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| Anthony Flannagan/Ben Hill Teen Club - Neighborhood Compost Project |
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The teen’s goals were to fix up the compost garden at the Outdoor Activity Center (OAC) with compost bins, plants, and landscaping so that people in the West Atlanta community could bring their organic refuse instead of throwing it in the trash.They spent three weeks twice a week working on this project. Students worked to educate the neighbors about composting, and now invite them to use the compost bin as a way to divert organic scraps from the landfill. |
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| Stephenson Middle School - School Recycling Program |
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Stephenson Middle School implemented an “in school recycling program” for #1 & #2 plastics. They researched the need for recycling, designed bulletin boards, made posters and presented to classes promoting the project. Finally, they arranged for the recyclables to be picked up every two weeks, reducing the schools trash volume! |
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