1. The Conant Green Team reports to the Green Advisory Board March 7, 2016

2. Introduction to our Green Team Our Green Team is a group of students from grades 4-6 who make Conant Elementary School more “Green.” We compost, recycle, and encourage people to be more green. Compost during all lunches Garden Recycle twice a week Educate about energy conservation Here are some of the things we do: We have three advisors: Mr. Liuzzo, Miss Hayes and Ms.Vitale. This year, over 90 students joined the green team!

3. Energy Conservation Ideas

4. Energy Star Award Conant has reduced our electricity footprint by 33% in the past 6 years. We received an Energy Star award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency!

5. The Trash Audit We investigated four trash bags (⅓ of what was produced from our cafeteria in one day). We separated and weighed all the items in the trash bags. We found that 83% of what was in the trash bags was recyclable or compostable! Only 17% was really trash - just 7.5 lbs. out of a total of 44 lbs of waste! Here is a video of our trash audit

6. Composting in the Cafeteria We set up stations in our cafeteria to capture recyclables, compostables, liquids, and trash. This has dramatically reduced the amount of waste coming from our cafeteria.

7. The Green Team coaches kids to sort the right items into the right bins.

8. The E.L Harvey Field Trip The Green Team went on a field trip to the E.L Harvey recycling plant to see what actually happens to our recycling when it is shipped away.

9. State House Award Conant received the “Massachusetts Elementary School of the Year” award from the National Energy Education Project. Senator Jamie Eldridge presented our award.

10. https://sites.google.com/a/abschools.org/conantgreenteam/home We are all very proud of the new Green Team website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11. Conclusion The Conant School Green Team has been doing our best to make Conant “Green.” We have accomplished a lot and are hoping to do more activities to help Conant become even more “Green”!