2. Environmental Studies Project Ms. Yeh (Ching-hsuan Yeh 葉靜萱 ) Electives Course Trillium Learning Global 21 st Century Schools Project

3. Environmental Studies Project Yong Chun Senior High School Taipei, Taiwan Ms. Yeh, Electives Course (Ching-hsuan Yeh 葉靜萱 Four project teams 1. Food 2. Clothing 3. Daily Living 4. Transportation

4. Environmental Studies Project Food and the Environment 1. Unprocessed vegetables -> effect on pollution 2. Eating out, disposable items (chopsticks), trees lost to obtain wood 3. Recycling restaurant and home kitchen waste 4. Air pollution, odor pollution 5. How to decrease waste

5. Environmental Studies Project Clothing Materials and the Environment 1. Trend toward using recyclable materials, i.e. plastic in clothing 2. Recycling plastic bottles for use in clothing materials 3. Find recycling opportunities in cleaning clothes 4. Buying responsibly – balance need with want 5. Knowing which items are made that contribute to waste/pollution

6. Environmental Studies Project Living Green – Daily Living 1. Saving and recycling water 2. Recycling plastic from bottles for use in planting 3. Reduce trash/waste at school – develop activities 4. Learning how to live environmentally responsible lives, not just some of the time. School Energy Conservation activities -student voting program to decide when to use AC 5. Learning and distributing Taipei’s recycling guide

7. Environmental Studies Project Transportation 1. General environmental protection activities we can do, at our age 2. Using public transportation to save energy 3. Using non-polluting transportation, i.e. bicycles, when it’s practical, etc. 4. Effect of typical student use of scooters – pollution generated and fuel usage 5. Establishing student recycling/energy usage rules; if students don’t meet recycling requirements, then have to pay back debt through activities like collecting recyclables (plastic, batteries, etc.), trash on campus

8. Environmental Studies Project Video Conference with Pascack Hills HS Mid-December 2011 May 2012 Discuss Live Student/Teacher Exchange Program

9. 101 近在眼前 101 right before our eyes 山近在眼前 Mountain right before our eyes Taipei Municipal Yongchun Senior High School