Butler High School Kicks off "WAAY to be Green" Great American Cleanup
Arbor Day Poster Contest Winners Plant Tree on State Capitol Grounds
2008 Arbor Day Poster Contest Winners: Jones Valley and Chaffee Elementary Schools
Arbor Day Poster Contest Winner
Thomas Dunn places 3rd in National Arbor Day Poster Art Competition
Operation Green Team has a strong commitment to waste handling and litter prevention education for
Huntsville's youth. We will be happy to conduct presentations for your
group or class that address:
- Litter Prevention
- Waste Reduction
- Recycling
- Composting
- Landfills
In addition,
Operation Green Team
will work with city schools to organize:
- Art Contests
- Campus Clean-ups
- Landscape Beautification Projects
- Field Trips to Disposal Facilities
CLEAN CAMPUS CONTEST
Sponsored by OGT and local businesses, this contest is held annually and gives schools the opportunity to do a "clean makeover" on school grounds. This is a popular project that involves student participation and gives everyone involved an increased sense of pride in their school's appearance.
The winning schools receive cash prizes to use toward other projects.
For more information or to register your school for this year's contest contact OGT 53-CLEAN or email.
Throughout the year, Operation Green Team (with the help of its mascots) conducts educational lectures at city
schools with lessons centering on various waste handling and reduction
concepts.The Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
organization provides us with excellent curricula entitled Waste in Place,
which teaches an integrated approach to the management of municipal
waste. With its secondary component, Waste: A Hidden Resource, students
are taught the sources of municipal waste, the characteristics of this
waste, and the various options for handling it.
In addition to the
formal curricula, Operation Green Team
works regularly with ecology clubs in the school system to organize
contests, cleanups, and other special events in conjunction with Earth
Day. With the curricula developed by Keep
America Beautiful, Inc. and these hands-on activities, students are
instilled with a sense of civic pride as they realize that they can play
an active role in keeping their community clean and beautiful.
Remember that
educational programs are not restricted to schools. Operation
Green Team will be glad
to schedule an appearance or lecture with any church, civic, corporate, or
other youth group. Simply call our office at 53CLEAN or send us an email
and find out everything you need to know to
Join The Team.
