Lexus Eco Challenge
The 2009 Lexus Eco Challenge, administered by Scholastic, has begun. The Eco Challenge is a nationwide educational program and contest that invites teams of five to ten students and one teacher-advisor to define an environmental issue, and develop and implement a plan to address that issue. The Challenge is made up of three categories, each with its own application period.
Registration and Action Plans for Challenge 1: Land, which specifically addresses landfills, waste management, and recycling; deforestation or desertification; and/or endangered species and the loss of biodiversity must be submitted online by Friday, October 24, 2008. Challenge 2: Water, which addresses shrinking wetlands and aquatic habitats, water conservation and freshwater shortages, and/or threats to the world's waterways and oceans, opens November 23, 2008 and closes December 12, 2008. Challenge 3: Air/Climate opens December 17, 2008, and runs through February 6, 2009. The Air/Climate challenge addresses global warming and climate change, ozone depletion, and/or fossil fuels and renewable energy.Teacher-advisors can learn more about each of these three challenges and register online by clicking here.
Pine Ride Middle School Wins Recycling Award!
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Lexington School District Two's Pine Ridge Middle School won the Carolina Recycling Association's Outstanding School Program Award for 2008. Pine Ridge began a school wide recycling program in 2002 and because of their success, the program has been replicated at all schools within Lexington District Two and is a model for other schools throughout South Carolina. The program is student-driven, utilizing several teams of student volunteers who manage recycling collection, composting, and education. The school also purchases recycled items such as recycled tire mulch and a bench made from milk jugs and reuses items in the classroom including Styrofoam trays and cups. Left to right: Mary Pat Baldauf, Lexington County; Jane Hiller, Sonoco Recycling; Courtney Frederici, Pine Ridge MS; Kendrick Kerr, Pine Ridge MS; Kerry Krumsiek, Carolina Recycling Association |
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