The Great Green Challenge
In the Community
Individual or group-based -- these ideas show how changes in the community can make an impact.
Teacher
Green living tip by: velainestewart Bessemer City, PWTitle: MOTHER EARTH GREEN AND CLEAN IN KINGS MOUNTAIN: Kings Mountain Intermediate School 5th grade students, under the guidance of teacher, Ms. Vonnie Elaine Stewart, will...
Scrap the Water Bottles
Green living tip by: MaryLeizinger Minneapolis, MN,Millions upon millions of plastic soda and water bottles end up in landfills every year. Worse yet, they are made from oil, a fossel fuel resource. Make a pledge to use stai...
Using hot attic air to heat pools and cool home reducing energy bills
Green living tip by: strdnordThe City of Sunray Texas is installing a SolarAttic pool heating system that captures and utilizes the hot attic air from inside the municipal swimming pool building to heat t...
car-pool shopping
Green living tip by: sherit1967Once a week a my sister or a couple of friends get together to do our weekly grocery/shopping. We decide who drives that week and what stores we want to go to. We all use tote...
Greening Up Our School
Green living tip by: pamgrossman05 Peterborough, NHThe Peterborough Elementary School's PTO decided to get serious about helping the environment. Instead of just complaining about the lack of concern over the health of our ea...
The Eco-Ark Project
Green living tip by: Eco-Ark Kurtistown, HIWe are building an Eco-ark (botanical species preserve) on Hawaii. Our multiple purposes include raising awareness of, and encouraging others to start similar projects in thei...
Contest Tips & Guidelines
- Document your green project thoroughly! Tell us what you did, why you did it, and how it makes your home, community, or work more eco-friendly.
- Write out your entry before you submit it. This way you can edit it and just copy and paste the final version into the fields on the upload page.
- Tell your friends and family about your entry and tell them to vote for you! Post a link to your entry on your social networking sites, blogs, etc.
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