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Congratulations to the Green Team!
Congratulations to the Green Team!
The Green Team has learned that it won a Climate Champions Grant for the project, "Trees at WCE!"
Stay tuned, WCE Wolves! More on the trees and how YOU can help them grow, soon!
Green Team Vegetarian / Vegan Recipe of the Month
Green Team Vegetarian / Vegan Recipe of the Month
from MR. BINDER (5th grade teacher)
from MR. BINDER (5th grade teacher)
Vegan Taco Casserole (from Namely Marley)
Have a Heart for Trees this Valentine's Day...and help WCE!
Have a Heart for Trees this Valentine's Day...and help WCE!
Did you know that each year, over 48,000 trees are cut down to make paper for the 145 million cards exchanged on Valentine's Day? This February, the Green Team is disrupting the cycle with UPCYCLED valentines. Learn more here, or drop by our fundraiser!
The Green Team and WCE Gardens will be selling SEED PAPER HEARTS (wildflower or marigold): 30 for $10, or 3 for $1.
We are also selling TREAT HEARTS, which are upcycled pouches that contain candy. A special gift for a teacher, parent, or older sibling. Choose a large 5-treat heart for $5; a medium 3-treat heart for $3; and a small 1-treat heart for $1.
CASH OR VENMO (@Christina-Foust-1). All proceeds are split between Gardens and Green Team.
See you in February! Meet us at the east entrance, before and after school, Friday 2.2, Monday 2.5, Friday 2.9, and Monday 2.12.
Green Team Events
Tuesday, January 16
3:15-4:20pm
Green Team Meeting, Mr. Binder's Room
Wednesday, January 31
3:15-4:20pm
Green Team Meeting, Mr. Binder's Room
Tuesday, February 13
3:15-4:20pm
Green Team Meeting, Mr. Binder's Room
Sunday, April 28
10am-2pm
"From the Creek to the Lake" Earth Day Clean Up
Local Plant of the Month: Chokecherry
For more information on the chokecherry, visit the archive.
FUN Fact: Brian, the character in the popular novel Hatchet (by Gary Paulsen) eats chokecherries as he learns to survive in the Canadian wilderness. He calls them "gut cherries."
For more information on the chokecherry, visit the archive.
Local Animal of the Month: Black-Capped Chickadee
Photo by Patrisse Bouchard on Unsplash
FUN FACT: Chickadees have amazing memory powers. They hide 100,000 food items a year, and during the winter, can remember where they stashed (or "cached") thousands of bits of food. That's how they survive in cold winter months here in Colorado!
Recycling your cans is as easy as:
1-drink everything
2-shake out any extra liquid, then give it a quick rinse
3-put it in the recycling bin
Remember, DO NOT CRUSH YOUR CANS! The machines at the MRF cannot sort flat cans. You can "crush it" in soccer, but do not actually crush a can.
Photo by Evgeny Karchevsky, Unsplash.com
Recycling Tip of the Month:
Recycling Tip of the Month:
Don't Throw Cash in the Trash! CANS
Three things are so easy and important to recycle that we should recycle them every single time: metal, glass, and cardboard. These 3 "go to" materials are easy to identify. They stay strong over and over and over again as they get used, broken down, and used again, and broken down again, in the recycling process. This month, let's talk cans!
Did you know that 1/4 of aluminum cans are made by the Ball corporation--yes, the same one that sponsors our Denver Nuggets arena? Aluminum cans are pretty cool. They are lightweight, strong, and infinitely recyclable. An individual can is worth about 2 cents on average (ask your parents or grandparents if they lived in a state that paid people to bring in cans when they were younger!). At the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF, pronounced "merf"), cans get sorted out and bundled into 100+ pound bales to be sold to make into new cans.
Sadly, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that about 68% of aluminum ended up in the landfill in 2018. Cans are the most recycled source of aluminum. People in the US recycle their cans about half the time. Imagine if we got it right 100% of the time!
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