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Below are some of the pages that you might find helpful as you plan your project:



We want to stimulate creativity in student projects by providing them with a variety of exemplars to make their environmental point to their audience. Some of the projects below use digital story telling, environmental art, podcast, creation of a school recycling website or wiki, or perhaps even a digital movie on an enviornmental theme. So have students look through some of these examples for inspiration!

This site has a lot of helpful information about **how and what to recycle in a school**. There are helpful lists and many great ideas for starting a recycling program : Tools to reduce waste in schools

At this site students will learn how they can **recycle their old cell phones** and help the vicitms in Haiti at the same time!

Recyle Cell phones for Haiti

These are additional videos that a teacher may want to use during project time to give students ideas.

In this video students could learn how to make a **hair booms from recycled hair** to send to the Gulf Coast as a project:

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Some student examples of **art, student interviews and poetry on environmental themes**:



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A student made video on **plastic in the environment**. She says: "[|**againstthetide**] — October 28, 2006  — Just a short slideshow I made about my environmental campaign, which my friend and I began when we were 12. Through lobbying the local, state and national governments, we were able reduce the amount of plastic bags in our local shopping strip by 80%. We hope to eventually make it a plastic bag free zone."

media type="custom" key="6228017" This is a one minute film on **overpackaging of plastic** that is powerful. Director Ulla Jacobsen (Denmark) on her entry: "Over-packaging of children's toys takes on absurb dimensions...What our judges said: "Simple story, simply told" - David Sproxton "Brilliant film. Perfect! The best!" - Dilly Gent

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**What's a PSA (Public Service Announcement)? Here are two that college students made for their campus that may give you some ideas** !

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A student created a visual storytelling power point using still pictures and music on Movie maker on 10 reasons to Recycle

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Students can generate support for recycling in their school through a series of announcements- Check this out! School PA announcements on Recycling

Look at other ideas here