Windsor Elementary has done it again! For the third year in a row Windsor is champion with a total of 5,723 pounds of plastic/400,638 plastic bags and a total of 8.87 pounds of plastic collected per enrolled student! AMAZING!!! Go Hornets!!!! As first place winner, Windsor will receive $600 cash to go towards a “green” [...]
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Isle of Wight County is planning several events to celebrate the Great American Cleanup. Be sure to join us for some of the fun! Reusable Bag Giveaway/Exchange - Friday, April 27, 2012 Bring us 10 plastic bags and receive 1 reusable bag in exchange. Limit of 1 per household. Limit 250 at each event. First-come [...]
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The elementary school competition is heating up with Carrollton and Windsor Elementary Schools as we near the finish line. Be sure the check out the stats on the School Recycling Page!
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February 8, 2012 by Debbie Blanton Askhrgreen.org Someone litters somewhere. Maybe it was an accident, but probably it was on purpose. According to research by Keep America Beautiful, 81 percent of littering behavior is intentional. Before you know it, pieces of that litter, particularly the plastic litter, are swirling around in the Atlantic Ocean!?! Don’t believe me? [...]
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by Will Harlan on December 27, 2011 Blue Ridge Outdoors He’s not a tree hugger; in fact, he cuts them down regularly. Nor is he a vegetarian. He doesn’t belong to the Sierra Club or any environmental group. He’s never seen An Inconvenient Truth or read any books by Michael Pollan, though he knows a [...]
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April is nearing, which means the end of the competition. It looks like Carrollton Elementary is working hard to catch up to Windsor! It may become a tight race to the finish! Remember…a grand prize of $600 is at stake! Windsor Elementary continues to hold the lead with 5.40 pounds collected per enrolled student. Carrollton continues [...]
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HR Green is an initiative of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC), which encourages environmental stewardship among all residents in the 16 southeastern Virginia cities and counties we represent. Work on the HR Green campaign began in July 2010 as we started to consolidate individual programs begun by HRPDC’s HR CLEAN, HR FOG, HR [...]
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From No Nonsense site: Yes, we know people have found some inventive purposes for used pantyhose. Gardeners use them to tie tomato plants to stakes. And of course, they make really scary Halloween masks. But now used pantyhose can be turned into such things as (and we’re not kidding here) park benches, playground equipment, carpets, [...]
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Isle Be Green was set up in the Garden and Field Tent at the 2011 Isle of Wight County Fair demonstrating how to turn trash to treasure and showcasing the Animal Artz children’s art projects. The Animal Artz children’s art was a partnership with artist Donna Iona Drozda, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and [...]
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Start collecting now!! For the third year the elementary schools in Isle of Wight County will compete against one another for the title of biggest plastic bag recycler of the school year! The grand prize winner not only gets bragging rights, but $600 cash towards a “green” project for their school. They can choose to buy [...]
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