earth day 2014
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Earth Day Workshop
Daina Lujan, Safe Routes to School CordinatorAlonso Barahona, Consultant to the Safe Routes to School Program
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AgendaAgenda Item Time Outcome
Introductions 5 Minutes Meet One Another
Event Overview 15 Minutes Shared Understanding of Earth Day Events
Educator Guide 20 Minutes Learn About Extending Event Information into the Classroom
Above and Beyond Ideas 15 Minutes Learn About Ways to Build the Event
Event Planning 20 Minutes Plan and Outline Your Event and Next Steps
Resource Gathering 10 Minutes Gather Event Materials
Earth Day Fun Facts
•First Earth Day Celebrated in 1970
•Celebrated by 20 million Americans the first year
•Environmental Protection Agency
•Today more than 1 billion people celebrate
•44th Earth Day Celebration
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Safe Routes and Earth Day Connection
Climate change has many faces
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County Event
•Event
Anytime in April
•Registration
http://bit.ly/edsignup
• Data Reporting
http://bit.ly/edparticipation
• Data Reporting Incentive
Jamba Juice Gift Cards
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Hosting a Successful Event
Key Things to Consider:
•Timeline
•Outreach
•Volunteers
•Materials
•Evaluation/Participation Tracking
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Event Timeline
Three Weeks Prior
•Determine Length of Event, Identify Ideal Participants, Special Activity Possibilities
•Obtain Approval
•Register Event at http://bit.ly/edsignup
•Identify Incentives
Students, Teachers, Volunteers
•Begin Outreach and Recruiting
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Event TimelineTwo Weeks Prior
•Engage Parent, Teacher, and Student Groups as Appropriate
•Continue Outreach and Recruiting
•Obtain Materials as Needed
•Schedule special activities
•Consider Tracking Tool
One Week Prior
•Continue Outreach and Recruiting
•Obtain Materials as Needed
•Finalize Tracking Tool
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Event Timeline
Event Day(s)
•Incentive Distribution
•Participation Tracking
•Special Activities
Event Wrap-Up
•Celebrate
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Outreach
General Outreach
•Increase awareness of the event
Parent Letters, E-mail, Website Announcements, Posters, Robo-Callers
Engagement of Specific Groups
•Increase excitement for the event
•Implement above and beyond ideas
Staff Meetings, Student Council, PTA, School Site Council
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Volunteers
Outreach Support
•Volunteers to assist with hanging posters, robo-calls, talking to kids, parent letters/e-mails/flyers, posting information on websites
Materials Support
• Volunteers to acquire event materials, distribute incentives on the day of the event
Event Day Support
• Greeters, Incentive Distributors, Participation Tracking
Participation Tracking Support
• Development of a tracking tool, providing training as needed, monitoring, determining a winner
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Materials
Materials to Consider:
•Advertisement/Outreach Resources
•Participation Tracking Tools
•Incentives (Student, Teacher, Volunteer)
•Welcome Table Materials
•Special Event Materials (bags, gloves, plantings)
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County Resources
To Help you with your event, a few free resources are available:
•Posters
•Pencils
•Bags
•Seeds
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Educator Guide
What’s in Our Air?
•Educator’s Guide pages 123-130
•Review with students what they “Know” and what they would “Want to Know” about air pollution
• Review the San Mateo County Air Quality sheet. Students will get to share their thoughts on different activities that lead to
air pollution
•Particle Board Activity
Demonstrates to students how much dirt is in the air by using Vaseline to trap particulate matter onto a particle board
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Classroom Lessons
Recycle Works Litter Collection Activities
• Provides students with lessons that will engage them about the different kinds of litter that are found around their neighborhood
• How litter impacts the environment
• Where students can change their environment through litter collection and recycling
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Earth Day Stories/Movies
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
The Earth Book by Todd Parr
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (also movie)
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Recycle by Gail Gibbons
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Composting: Nature's Recyclers by Robin Michal Koontz
More at http://www.recycleworks.org/schools/garden_children_books.html
Above and Beyond Ideas
School Based Ideas
•Recycling Shoes
•Composting Demonstration
•Clean Up Event
•Fashion Show of Reused Items
•Tree Planting
•Creating Projects of Recycled Materials
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Green Star Certification Program
Go to http://www.greenstarschools.info/
Select a Pathway•Waste•Transportation•Energy•Water
Conduct an Audit for Baseline
Develop a Plan
Engage in Action
Celebrate
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Cool the Earth Program
Visit http://cooltheearth.org/
Request Materials
Host an Assembly
Track Participation
Celebrate
**All program materials are available at no cost
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Event Evaluation
Enter Safe Routes and Earth Day Data at:
http://bit.ly/edparticipation
Key Data:
Number of 33 gallon bags of trash and recycling collected
Incentive:
All organizations that enter data are entered for drawing for Jamba Juice Gift Cards!
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Partners
•Engage Cities Public Works
Departments
•Sierra Club
•Local Community Gardens
•Haulers
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Event Planning Time
•Consider Your District/School
•Consider Possibilities Mentioned Today
•Outline Your Event Using the Planning Sheet
Share Out
Overview of Event
One element that may be challenging
One element you are excited about
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Workshop Evaluation
1. The workshop provided me with resources and ideas to help me either implement a Earth Day Event and/or support others with implementing an event
AgreeDisagree
2. In considering planning, implementing and hosting an Earth Day Event, what other resources or information would be of help?
3. What are the biggest challenges you face with planning and implementing encouragement events?
4. What Safe Routes topics would you like to know more about?
