This past September saw a changing of the guard for ELAC USGBC Club with the beginning of the fall semester. A whole new cabinet was welcomed in and eager to build on previous successes and aspirations. First order of business was to establish a unique event to further bring exposure to ELAC USGBC Club within the world of sustainability, and in the local community. With Green Apple Day of Service, September 26, right around the corner what better way to for the club to kick off the semester than by hosting a local event?
Green Apple Day of Service is a day where parents, teachers, students, companies and local organizations can come together to transform all schools into healthy, safe and productive learning environments through local service projects. Green Apple Day of Service is sponsored by the U.S Green Building Council.
(From Left: Robert Gomez, David Montes, Michelle Lee, Miguel Avila, Shanshan Bian, Angie Xu, Ivan Wu, Rocio Montano)
ELAC USGBC Club’s event for GADoS took place at Robert Hill Lane Elementary School, located on minutes away from East Los Angeles College. The audience was Mr. Aguilar’s 4th and 5th grade class, and the workshop was led by members of ELAC USGBC Club that had volunteered to participate.
The event was kicked off with an presentation on the fundamentals of sustainability, recycling, renewable resources, alternative energy, water conservation, and native plants. As was expected, Mr. Aguilar’s bright students had an impressive knowledge of some of those basic principles, further supplemented by the presentation. To put their knowledge to the test there was a fun round of trivia and a chance to win some prizes.
Green Apple Day of Service is a day where parents, teachers, students, companies and local organizations can come together to transform all schools into healthy, safe and productive learning environments through local service projects. Green Apple Day of Service is sponsored by the U.S Green Building Council.
(From Left: Robert Gomez, David Montes, Michelle Lee, Miguel Avila, Shanshan Bian, Angie Xu, Ivan Wu, Rocio Montano)
ELAC USGBC Club’s event for GADoS took place at Robert Hill Lane Elementary School, located on minutes away from East Los Angeles College. The audience was Mr. Aguilar’s 4th and 5th grade class, and the workshop was led by members of ELAC USGBC Club that had volunteered to participate.
The event was kicked off with an presentation on the fundamentals of sustainability, recycling, renewable resources, alternative energy, water conservation, and native plants. As was expected, Mr. Aguilar’s bright students had an impressive knowledge of some of those basic principles, further supplemented by the presentation. To put their knowledge to the test there was a fun round of trivia and a chance to win some prizes.
The day was capped with a hands-on project to drive home the point of sustainability, the project, to take a plastic bottle and “up-cycle” it into a self-watering planter for a California native plant. In this way every student could participate, hands-on, in the process of being sustainable by creating something that encompassed the important lessons discussed throughout the day.
“This Event was a great opportunity for ELAC USGBC Club members to give back to the community and help the environment at the same time. Our hope is that the students will take what they learned and explore different ideas for making their own planters while improving their living environment and reducing waste by using common household items such as plastic bottles.” – Miguel Avila
"Green Apple Day of Service is a day to teach kids how to recycle and utilize materials, which are thrown away every day, in other ways. The kids enjoyed it and it gave us a chance to teach others what we've learned from ELAC USGBC Club. Green Apple Day of Service helped us make a difference.” -Rocio Montano
ELAC USGBC Club’s Green Apple Day of Service event at Robert Hill Lane Elementary School was a huge success and club members could hardly contain themselves from smiling ear to ear. At the end of the day the goal of promoting awareness to the issues of sustainability and creating an environment at school conducive to learning about these issues was accomplished in a fun and educational way. ♦
-R.G
-R.G
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