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ENERGY+WATER+RECYCLING
=Conservation BRING teaches the importance of the 3R’s—Reduce, Reuse and Recycle—to over 5,000 schoolchildren each year through a comprehensive array of tours, workshops and classroom presentations. Thanks to a $4,920 “Partners in Education” grant from EWEB, we’re developing a new program to help kids understand the link between water and energy conservation and recycling. Did you know that every ton of recycled paper saves approximately 4 barrels of oil, 4,200-kilowatt hours of energy and 7,000 gallons of water? We’re excited to develop a dynamic, fun curriculum to get the connection across to children. |
To help reduce cell phone waste, BRING is participating in the nationwide Donate-a-Phone program, made possible by the CTIA Wireless Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Cell phones we collect are sent to ReCellular,BRING can accept any model of cell phone, and will receive between $1-$3 for phones that are reusable. If you have a cell phone you no longer use, consider donating it to us. We’ll make sure it is recycled and the money will help fund our other programs. Call 746-3023; mail phones to PO Box 885, Eugene, 97440 or drop off your phone at the BRING office, 86441 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene.
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…And the Winners Are…Hundreds of children in Lane County put ink to page this spring to creatively express their desire for a livable planet through the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. It was hard to eliminate any from the RecycleArt Calendar lineup. All of them were poignant reminders of why we want to change our wasteful garbage habits: for their future!
Many thanks to the teachers who took the time to send in artwork, the student artists and the judges, who had some very difficult choices to make.
The following students will have artwork published in the 2004 RecycleArt Calendar
| Kelly Barela | Grade 2 | Clear Lake Elementary | Ms. Barr |
| Joseph Bryan | Grade 3 | Page Elementary | Ms. Irwin |
| Jordan Colburn | Age 7 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Lily Cuyler | Age 6 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Nicole Duval | Grade 3 | Gilham Elementary | Mrs. Keenan/Mrs. Borneman |
| Katie Fortuna | Grade 3 | Gilham Elementary | Mrs. Keenan/Mrs. Borneman |
| Hazel Hering | Age 7 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Erica Huber | Grade 4 | Mt. Vernon Elementary | Ms. Nees |
| Aidan James | Age 5 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Andrea Kidder | Grade 1 | Edgewood Elementary | Julie Hulme |
| Kaleiohao Mahoe | Grade 2 | Clear Lake Elementary | Ms. Barr |
| Nicole Miller | Grade 3 | Gilham Elementary | Mrs. Keenan/Mrs. Borneman |
| Brandon Nelson | Grade 2 | Trent Primary | Mrs. Clancey/Mrs. Sloan |
| Toby Pasman | Age 5 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Lena Schultz | Age 5 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
| Callie Silvers-Harnly | Age 6 | Drinking Gourd School | Trisha Whitney |
RecycleArt Calendar Contest gives students a participatory activity that reinforces lessons they”ve learned through BRING’s education program. The artwork is selected by a panel of waste reduction and recycling specialists, and with sponsorship from many local businesses and agencies. 10,000 copies of the RecycleArt Calendar are printed for free distribution each fall.
This calendar is a product of BRING’s education department, offering workshops, presentations and student involvement projects to all of Lane County. Contact Sarah Grimm, 746-3023, with questions and inquiries.