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EARTH DAY- KEEP CLUB STYLE! On Sunday, 4/22/18, the KEEP club met in the bird sanctuary to plant some bird attracting plants and to pick up litter around the school! It was a beautiful way to spend the day. |
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SPECIAL GUEST COMING!
This Thursday, 3/22/18 at 2:35 pm Clint Richmond will be at KEEP CLUB!
Who is Clint Richmond?
Clint is a volunteer with the Massachusetts Sierra Club. He leads several areas including solid waste and toxics issues. This includes fighting plastic pollution. He serves as a member of Brookline Town Meeting and is the co-chair of the Green Caucus of Town Meeting Members. He is also a member of the Brookline Solid Waste Advisory Committee. He has successfully led efforts to pass Warrant Articles at Town meeting on topics such as plastic bags, polystyrene and food packaging.
Clint will be helping us to better understand the work he has been doing and how we can use his information in our
NEW KEEP CLUB CARAVAN!!!
Clint is a volunteer with the Massachusetts Sierra Club. He leads several areas including solid waste and toxics issues. This includes fighting plastic pollution. He serves as a member of Brookline Town Meeting and is the co-chair of the Green Caucus of Town Meeting Members. He is also a member of the Brookline Solid Waste Advisory Committee. He has successfully led efforts to pass Warrant Articles at Town meeting on topics such as plastic bags, polystyrene and food packaging.
Clint will be helping us to better understand the work he has been doing and how we can use his information in our
NEW KEEP CLUB CARAVAN!!!
KEEP CLUB CARAVAN WILL BE GOING ON THE ROAD!
That's right, the new KEEP Club Caravan is gearing up to take our message on the road. We are learning that in order to make change you can't just put up posters and write about it. You have to be willing to get up and speak directly to people.
The KEEP club is getting ready to go into classrooms, faculty meetings and town meeting. Stay tuned!
The KEEP club is getting ready to go into classrooms, faculty meetings and town meeting. Stay tuned!
KEEP Club raises $200 at Science Fair!
Below is the flyer Marty and Alon made to educate others
Stay tuned for our up and coming events!
Stay tuned for our up and coming events!
This year's Earth Day is set to focus on...
Plastic Pollution- Click here to learn more!
Officially Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd, but that is during our April Vacation, so the KEEP club will be doing something before or after spring break?
Stay tuned!
LOCAL NEWS: Have you noticed more Canada Goose coats around? DID YOU KNOW THAT FUR TRIM ON A CANADA GOOSE COAT IS COYOTE FUR?
Did you know the torture these canines go through in the process?
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Recently, one can see more and more people around Brookline and Boston wearing Canada Goose coats with fur trim.
Many coats have fake fur trim, but Canada Goose uses real coyote fur and there are HORRIFYING videos and photos showing the way these poor animals are trapped and killed just so people can wear it on their coats!
I can't and won't look, but if you own a Canada Goose coat or know someone who does, you should know what you are buying.
Sincerely,
Ms. Stark
Many coats have fake fur trim, but Canada Goose uses real coyote fur and there are HORRIFYING videos and photos showing the way these poor animals are trapped and killed just so people can wear it on their coats!
I can't and won't look, but if you own a Canada Goose coat or know someone who does, you should know what you are buying.
- www.thedp.com/article/2018/02/carlos-canada-goose-animal-cruelty
- www.onegreenplanet.org/news/canada-goose-is-killing-coyotes-to-make-jackets/
- Cruelty Inside Canada Goose Coats- link
Sincerely,
Ms. Stark
GOOD NEWS!!
5 ways the United Kingdom is leading the fight against plastic pollution - Great news for us to try- click here
5 ways the United Kingdom is leading the fight against plastic pollution - Great news for us to try- click here
Blue Planet 2 - Helping people around the world to see how plastics are destroying so much life...
Two sad videos--- don't watch if you can't bear it, but do show to others who don't understand how each of the plastics they use and throw away can harm so much life...
So many people mean no harm, but don't understand.
--- this one shows the albatross birds with plastic
-- Here is a sad, sad clip of a mother pilot whale and her calf that died... probably from plastics...
Two sad videos--- don't watch if you can't bear it, but do show to others who don't understand how each of the plastics they use and throw away can harm so much life...
So many people mean no harm, but don't understand.
--- this one shows the albatross birds with plastic
-- Here is a sad, sad clip of a mother pilot whale and her calf that died... probably from plastics...
NEWS TO KNOW: Tide of plastic rubbish discovered floating off idyllic Caribbean island coastline - and what to do... click here
Coffee cups... paper & the plastic you don't see- little video...click here
CHALLENGE FOR US ALL! “Do you still use plastic garbage bags? Plastic soda bottles? Zip lock bags? Plastic wrap on your food? Do you buy toilet paper that comes wrapped in plastic instead of paper? Do you put your fruit and vegetables in produce bags at the grocery?" Challenging everyone to track their rubbish for a week, she said people would be “disgusted” at how much plastic they would find.
Here are some links for tracking your plastics:
challenges.openideo.com/challenge/circular-design/research/assignments/track-plastics
challenges.openideo.com/challenge/circular-design/research/assignments/track-plastics
We launched the club on Thursday, November 9, 2017; we will meet every Thursday for the rest of the year unless there is a vacation or other closing of school. Once we are up and running, there will be many ways to participate and stay connected. Keep (no pun intended) checking back to see the latest news.
