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BearNecessities

Season: 
Fall

Adult Advisor:
Michelle George
Team Members:
Molly Corder (age:17)
Mia Reichert (age:17)
Stephanie Cozza (age:17)
Project Category:
Close the Loop
Project Outline:

Our project goals are to utilize the resources locally and globally in order to convince businesses, schools and community members to reduce their CO2 emissions and make a positive impact on Polar Bear habitats globally.

We intend to complete a series of small projects in addition to working with businesses in efforts to drastically reduce CO2 emissions.

Blog Posts: 


7th grade Outreaches!

Friday, December 31, 2010 - 21:39

During our 7th grade outreaches with Ms. Walbush's pre-biology classes, Mia, Steph and Molly worked with 7th graders to educate them on the effect climate change has on Polar...

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Bands for Bears SUCCESS!

Friday, December 31, 2010 - 20:39

During "Bands for Bears" our team decided to have several local popular bands play at a concert for us that allowed us to raise money to plant trees and ultimately preserve...

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Bands for Bears Progress

Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 18:26

Today members Molly, Mia and Ms. George met with band members from Call to Attraction and Daylight Strike to discuss details of the upcoming show "Bands for Bears"! This...

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BANDS FOR BEARS!!!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 22:01

Our "Bands for Bears" event is officially in progress!! After weeks of arrangements and scheduling, Project Polar Bear's team Bear Necessities has started advertising our...

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Making a difference at Ben Avon's Light Up Night!

Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 23:10

Team Bear Necessities went to Ben Avon's Light Up Night where we talked to various community members, collected pledges and received donations for our tree planting campaign...

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A Green Thanksgiving!

Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 22:49

Molly has continued to reduce her CO2 emissions by being a vegetarian! This Thanksgiving, she proudly made Tofurky for herself and her neighbor (who she converted into...

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November 13th Tundra Connections at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium!

Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 22:40

On Saturday November 13th, Molly attended the Tundra Connections event held by the Pittsburgh Zoo. During this event, she was able to watch Ms. Margie Mark's presentation on...

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More Meetings!

Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 22:14

We've met multiple times this year and we've finally got an outline out together for our project! We hope to continue our work and complete all of our ideas very soon!

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More Progress...

Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 16:49

After many weeks of planning, team Bearnecessities will be having several outreaches within the next week. These outreaches will be presented to middle and high school age...

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Early Meeting Progress

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 16:10

So far, team BearNecessities has had 3 meetings to plan the actions we intend to take during the duration of the project. Our first meeting was with the Avonworth High School...

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