Hannah Mueller (age:17)
Sruti Jamalapuram (age:16)
We hope to partner with a local high school, and start a composting program at their cafeteria. Ideally, we would like to have the students use the compost on their school garden. We plan to work at the same high school as the GreenTervention teens and work in cooperation with them. That way, each of our projects will reduce carbon individually, but together they will have an even greater impact! If this model works, we would like to use it to create a "how to guide" to start a composting program at other schools.
Final Conclusion
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 01:07We saved 3210.95 pounds of CO2 from being emitted. That is A LOT! That is a very surprising number despite the fact that it's just mine and Hannah's bought...
[Read More]The Dinner: Results
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 15:24With bags of local groceries in hand, we went about putting our project into action: by cooking. Unfortunately, we had no feedback from the other Zoo Teen volunteers, so only...
[Read More]Trip Day: Farmer's Market!
Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 20:02After patiently waiting and deciding what to get for a few days, it was finally the day of the trip! On December 18th Hannah, Justin, Amanda and I...
[Read More]Local Meal: Recipes
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 21:45Here are the recipes we made with our local ingredients: Sruti's CARROT CURRY - 2 large carrots, chopped- 1/2 cup vegetable oil- 1 tablespoon mustard seeds- 3/4...
[Read More]Research: Local Food
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 23:38The aspect of local food is such a broad idea because local to different people mean different things. It changes depending on where they live, how...
[Read More]Plan: Shopping Locally
Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 16:51Bright and early on December 18th, Carbon Busters are taking a group of fellow Oregon Zoo youth volunteers to downtown Portland (via our local train system [the Max] which...
[Read More]Inspiration: Real Food Challenge
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 17:45food [food] n 1. something that nourishes, sustains, or supplies. real [ree-uhl, reel] adj 1. true and actual; not artificial In a world of Big Macs and Top...
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