Grades of Green youth board member, Maddie Barkate, helped create a pledge wall during green week at her school, St. Margaret’s.  During green week, fellow students pledged what they were going to do to be more green on the green week pledge wall at school.  Some of these pledges included plating fuits and veggies, taking shorter showers and using a reusable lunch box.

 

Grades of Green’s 50th school from Kentucky was named a National Green Ribbon School.

 

On April 28th, St. Matthew’s Parish School held an electronic waste recycling event and collected 6,903 pounds of E-waste.

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Did you hear?  Grades of Green will be spotlighted on Access Hollywood this morning at 11:00am PST, channel 4.  Don’t miss it!

Eight Grades of Green kids were the catalyst for Hermosa Beach becoming even greener March 27 by banning styrofoam in city restaurants.  The third grade Hermosa Valley students each presented their case on why polystyrene should be banned.  One such student, Matt, opened by exclaiming how polystyrene lasts 500 years: “500 years! That’s a long time, right?!”

 

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One of Grades of Green’s Youth Board Advisors, Maddie Barkate and her school’s Green Team received a Certificate of Recognition from San Juan Capistrano Mayor Larry Kramer for their composting efforts.  Maddie, a 5th grader who is the Green Team leader at St. Margaret’s Lower School, and the Green Team approached their assistant principal with various ideas on how they could green their school.  They decided to pursue a composting program.  With the help of CR&R Waste and Recycling Services and education programs put on by the Green Team, the composting program has been a huge success, leading to the recognition.  Congratulations Maddie and the St. Margaret’s Green Team!  To read the full article, click here. 

Grades of Green’s first two Eco Salons were a resounding success in gathering people from those communities to learn all about the work Grades of Green is doing to inspire and empower kids and the

Don’t miss it!  Grades of Green is having its second annual fundraising event, Verte 2012.  This year the event will be held at the fabulous Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, CA.  The date is April 27, 2012 at 6:00pm.