The Green Bulls

“Grabbing Recycling by the Horns”

Members:Ken Trickett, Nicole Leal, Kevin Joly,

Daniela Joggi, Samantha Brody

Presentation Overview

Overall Project

Meeting the Criteria

Problems & Solutions

Teamwork & Reflection Conclusion

GREEN BULLS RECYCLING PROJECT

ARD Recycling Project Outline

Boys & Girls Club Paint Recycle Bins

Speak about Recycling

Get kids excited about Recycling

Perform Audit of Recycling at Boys

& Girls Club

Create “Green Team” and Audit

with them

Perform Skit about Recycling

Audit FormRecycling Stations

    PaperPlastic Cans

Scale 1-5 (empty-full)

Comments (Required)

Station 1 Entrance, Administration          Station 2 Teen Center- 2nd Floor          

Station 3Concession- Vending Machines          

Station 4 Boys Locker Area          Station 5 Arts & Crafts Room          Station 6 Outside Game Room          

Painted Bins

Recycling Skit

Recycling = Good ConscienceTrash = Bad Conscience

MEETING THE CRITERIA

Service to a Community Partner

Boys & Girls Club Bernadette Souza

Performed a Recycling Audit

Raised Recycling Awareness in club by working with the kids

Encouraged recycling reform

ARD Events held in the CommunityActivity Days• Painted Recycle Bins• Hung Posters• Talked About Recycling

Audit Days• Checked Recycling Bins & Trash Cans• Recorded Levels of Trash & Recycling

Skit Day• Performed Skit for Boys & Girls Club• Included Recycling Dilemmas & Facts• Encouraged Kids to Recycle

Community Involvement

Boys & Girls

Club of New

Bedford

•Members and families

•Activity Days involved numerous different groups of kids

Stressed importance of

recycling in

community

•Skits had scenarios in community locations•Over

100 kids from local communities present

Recycling Awareness, Education, & Behavior

Posters designating recycling locations

Spending time with kids

Provide helpful facts

Progress audited

Perform informative recycling skit

Sustainability

“Green Team”

Decorate bins and posters

Binder for Bernadette

Easy to use Audit

Sheets

Follow-ups

CreativityDecorated Bins

to Create “Ownership”

Posters

Green Team

Wrote & Performed

Recycling Skit

GREEN BULLS’ REACTION

Problems & SolutionsProblems•Getting started with

the right idea•Changing project to

meet criteria•Scheduling conflicts•Working in an

unstructured environment

Solutions•Condensed,

combined, collaborated

•Review criteria and track progress

•Comprise & sacrifices

•Developed creative ways to maintain interest

Teamwork

Trust

Communication

Conflict

Accountability

Conclusion

Success & Failures

Relationships Built

Individual Realizations

Feeling of Accomplishment

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?