The Problem
Our long-term abstract goal is to make the school and surrounding community aware of the problem of littering and the possibilities of repurposing and recycling; and to get people beyond our group to stop littering and start picking up litter. Our long-term concrete goal that will support our abstract goal is to construct a bottle brick bench by stuffing plastic litter into plastic bottles. Currently, students have stuffed over 100 bottle bricks. The bench, constructed from these bottle bricks, will be a functional piece of artwork at our school that will educate the school and surrounding community about repurposing trash and not littering. See http://www.earthbench.org/ The artwork on the bench will feature endangered species around the world and will be accompanied by posters showcasing research the students have done on the featured endangered species, so the bench will be a teaching tool about endangered species, as well as about littering.
