The Problem
Riverfield Country Day School's middle school Green Team hoped to continue to educate the K-12 students, their families, and faculty about the importance of recycling paper, plastic, and aluminum. Students also wished to create an awareness of reducing energy that was being used unnecessarily, and to reuse products and materials on our campus. The Green Team coordinated weekly efforts in recycling paper, plastic and aluminum cans on campus. They worked with our Tulsa Community's Mr. Murph recycling program and Green Star in order to receive funds that paid for supplies and food for the animals in the classrooms and barnyard, materials for the science lab, fieldtrips, and donations to charitable organizations. They also constructed another Riverfield Recycle Hut for the aluminum cans storage area. Green Team made it a priority to teach the younger students about recycling and coordinated several campus clean ups throughout the school year.
