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 * Here are some environmental / “GREEN” issues for your project.** Pick one from my list or create your own.  Just make sure you get permission.

recycling and alternatives to solid waste disposal  //If everyone in America separated paper, glass, and aluminum products from their trash, and had those products recycled, America would decrease the amount of waste we send to landfills by 75%.//

Stop global warming. View this [|clip] the ozone hole air pollution water pollution and water conservation. //Flushing a regular flow toilet uses as much water as the average person in Africa uses in the entire day for cooking, bathing, cleaning, and drinking.// Stop the destruction of the earth’s rain-forests. Visit: [|Arbor Day] .org and [|RainforestConcern] acid rain

buy a hybrid vehicle, Visit: http://www.whybuyhybrid.com  and View this[| clip]. save energy / energy conservation alternative energy: wind/solar/moo power nuclear energy (pros and cons of) radioactive waste disposal replace incandescent with fluorescent or LED bulbs. //If every home in America changed just 5 regular light bulbs with more energy efficient fluorescent ones, we could keep one trillion pounds of greenhouse gases out of the air.// Plant a tree : Visit http://www.americanforests.org/campaigns/ invasive plants and animals (in Vermont for example, - purple loosestrife, zebra mussels, rock snot) composting protecting watershed / wetland

animal rights Save a threatened or endangered species habitat preservation adopt an eagle, manatee, wolf, sea turtle,

why being a vegetarian is a greener option

Use a travel mug rather than paper or styrofoam cup. //Americans use more than 14 billion paper cups each year - enough to circle the earth fifty five times. Styrofoam cups will stay on the planet for the next nine generations.// purchase coffee that is labeled FAIR TRADE, organic, bird friendly. //These labels represent coffee plantations that preserve or restore the rainforest. Just one household that switches to certified coffee for one year can protect 9200 square feet of rainforest lands//.