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Be SMART Conservation Scholarship Project Summaries
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Be SMART Conservation Scholarship Project Summaries, April 2006
Free Compost Bins
Jennifer Ross
Be SMART Honorable Mention and $1,000 J.J. Rao Award
Waukesha County , Wisconsin
Jennifer Ross learned that more options were needed to help residents reduce the amount of yard and food waste sent to landfills. She found sources of unwanted wood crates and pallets and used them to make home compost bins, and then found residents who were willing to give backyard composting a try. She built and gave away 43 compost bins. The bins have the capacity to save 1015.9 cubic feet of material from landfills each year and made use of 1,892 square feet of waste wood.
Project Save the World - Reducing Energy Usage and the Impact of Global Climate Change
Samantha Bzdawka, Hayley Nitchske and Colleen O'Conor
$1,000 Be SMART Scholarship
Wauwatosa , Wisconsin
The group's goal was to introduce a simple first step towards conserving fossil fuels and reducing global warming. The group planned to distribute energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs for residents to use in place of incandescent bulbs. They convinced We Energies to donate the bulbs and informational materials, arranged distributions with two Wauwatosa churches and distributed bulbs with door-to-door neighborhood visits. The team delivered 327 bulbs. This change will save approximately 44,758 kilowatt-hours per year and will prevent over 79,000 pounds of air pollution each year.
Colleen O'Connor and Samantha Bzdawka (center) with mentors Rosemary Wehness (left) and Rick O'Conor (right) pose outside of the Wauwatosa City Hall after the students received special recognition from the Wauwatosa Common Council and Mayor.
Waste Management
Jamie Feest
New Berlin , Wisconsin
Jamie Feest researched the problem of waste in the United States and trends in disposal and recycling. She proposed conservation, recycling, and greater awareness as solutions that can be applied on the individual, national and international scale. She explained the importance of each and identified organizations that are dedicated to furthering efforts to conserve, recycle and raise awareness for the actions.
Be SMART Conservation Scholarship Project Summaries, December 2006
We are accepting projects for Winter 2006.
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