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Green Creation Crew Fall 2016 Presentation
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Green Creation Crew
Ecological Design for Healthy Communities
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•1st youth program at Metro-Chicago YMCA
•Paid apprenticeship thru After School Matters
•Collaborations with other YMCAs & UIC
•Project-based experiential education
•Introduction to sustainability job field
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Sustainability – The Capacity to Endure
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations
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We live in a finite world with finite resources.
‘Triple-E’ of Sustainability:
Ecology
Economy
Equality
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Renewable Energy Naturally occurring energy
sources that are self-regenerating and do not pollute the
environment.
Slide 4
Sustainable Agriculture Food production that protects the environment and fosters
healthy communities.
Program Disciplines: Energy & Agriculture
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STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
Ecological Experiments
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TEAM BUILDING
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Activities
● Trust Walk ● Can Stack ● Blind Maze ● Work Projects
Purpose
● Communication ● Cooperation ● Leadership ● Respect ● Trust
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Environmental Justice: The right of ALL
people to be protected from environmental pollution and have EQUAL representation in decision making.
Victory! Community advocacy groups shut down Fisk & Crawford coal plants in 2012
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GCC at Environmental Justice
Dialogue hosted by UIC’s Latino
Cultural Center Cicero & Division
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Mentoring Sessions on Community Issues
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UIC’s Sustainability Study Group Community Organizers from UIC’s Urban Planning Professionals
Uganda & Switzerland
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Community Issues: Seeking Sustainable Solutions
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Causes & Effects of Violence
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Community Issues: Seeking Sustainable Solutions
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Rauner YMCA Work Project
The need:
• The Foodies Programs at Rauner YMCA needed fresh herbs for their kitchen
Our plan:
• We interviewed them to see how we could help and the space they had available.
Future Goals:
• We hope the Foodies will continue to use the Grow Tower for fresh herbs while saving money.
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What we did:
• We built a grow-tower to provide herbs for the Foodies program at Rauner YMCA.
How we got it done:
• Used a food-grade pallet to create 9 shelves for growing herbs. Full-spectrum light on timer allowed it to be placed inside kitchen without need for sunlight. Painted trim for color.
What did we learn:
• We learned how to create something out of trash to grow fresh food - true sustainability!
• We learned how to plant seeds and about types of herbs.
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Planting, Recycling & Seed Saving What did we do: • We saved seed for spring plantings • Started a recycling program for GCC • Built planters out of old pallets • Planted heirloom garlic for next GCC
How we got it done: • Teamwork • Learned new skills • Stuck to our goals • Patience • Perseverance
What was the need: • To help next GCC group • To help our community/planet • To save money • Reduce litter • Promote Environmental Justice
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Our plan: • Build more recycling • Spread the word • Set good example for others
What did we learn: • How to make something old to something
new (repurposed)
• Planting correctly / efficiently
• How Important it is to recycle to help reduce the speed of climate change
• How to spread our knowledge with other people that might not know how we can help protect the Earth
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• Clean up our environment • Protect water, air, land, nature
• Put the breaks on global
warming!
• Educate others about sustainability
• Create positive community
spaces for us to GROW healthy
Our Goals for the Future....
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Add pic of trash time line
Why Recycle?
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Why Recycle? .....Y Recycles!
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Thank You!