EXAMPLES  & RESOURCES

Contest Resources, Including Examples and Classroom Curriculum Resources

EXAMPLES

In selecting a topic for your video, think about your routine activities (either at home, at school/work, or within the community) or places you routinely visit, and identify smart, creative, and/or innovative ways for improving the environment or reducing energy usage. Your chosen topic should relate to one or more of the categories shown on the "create your video" page. 

Example topics include:

1. Greening my Birthday Party (for this topic, detailed steps on how to develop the topic are included)

STEPS

A. I hope to save paper, gas and energy

B. I will send out e-invitations, saving gas and energy to make and deliver paper invitations; ask that gifts be wrapped with recycled paper or put in reusable bags; and ask guests to ride their bikes, walk, or car pool to the party.

C. The video would show the e-invitation that clearly tells everyone that this is a Green Birthday Party and the actions all invitees are being asked to take; show attendees riding their bikes or walking, or car pooling; and scenes of the presents in reusable bags.

D. The conclusion could estimate how much paper was conserved; how much GHG (green-house gas) was avoided by riding bikes, walking, or carpooling; and potentially how much gas was conserved.

2. Greening my lunch

3. Greening a room in my home (e.g. bedroom, bathroom, kitchen)

4. Greening my backyard (e.g. planting water-smart plants, catering to local wildlife)

5. Greening a holiday (e.g. Christmas, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day)

6. Reusing packaging material creatively, instead of disposal

Adults are encouraged to pursue more age-appropriate topics such as:

1. Greening my landscape (e.g. addressing erosion, pest control)

2. Reducing waste accumulation (e.g. at home, at work, or within the community)

3. Innovative or creative ways to reuse materials, instead of recycling or disposal

4. Water-saving strategies

5. Energy-saving strategies

CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS (also useful for participants) 

http://www.sfenvironmentkids.org/teacher/video_roadshow.htm

http://www.kidsrgreen.org/

http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/back-to-school-green/green-school-teachers.html

http://www.epa.gov/greenhomes

These links are for your convenience in locating or creating classroom curriculum. They are not part of the Alliance website, and the Alliance cannot be responsible for the content of these pages.