FACS Greenie Advocate PowerPoint

Become a FACS “Greenie” Advocate What You Need To Know PRESENTED BY: LEARNING ZONEXPRESS Susan M. Turgeson, CFCS, MS – AAFCS 2009 National Teacher of the Year AAFCS 100 th Annual Conference – Knoxville, TN

Founder of Earth Day, 1970
US Senator from WI – Gaylord Nelson
Served in the senate 1963 - 1981
Originally from Clear Lake, WI
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F ocused A ction C hanges S ociety
“ Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
– anthropologist, Margaret Mead

“ In the end, we conserve what we love. We love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.”
- Senegalese poet Baba Dioum

“ We seem to have lost the wisdom of the indigenous people, which dictated that in any major decision, the first consideration was ‘How will this decision we’re making today affect our people in the future?’ These days, decisions are made based on the bottom line.”
- Jane Goodall

“ The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.”
- John F. Kennedy
Poster # 4389 available from LZE

“ For if one link in nature’s chain might be lost, another might be lost, until the whole of things will vanish by piecemeal.”
- Thomas Jefferson

“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
- Anne Frank
Powerpoint #7174 available from LZE

Saving Energy Poster #4494

Conserve Water
Leaky faucets and toilets can waste up to 20 gallons of water per day
Use a shower timer and cool it down
Use “gray” water
Only run the dishwasher when you have a full load
In the garden, water in the early morning
Install a rain barrel
Stop buying bottled water
Game #5121 from LZE

Make Smart Choices as a Consumer
Avoid disposable products whenever possible
Recycle aluminum, paper, glass, plastic, and other materials
Buy local items – seek out small businesses and individuals who make products in your area
Make purchases the do not carelessly use up natural resources or contribute to the buildup of greenhouse gases.

Video #3466 available from LZE

Reuse and Recycle
Choose items packaged in materials made from recycled content or materials that can be recycled themselves
Use cloth grocery bags (directions for making your own in Home Ecology, The FACS of Living Green)
Reuse plastic bags
#4496 #6298 available from LZE

Do More With Less
Live simply with less “stuff”
Use a clothesline to dry clothes instead of an electric dryer
Cook simple meals from fresh, seasonal food instead of going through a drive-thru at a fast food restaurant

video #3466 available from LZE

“ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
- Native American proverb
“ We must strive to become good ancestors.”
- Ralph Nader

“ A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
- Greek proverb
“ Globally, we need to learn from the custom and culture of our Indigenous people and tread lightly on the earth – in the belief that we don’t own the land, we belong to it. It’s up to us.”
- Ian Kiernan, AO Chairman and Founder Clean Up the World & Clean Up Australia

Green Careers
Solar energy
Wind energy
Hydroelectric power
Green building
Energy management
Green transportation
Teaching energy

“ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Poster #4257 available from LZE

Take Action
Start a letter writing campaign
Start a petition
Boycott http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/viva_lacausa.jsp
Stay informed, involved, and active

“ The earth is a garden and each of us only need care for our own part for life to be breathed back into the planet, into the soil, into ourselves.”
- environmental agriculturist, John Jeavons

How to Plant Your Garden
Plant 3 rows of Peas
Peace of mind
Peace of heart
Peace of soul
Plant 4 rows of Squash
Squash gossip
Squash indifference
Squash grumbling
Squash selfishness

Plant 4 rows of Lettuce
Lettuce be faithful
Lettuce be kind
Lettuce be patient
Lettuce love one another
No garden is without Turnips
Turnip for meetings
Turnip for service
Turnip to help one another

Conclude your garden with Thyme
Thyme for each other
Thyme for family
Thyme for friends
Water freely with patience and cultivate with love. There will be bounty in your garden because you reap what you sow.

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