This slide deck was put together by two of the girls in Girl Scout Troop 44108. They are about so much more than just cookies. They want everyone to take an active roll in being more sustainable. This presentation is intended for companies and individuals, so please, feel free to share in all of your work and personal groups. Rediscover how to properly compost and recycle. Help these girls to make a lasting impact on their community.

1. Sustainability Project
Plan
KIYLIE AND SARAH - GIRL SCOUT TROOP 44108

2. Presentation Outline
 Introductions
 Girl Scout Silver Award
 What is environmental sustainability?
 Why is environmental sustainability important?
 Our goal
 Which is which? – What to do
 What not to do
 Why should you participate?

3. Introduction
 Kiylie the Tree Diplomate
 Going into 9th grade
 Girl Scout for 5 years
 Love science, writing, the environment and
helping people
 Excited by making a difference in the
community and the environment
 Life goals:
 Prevent the actions of people from further
damaging the environment
 Make positive changes that help people to
improve our relationship with the
environment
 Be an environmental scientist and advocate
for the advancement of sustainable living
 Sarah the Rock Diplomate
 Going into 8th grade
 Girl Scout for 5 years
 Love animals, rocks, science, writing, and the
environment
 Excited about learning and teaching people
how to preserve nature
 Life goals:
 Be a geologist and study how earthquakes,
volcanos and other geological factors affect
people and the environment
 Study atmospheric chemist, and try to find
novel ways to deal with air pollution
 Write sci-fi and fantasy books
 Work for NASA studying SPACE ROCKS!!!

4. Girl Scout Silver Award
 What is the Girl Scout Silver Award?
 The Silver award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. A Cadette can earn this by picking a project that
will impact their community in a positive way and putting it into action.
 What is our project?
 Our project is to help teach businesses about sustainability, so they can make their workplace more sustainable.
 Our plan is to present information on how to properly compost and recycle, so that individuals can improve their
sustainability foot print at work and in their personal lives.
 Who will it help?
 Composting and recycling will help everyone and everything that lives on this planet by reducing the amount of waste
that is not reused.

5. What is
Environmental
Sustainability?
SUSTAINABILITY IS THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT EARTH’S
ECOSYSTEMS WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
HUMAN LIFE.

6. Why is Environmental Sustainability
Important?
 If we do not practice proper sustainability our current ecosystems will decline even
further until Earth is no longer able to support most life, including humans.
 We need to live in harmony with the ecosystems around us.
 Composting and recycling will directly reduce the amount of waste in our landfills
and oceans.
 Being more sustainable will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and
ocean acidification that is already causing parts of our ecosystem to be
uninhabitable.

7. Our Goal
TO TEACH YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW WE CAN MANGE OUR
WASTE AND HOW DISPOSING OF IT PROPERLY CAN MAKE THE
WORLD A CLEANER PLACE.

8. Which is Which?
Trash
 Anything that does not belong in
the compost or recycling
Compost
 All natural waste (food waste,
plant waste, non-coated paper
plates and cups, compostable
silverware etc.)
 Compostable plant plastics
 NO BODILY FLUIDS (Snot, blood,
etc.)
Recycling
 Most plastics (look for a recycling sign)
 All clean, unbroken glass
 All unsoiled paper
 All metal scraps (cans & unsoiled
aluminum foil)
 NO COMPSTABLE PLASTICS!

9. What Not To Do
 Do not throw any compostable items in the trash.
 In a mixed compost pile like the municipal compost they only take
a few weeks to break down.
 In a landfill it can take over a century to break down.
 Do not put compostable items in the recycling.
 Do not put soiled plastics, metals, or glass in the recycling –
rinse them well or wash them out with water first.
 Do not put paper towels containing bodily fluids (Blood, snot,
etc.) in the compost or recycling.
 These items must be put in the trash.

10. Why Should You Participate?
 The average person generates 4.5 pounds of trash every day – about ¾ of a
ton of solid waste per year. Although the EPA estimates that 75% of solid
waste is recyclable, only about 30% is actually recycled. (Greenwaste)
 Minimize the negative impact of pollution
 Over 13% of our waste is food waste which can be composted.
 Keep millions of pounds of waste from landfills
 Composting facilities love paper towels
 Healing our planet is everyone’s responsibility. When we all take an active
roll in sustainability, we can make a big impact in our lives, our community,
and around the world.
 We cannot do it without your help.

11. Thank you, for your
time!
Questions?