EcoLogical

FAHION SHOW!!!!

2010-12-18T01:39:00.000-08:00

tomorrow is our fashion show....I am SOOO excited!! We have a ton of peices and havve the movie theater rented! See you tomorrow at one...Homer Movie Theater

Fun Facts!

2010-10-24T15:46:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share some fun recucling facts:
-In 2000 13,500 cans were recycled every minute in California.
-One recycled tin or aluminum can can save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.
-One recycled glass bottle can power a computer for 25 minutes
-One recycled plastic bottle can power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours.
-70% less energy is used to recycle paper than to make paper from raw materials.
-80% of American trash is recycleable, but only 28% is actually recycled.
-350,000 cans are made every minute.
-Only 27% of newspapers produced in America are recycled.
-Americans use 80,000,000,000 cans every year.
Here are just a few facts, I hope they encourage you to recycle.

Future Plans!!

2010-10-24T15:15:00.000-07:00

So, today we are planning for everything we want to do in the future. We are planning a fashion show in December, and even though last year was great and it seems like it will be hard to improve, but this year it's going to be EVEN BETTER!! We also recently spoke with the Borough Assembly and are still a little starstruck from our visit to D.C.
Remember, reduce, reuse, recycle!!

TEDx EcoLogical Presentation Over view

2010-09-01T22:45:00.000-07:00

When I found out I was selected to speak at the TEDx teen event in Homer I was so excited. My family and I enjoy finding fun TED talks to share with each other. Because I am a homeschool kid we enjoy talks that have to do with education ideas, authors and kids issues. Knowing I was going to be live steamed on the internet was a bit overwhelming. I prepared my speech based on the Presidential Youth Award my friends and I had just won. The theme of the Homer TEDx event was "Sustain Us". It didn't take long to answer what sustains me - my friends! While writing my speech and selecting pictures to accompany my Power Point presentation I had one hurdle to overcome. I had to get my speech down to five minutes. Imagine my surprise when I was standing in front of the cameras with my wireless microphone speaking live to the world and I realized the timer had the clock for three minutes, instead of five. I talked fast and clipped through my presentation in record time. All in all it was a successful talk. I'm glad I did it. It was personally a great experience.

TEDx Homer this year included a separate event just for teens. The four teen organizers, myself, McKenzy Haber, Katherine Dolma and Justice Sky all had a bet on how many would attend the teen event. McKenzy won! We had 41 attendees. We picked the talks, organized an after event beach party and participated in an outdoor Grandmother Drum drumming seesion. It was the hottest day of the year and the sun shine and drumming was a great was to transition from the indoor TED event to the outdoor beach party. All in all it was an opportunity for Homer teens to watch and listen to some amazing TED talks while lounging on pillows in a beautiful, dark room. Next year we hope to have more local teens to attend. 9/10/11 is the date. It's a Saturday. See you there!
Over and Out,
Team EcoLogical, Adi Davis

Presidential Environmental Youth Award Winners

2010-05-31T12:53:00.000-07:00

Yes, EcoLogical has done it again and won another award. The Presidential Environmental Youth Award! EcoLogical gets to fly to Washington D.C to accept the award and also have the pleasure of meeting President of the United States of America.

Newspaper

2010-05-09T23:03:00.000-07:00

The EcoLogical girls have gone national! The Associated Press has recently picked up a story about the EcoLogical Girls written by the Homer Tribune. Just Google: Homer Teens Lobby for Greener Habits in School.Check 'em out!
-EcoLogical Team

EcoLogical Girls Clean up Trash

2010-05-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 1st, the EcoLogical girls cleaned up trash for their towns annual "Trash Day". We had so much fun and would like to thank anyone else who participated as well. We certainly found some odd things: An old type-writer era 1973,and an old bike era 1975.
-EcoLogical Team

Presidential Award Results!

2010-03-28T12:57:00.000-07:00

Team EcoLogical has won the Presidential Award for the Environment! EcoLogical will fly down to Washington D.C to accept the award sometime in early May. We are so excited to have won The Presidential Award, we thank the presidential award committee so much for giving Team EcoLogical this amazing opportunity!
- Team EcoLogical

Alaska Forum on the Environment

2010-03-28T12:53:00.000-07:00

Update: Team EcoLogical has been asked by the Alaska Forum on the Environment to travel up the Anchorage,Alaska and present on what we did to help better our community's environment. We are so happy to participate in something so amazing!
-Team EcoLogical

We Won!!

2010-03-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

Team Ecological would like to announce that we have been nominated-and won- the Spirit of Youth Award in Environmental Science.
Two of our team members will fly up to Anchorage and accept the award. We are so happy to have been granted the opportunity to win this award!
- Team EcoLogical

Close but no bananas

2009-12-13T18:21:00.000-08:00

While we did the best we could but unfortunately we didn't win the Eco-Challenge 1: Land and Water. Luckily there is one other challenges in the Eco-Challenge contest. EcoLogical is not sure if we are going to participate in the second challenge and/or enter in a contest called the Presidential Award. We are meeting this Tuesday to see.
Don't worry though, the EcoLogical girls are far from gone!

- Ecological Team

Schools and Trays

2009-11-19T17:33:00.000-08:00

We are hoping to hear if we won our contest really soon, but in the meantime, we will be working with other schools to get them trays, as we have has requests. So, back through the process we go...:)

Current status

2009-11-19T17:14:00.000-08:00

Hello loyal readers, this is Adi Davis back from her amazing experience at the 9th World Wilderness Congress in Merida Mexico. I had a great time and it was eye opening.
Now on to business-
The Ecological team has officially sent in our power point to the Eco-Challenge people and we are currently waiting for their announcement on the winners( fingers crossed its us)
Thanks for reading and the ecological girls will update once we now whether or not we won.
Remember: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
-Ecological Team

At the Congress

2009-11-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

Hello loyal Ecological readers! This is Adi Davis, member of the Ecological team, reporting live from Merida, Mexico at the World Wilderness Congress.The World Wilderness Congress is a congregation of people from all over the world all convening to lobby for the protection of Wilderness and other such things as...RECYCLING!!
I am writing this here on my lunch break, it is 2:22 here, and it is raining, fortunately I am in doors today.
The Morning ceremony just ended. It was absolutely amazing, a tribal leader from Brazil talked and presented a movie and gave a speech on his peoples fight to keep their 500 thousand acre part of the Amazon rain forest from being cut down and used for paper. Also a women from IUCN, an organization thats wants to protect biodiversity, talked as well and gave an over view of what needed to happen in the world so we can save its animals.
My dear friend, Mckenzy Haber also gave a 8 minuet speech on his idea of what is happening to the earth and that we have to be the young people have to be the voice to change it. Hey, thats the Ecological Girls! And wait to go Mckenzy, I can't believe to gave a speech in front of 2000 people. WOW!
Tonight, the Congress will be visited by the Mexican President, which I am looking foreword to.
I have to go back to the sessions right now. Over and Out!
Sincerely,
Adi Davis
PS< Ecological Girls, how is the power point doing. Sorry I couldn't be their to help.

Hey Freinds!!!

2009-11-04T18:32:00.000-08:00

Hi, every one, we were just wanting to let all fans and followers and freinds to know that the PowerPoint is coming along nicely...we are so syched to turn it in, with a zero percent doubt about winning. I'm very optimistic, but, if you'll kindly turn your attention to our results, you will see why:
*half of the trrash (CELEBRATIONS!!)
* More plastic, less styrofoam
*More recycling personally
*TIN BIN is IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(woohoo!!:)
Please email us with suggestions and ideas 1ecological.team@gmail.com
THANKYOU, LOVE, and
REUSE, REDUCE, and RECYCLE!!!!
EcoGirl 818

The Night Before

2009-10-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

This is Adi Davis reporting live from Orange Country, California. It is the day before I leave for Mexico, this is the last day I will be in the US for a whole three weeks. Hasta La Vista! I will continue my reports on the WORLD WILDERNESS CONGRESS on a later date, Good Night and Good Luck. Over and Out
Sincerely,
Adi Davis, member of the Team EcoLogical

Hello EcoLogical Fans :)!!!!

2009-10-29T14:21:00.000-07:00

-/How are your recycling goals going? We're going good.... working on our PowerPoint, seven days until our contest is over. We have some new youTubes out....go look at them, they're great. Thanks to Sunrise, she is a beautiful singer, and a lovely teacher. We were priveleged to work with her, and she was very kind to us, she sang Ivan, I am to us. It sounded lovely, along with What Can We Give The Earth, a beautiful song she taught us, and it was inspired by her son. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Sunrise!!!!!!! Also, special thanks to to Homer News, Homer Tribune (Check us out on their sites), Cosmic Kitchen for their generous donations, and The Fringe for their lovely designs and tips, Homer Jeans, Boys and Girls Club, and other participants in our Fashion Show. Another extra special thanks to Nina, our own personal YouTube guru... Also, thanks to all of our fans who follow us and came to our show!!!!

Zero Waste All The Way,
EcoLogical Girls!!
P.S. Reduce, Recycle, andd Reuse(it's FUN!)

Fashion Show Success

2009-10-27T13:22:00.000-07:00

Hello, we had a very successful fashion show on October 24 2009. There was over a hundred people in attendance and we had 29 models. It was great turn out! I would like to Thank Island and Oceans Visitor Center for letting us use their space as well as all of those wonderful designers and models, you guys where amazing!

We had the fashion show on International Day of Climate Action! Over 180 countries participated in most widespread day of environmental action!

The Fashion show was intended to promote recycling. The Ecological team is working toward a zero waste world! We challenge you to use only one trash bag a week,two of our five team members have taken up the challenge. Can you?

Also at our next meeting we will be taught a song by Jewel's Aunt Sunrise Sjorberg! How cool is that?

Watch our you tube account 1ecological for a link to the you tube of the fashion show and a you tube on how to get plastic trays at your school in 10 days.

If you want to see the photos of the fashion show, click on the link below to Homer News,http://spotted.homernews.com/photos/index.php?id=1533808

- Ecological Team

NEWS

2009-10-19T19:02:00.000-07:00

Today we were interviewed by the Homer News and also got to have a tour of Islands and Oceans Visitors Center
Did you know they recycle 84% of their waste?
The US makes up 5% of the Worlds population and uses 25% of its resources, isn't that sad?

FASHION SHOW!!

2009-10-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Ecological will be hosting a Fashion Show October 24th 1:00 pm at Island and Oceans Visitor Center! Enter your own designs or just come and watch!

For more information email 1ecological.team@gmail.com

- Ecological Team

The Radio

2009-10-13T19:43:00.001-07:00

The EcoLogical team was interviewed by KBBI Monday afternoon, and will be on air talking about our project Tuesday night and Wednesday evening. Don't miss it!

Twitter

2009-10-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

Hey check us out on twitter-http://twitter.com/1Ecological

Tin is IN!!!!

2009-10-13T14:12:00.001-07:00

At the Homer Waste Management they have officially added tin under thing that can be recycled. We made a call asking why they didn't have tin under recyclable and now, after our recommendation, they Do!!!

- Ecological Team

The Trays are here!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-13T14:04:00.000-07:00

After only 10 days Homer Middle School as recyclable plastic trays! How cool is that?

Ecological, in only ten days, have managed to get recyclable trays in Homer Middle Schools lunch room, our next step is to host a recyclable Fashion Show ( I will update when we have it all figured out).

--Ecological Team.

Notice! Notice!

2009-10-07T18:46:00.001-07:00

The Eco-Team is hoping that you will be able to make it to one of our fundraisers to help our school: A Recycle Fashion Show. We will be hoping that everyone can make it, and we were also hoping that you could enter in our show. Email 1ecological.team@gmail.com for info.
Thankya!!

Facebook

2009-10-07T14:58:00.000-07:00

Hey guys check out our facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anchorage-AK/The-EcoLogical-Team/154959425876

Six days down, 29 to go.

2009-10-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

Hey, so we have done a ton in our six days of being the team of EcoLogical and we have 29 more to go until our power point presentation is due to Eco-Challenge people.

In six days we have-

Achieved our school board approval to go foreword with getting recyclable lunch in our school. We had to go in front of the whole school board,and like 30 other people who were attending the meeting and give a speech. So scary!
Apparently we made an impression on them because the president of the borough assembly actually sent letter to the mayor about us! How cool is that?
We also got our local waste management recycling plant to add tin to their list of things recyclable. Wow thats like three things in six days!
Also we created a blog(duh, your reading from it!) and a you tube account, also a Facebook! the internet is such a easy way to spread information! Imagine the people who tried to make a difference back in the old days.( Shudders!)
We also have in the works a fashion show/costume party, guess what the theme is?
REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE!!! Its still in the works so where not sure on the time, day, etc... but when we do know we'll certainly post it here!
Oh! And I almost forgot! We also talked to our local school site council and they were completely for us! Now all we have to do is implement our plan a little more.

We just had a meeting so my job to post all of this..

Hasta luego! ( See you later in Spanish)

- EcoLogical Team ( While one of them)

The EcoLogical Team has arrived!

2009-10-06T19:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the EcoLogical blog!

It was made by a group of students in Alaska, who are doing there best to help change the world, one tray at a time. Syd, Adi, Han, Tay, and Kat are the students. Bre is the advisor.

We are doing the Lexus Eco Challenge: Land/Water for 2009. Our idea is to 1st, eliminate styrofoam trays from our schools to cut down on our trash. 2nd, we are planning on doing a recycled fashion show to spread the word about reducing, reusing, and recycling. 3rd, we want to plant more recycling bins around our general area.

We started with our local middle school's styrofoam trays. We went to the School Board and proposed that we use either stainless steel trays or plastic trays to reduce our annual trash load. We also did a presentation to the Site Council at the middle school proposing the same thing. Both groups were willing to let us continue down the road with our mission.

We are also planning a recycling fashion show. Details to come. =)

How you can help

2009-10-05T23:28:00.000-07:00

EcoLogical

How You can Help

There are two easy ways to recycle:

1. Don't throw away plastic bottles in your own home, create a seperate area for plastic, paper (newspaper, computer), and cardboard

2. Instead of buying plastic bags at your local grocery store, bring a normal cotton bag of your choice instead

By implementing these things in your daily life cycle you can be contributing a lot to how you affect the planets environment.

- EcoLogical Team

EcoLogical: How we are Helping

2009-10-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

"We at EcoLogical wish to impart the knowlege on how you can help save the Earth, one recyclable plastic bottle at a time"

- The EcoLogical Team

What are we doing to help?

We at EcoLogical are trying to get reusable, biodegradable, lunch trays at our school. Every day at our school we use 100 Styrofoam trays, thats 18,000 a year, imagine how that could help fill up a landfill!

We are also trying to get better, more, recycle trash cans in our school.