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Getting People Involved
I was thinking today while in school of a way to try and get more of the students interested in recycling and volunteering. A lot of the people I see just don't seem to want to help out I guess they either might not find it "fun" or "entertaining". Since I have been starting my garden project I was wondering maybe if I got them to help out by making interesting garden decorations out of recycled goods could be a fun way for them to get involved. I just think that maybe if I make it seem more fun more people will be willing to try and help and get involved. Maybe they will even start a garden of their own. :)
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Comment by Chris Loch on March 17, 2010 at 1:51am
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Maybe you should build a recycling bin like these this one. They have some more ideas at thefuntheory.com :-D
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
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+1 Creativity. How about giving them a cause to work towards e.g identifying a challenge/problem in your community that may be solved by students volunteering to do something? Good luck. Will read back to see how your project goes.
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Comment by Cole Tucker on March 17, 2010 at 2:31pm
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I think Shakwei makes a great point, having a concrete problem to work on that the students can see their impact could help a lot. Often problems can seem so huge that it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Emphasizing the social aspects can really get the bodies out as well. My college gardening group had trouble getting people out to do the garden chores until we came up with regular times that so many people committed to coming. The funny thing, people ended up staying for way longer than they had said they would, once they got working with the group. Regular sharing events, like potlucks, also really nourished the spirit of community.
Your idea of a garden decoration party sounds fantastic to me. My biggest lessons from the garden club were make it concrete and make it social.
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Comment by Jan Lampe on March 22, 2010 at 3:15pm
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engaging more than just a few people at once and getting them to work together will probably works best.
do you remember tom sawyer painting the garden fence white?
you might not want to take it this far, but the idea remains the same.
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