St. Anthony School Green Club
Any student in the 4th through 8th grade can join the Green Club. The mission of the club is to help the St. Anthony community practice good stewardship for the school, Hawaii, and the planet. The club helps with the recycling program at school and participates in local beach clean ups throughout the year. The first project this school year was helping out at the first Kailua Full Moon Concert Series. Students educated the community about how to responsibly separate their waste. We had a station set up for compost, recycling, rubbish, and even bottle caps. The Green Club helped divert over 60% of the waste from the landfills. We are looking forward to the next community concert on September 28th. Also, we will be at the largest beach clean up in Kailua history on September 15th (see below).
Hosting Low Impact Events: The Harvest Festival
The Green Club wanted to help out by encouraging a low waste event. There was a water station where attendees could fill up their reusable water bottles. There also was a place for compost, rubbish, and recycling that the students managed. At the end of the evening we weighed all the rubbish and recycling. We did not have much compost because most of the food had meat and dairy in the scraps. But we managed to divert most of the recyclables from the rubbish.
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The first project this school year was helping out at the first Kailua Full Moon Concert Series. Students educated the community about how to responsibly separate their waste. We had a station set up for compost, recycling, rubbish, and even bottle caps. The Green Club helped divert over 60% of the waste from the landfills. We are looking forward to the next community concert on September 28th. Also, we will be at the largest beach clean up in Kailua history on September 15th (see below).
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Kailua Full Moon Concert Series
The Green Club volunteered for the 2nd concert held at the Kailua District Park and sponsored by the Kailua Chamber of Commerce. This community event was a low impact success with a free bike valet, free water, and the opportunity to compost and recycle. We had volunteers from Brownie Troop 92, Le Jardin Academy, Sustainable Coastlines, and St. Anthony School. We had 99 lbs of rubbish, 99 lbs of compost, and 66 lbs of recyclables.
Beach Clean Up September 15th!
This was the largest clean up in Kailua history! SAS Green Club represented the Kaapuni Beach Access to help sign people up.
Next Beach Clean Up April 15th
April Beach Clean Up with Surfrider FoundationSunday, April 15th 9:30am – 12pm Kailua Beach Park · Join us for a clean-up, lunch, and raffle with prizes from local sponsors like Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks, Unlucky HI, Global Village, and Ocean Devotion. Lunch will be sponsored by UH Net Impact.· Meet at the first Kailua Beach Park entrance, behind Kalapawai Market · What to bring: sunscreen, hat, work gloves, old colanders, water bottles. Bring any plastic grocery bags you have to give them a second life as trash bags. We'll have some food, but more to share is always welcome. We'll have coolers and other supplies.Visit Plastic Free Kailua for more information.
Earth Day Beach Clean Up April 22nd
Earth Day Clean Up and Event with Sustainable Coastlines
Sunday, April 22nd
9:30am - through the afternoon
Makapu'u Beach and Sea Life Park
· Join us for a clean-up, food, raffle, live music, NGO booths, and more!We'll be manning the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and Plastic Free Hawaii booth so please stop by. Go to http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ for mor information
Sunday, April 22nd
9:30am - through the afternoon
Makapu'u Beach and Sea Life Park
· Join us for a clean-up, food, raffle, live music, NGO booths, and more!We'll be manning the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and Plastic Free Hawaii booth so please stop by. Go to http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ for mor information
Beach Clean Up December 3rd
Join us for the clean up at 10am as well as the trash weigh-in and a low-impact potluck lunch at 12. Meet near the Canoe House, Main Parking Lot, East of Buzz’s Restaurant.
There will be a raffle with prizes from local sponsors Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks, Muumuu Heaven, Global Village, and Tiki Master.
What to bring: sunscreen, hat, work gloves, old colanders, water bottles, friends, and a great attitude! Bring any plastic grocery bags you have to give them a second life as trash bags. If your interested, also bring a low-impact lunch box or food to share. That means reusable plates and utensils too. There will be coolers and other supplies.
There will be a raffle with prizes from local sponsors Kailua Sailboards and Kayaks, Muumuu Heaven, Global Village, and Tiki Master.
What to bring: sunscreen, hat, work gloves, old colanders, water bottles, friends, and a great attitude! Bring any plastic grocery bags you have to give them a second life as trash bags. If your interested, also bring a low-impact lunch box or food to share. That means reusable plates and utensils too. There will be coolers and other supplies.
Waste Free School
During a school wide assembly The Green Club shared tips on how to be a waste free school. Click here to see the Prezi presentation.
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Blue Planet's Bulb Blitz!
October is National Energy Awareness Month, and Blue Planet Foundation aims to replace 100,000 incandescent bulbs with energy-saving CFLs this month with your help! Blue Planet will reward SAS $0.40 for every bulb exchanged. Exchanging 100,000 CFLs will save Hawaii residents more than 14 million on their electricity bills, displacing 81,000 barrels of oil and 40,000 tons of carbon pollution. To learn more about the program go to click here. During the month of October bring your incandescent bulbs to SAS before or after school and receive a free CFL bulb! If exchanging less than four bulbs, please bring a small container for your bulbs. Some suggestions are small milk cartons or a to-go-cup with a lid. Also, The Green Club will have a station set up at the Fall Festival on October 14th to exchange bulbs and all the Saturday and Sunday Masses on October 15 and 16th. The bulbs are free and equivalent to a 60 watt bulb. We have 1,000 bulbs ready for exchange! Email egarrison@saskailua.org with any questions.
Green Your Halloween- Tips from Kokua Hawaii Foundation
Green Your Halloween with healthy treats, homemade/reused costumes, and family fun!
On November 1st from 3:00 - 6:00 PM, bring your candy and trade it for sports equipment at Dr. Micaire Baxter's office at 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 605. For more information, call Dr. Baxter's office at 521-9686.
- Give out packets of nuts or dried fruit instead of high-sugar, artificially flavored candies
- Purchase costumes from second hand stores or make your own before buying new
- Host a Costume Swap at your school, community center or business. Check out www.greenhalloween.org for ideas.
- Donate old costumes to second hand stores or create a costume box for your keiki or classroom after Halloween.
On November 1st from 3:00 - 6:00 PM, bring your candy and trade it for sports equipment at Dr. Micaire Baxter's office at 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 605. For more information, call Dr. Baxter's office at 521-9686.
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Beach Clean Up for Ocean Conservancy Day
Kailua Beach Clean Up Sept 17. This was a great event. There were many students and parents at the clean up. There was a trash tally and a low-impact potluck lunch. There were also raffle prizes from local partners such as Whole Foods, Muumuu Heaven, and Global Village! Thanks to all that attended and brought yummy food.
Where: Kailua Beach Park, 450 Kawailoa Road For more info on Plastic Free Hawaii click here For info on The Ocean Conservancy Click here for safety rules for beach clean ups |
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Waste Free Lunches
The Green Club began the school year promoting waste free lunches. At Parent Orientation students went to each classroom and demonstrated to the parents how to pack a waste free lunch. Click here to learn more about waste free lunches. To view or download the Healthy & Waste-Free Lunches Resource Guide click here.
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Third Grade Vermiculture
What in the world is vermiculture? Third graders are now the school experts in WORM COMPOSTING (aka vermiculture). Thanks to grant monies from The Kokua Hawaii Foundation and Kaneohe Marine Corps Officers’ Spouses’ Club, 3rd graders were treated to a visit by Waikiki Worm Company founder Mindy Jaffe. She taught us the 3Ds of worm care: dark, damp, and dinner. With daily watering and weekly feeding of school lunch leftovers, our Perionyx Excavatusworms will work well. Worm ‘juice’ and poop (vermicasts) will be added to the school garden plots tended by 3rd and 7th graders. Vermiculture helps our school gardens by handling waste and creating compost. We’re on our way to making our school greener and cleaner!
2011 Punahou Sustainability Fair
The St. Anthony School Green Club was recognized by the Kokua Hawaii Foundation for having an outstanding Kokua Earth Action Project (K.E.A.P.) The reward was an invitation to the Punahou Sustainability Fair. This event gathers students, teachers, families and numerous local businesses and community organizations to share their resources and expertise. The goal of the Sustainability Fair is to increase awareness about living sustainably and to celebrate curricular projects generated around this theme through information booths, food tastings, live music, educational activities and more. Click here to learn more about this event.
 Dylan receiving the K.E.A.P. award from Dexter of Kokua Hawaii Foundation |
 An attendee watching The SAS Green Club video on an iPad. The Green Club had a booth that explained their mission through visuals and technology. |
Green Club Video
Students created this video about the SAS Green Club. Enjoy!
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Global Awareness Night
How can we become global citizens and thinkers? How can we help planet earth…our home? These were the questions that drove this culminating project. With the help of the art, music, and computer teachers each grade level started working on their global projects. The environmental learning began with a beach clean-up. After the clean up the students recorded earth day songs for a CD. There were also individual projects completed among grades. Projects included growing basil for pesto, making paper, flower pressing from their garden and reusing plastic bottles into vases, writing earth poetry and attaching it to paper mache globes. Also students researched how long it takes for frequently thrown away lunch items to decompose. Fundraising for Heifer Organization was done while learning about sustainability. Invitations were made on recycled paper while asking the parents to walk, ride bikes, and carpool to event. Students displayed their projects at a Global Awareness Night behind the classrooms where the gardens are located. The Pre-Kindergartners also had their recycle city on display and the SAS Green Club was in attendance. Click here to go to the Global Awareness Night page where there are pictures and video of this project.
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