Be Smart CoalitionKrystel Wilburn

Environmental to Geography

Service Learning Project

What is the Be Smart Coalition?

• The Be Smart Coalition is an organization that focuses on waste reduction. From little things such as, using paper more

wisely, to recycling correctly. This aspects saves money, resources, reduce pollution,

and save landfill space!

Changes They Are Implementing!

• The Be Smart Coalition is a partnership of local communities, state agencies, non-profit and environmental organizations, and businesses dedicated to reducing waste and fostering sustainability in

Wisconsin.

My ProjectChristian Love Child Care

•I decided to work with a daycare facility and teach the children how to recycle and save resources

• Helping the owner save money, time, and energy as well!

Calculating Bills

•Took a Look at Grocery Bills.

•Talked about ways to save when going Grocery

Shopping, and buying supplies for the children

and staff.

The Learning Process

•I started by teaching the children how to recycle

•We did projects such as

recycling •I showed the staff better ways to save Art supplies and turn other recyclable

items into projects

Limitations Limitations

There were factors that limited the staff and I to save resources.

There are local laws the prohibit day care facilities to

take certain actions because it endangers the health of the

children

Results Results

After a month the After a month the owner and I sat owner and I sat down and look at down and look at the grocery bills the grocery bills and compared and compared them. The grocery them. The grocery bill decreased bill decreased about 75 dollars, about 75 dollars, and the amount of and the amount of garbage garbage decreased decreased

The Staff and The Staff and children now use children now use three recycling three recycling bins, they turn bins, they turn items such as items such as boxes into other boxes into other projects, the staff projects, the staff gives out small gives out small portions of art portions of art supplies and if the supplies and if the children need children need more then they more then they give them more. give them more.

Results Results

The owner trains The owner trains other providers other providers and now one of and now one of her seminars her seminars include ways the include ways the save as a provider save as a provider and to reduce and to reduce waste!waste!

I asked the I asked the parents of the parents of the children if their children if their children talked to children talked to them about the them about the recycling and recycling and many of them said many of them said their children their children came excited and came excited and wanted to recycle wanted to recycle at home!at home!

On A Local Scale

• This specific project can only be done on a local level. Meaning that each day care facility in Milwaukee would find better ways the recycle and reduce waste on their own. A better way to implement this idea of reducing waste is to make it a mandatory requirement that each day care facility must recycles such as have three bins in the day cares.

• As well as the children bringing it to their parents attentions and getting other family members to join them in recycling and saving natural resources.

• Many Day Cares get a lot of their supplies shipped to their facility. Shipping creates pollution and most of the

garbage that comes from the day cares just like any person’s garbage goes into landfills. The more garbage,

the more landfills will be needed. Usually landfills are not to far from urban communities. Most people don’t

want landfills by their homes, meaning the these landfills are placed in areas where there are the least

amount of resources and influence. Making the value of the community worse and they are typically placed in

urban areas. The Be Smart Coalition is trying to reduce these things from happening. Projects like mines may

seem little but will help in the long run.

Inequalities

Summary

• I enjoyed working with the children and staff and teaching them how to save natural resources and recycle.