Join the 2012 Run for Change! Create your profile and recruit your team today, keep the Penny Harvest going and growing in your school for years to come. Spring Madness: Roundtables are meeting across the city debating important community needs! Visit the Coaches Page for tips and tools.2011 Penny Pick-up, Check back every day to see the pennies add up! March 29 2011 Penny Harvest coach defies the impossible with her colleagues. Brooklyn P.H. coach guns for #1 Run for Change! team. March 28 2011 A Drop in the Ocean: A Conversation to Prove the Power of One NYC Middle school: why bother caring? Check out the issue of Time Magazine for Kids featuring the Penny Harvest (pdf)!
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This video was written, recorded and produced by SCAF, the high school leadership group at Common Cents.Read more about SCAF.
Floods. Droughts. Repeated storms. Animal extinction. You don’t have to be a scientist to know that climate change is serious. It’s an issue that everyone is talking about because we know that we are harming the Earth. If we keep overusing electricity, creating tons of waste, and cutting down trees, our communities and many others around the world will suffer from climate change.
By working together we can help take care of the Earth and keep it a great place to live for future generations. Want to start? Practice the 5 R’s and tell others to join you:
Refuse
Refuse to accept things that you do not need or want like an extra plastic bag at the grocery store.
Re-use
You can "reuse" materials instead of throwing them away, or pass those materials on to others who could use them too!
Reduce
Reduce the amount of waste you create.
Repair
Repairing items, rather than throwing them away, helps to reduce waste and save resources. This also uses less energy and materials than producing new goods.
Recycle
Recycling happens when you save and take reusable materials to places where they can be remade into either the same product or new products.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? There are people all around the world and right here in New York City that care about this issue too! Find out what other people in New York City are doing and how you can help take action. Below are organizations that are ready to parter with you to make grants and take action against climate change.
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