Today our group went to The Green Project, where we took an informative tour led by Erin, the project manager. While we were there we learned about the importance of reduce, reuse and recycle and how that played in with the local community. The Green Project is a warehouse and store open to the public for them to shop and donate to their household items; ranging from sinks, doors, and toilets down to lightbulbs, mirrors and anything else you could think of. After the tour, we split off into small groups. Each group had a different team name and were able to invent their own paint color. Erin explained the many steps for us to be able to recycle and mix the old paint. We scraped, poured, and mixed our final paints together. Afterwards, we all went outside and sorted through the rest of the donated paint which we then placed inside their respective cages. When we headed back home, we helped set up a Common Ground Dinner party with other non profit organizations that are affiliated with Common Ground.
~ Maya De Santiago, Josephine Holmes, and Riley Gamburg
