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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

The first Earth Day celebration took place last year as the follow-up to a 1st graders project involving a blog on the environment and global warming, Little grassroots http://littlegrassroots.blogspot.com/ (It is still alive thanks to this years 1st graders).

There will be many fun activities for families to enjoy:
• Come explore the Earth, inside and out, by going into a giant inflatable Earth Balloon! 
• Make a recycled bird house
• Make a recycled sculpture to take home. 
• Relax on the grass in the school garden and read a poem or book about caring for our Earth written by PS 58 student authors. 
• You may also view the first grade projects about the environment on display in the lobby. 
There will be informational booths as well:
• Learn about alternative forms of energy by visiting with Con Edison.
•  Find out more about the Gowanus Nursery, the C.S.A. and the Local Farmer’s Market.
•  You can even learn how to compost by exploring a worm bin
• Students (3rd ,4th and 5th graders) will run booths on the rainforest, oysters and water conservation.
• Eve Mosher, a New York based artist (http://evemosher.com/gallery/page/statement), will work on an art installation with second graders which will be exhibited on Earth Day.

Purchase a PS 58 reusable shopping bag to cut down on waste.  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Lifestraw (http://www.lifestraw.com), an organization that gives personal water purifiers to people in need.

Location: PS 58, Carroll School, 330 Smith Street, 11231 Brooklyn, NY
Contacts: Diana Marsh, Science Teacher: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Joan Bredthauer, Parent coordinator: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Phone: 347-563-5379