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Originally Posted by Dan Swando
So I repeat: What are you going to do to make your robotics team more enviro-friendly?
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1. Team 1511 (Rolling Thunder) participated in their towns annual clean-up day and eco-fair which was near Earth Day 2007. A crew went out and picked up litter from an entrance ramp to a local highway. They were convinced that along with the normal roadside trash, they collected enough auto parts to build an entire car (Jeep Cherokee was the choice I think.)
2. The Ladies of Team 1511 in their "Project Girl Wrench" Program selected Storm Water drain painting as a community service project. They learned how to identify the storm drains and paint them to remind the public that storm drains are for storm water only!
3. Rolling Thunder also has a mentor to promote environment-friendly behavior. That would be me, an environmental engineer by degree and certification. But they don't really need mentors to tell them what to do when it comes to energy conservation, recycling and basic environmental protection. They learn it at home, at school, and in their communities. Sometimes I think we need to get out of the next generation's way and let them show us the solutions to the problems we are just standing on our soapboxes and preaching about. [climbs off soapbox...]