We do the usual stuff like recycling as much as possible. We do river and lake cleanups with RiversAlive and Keep Cobb Beautiful.
The title of our safety captain has been changed to Director, Environmental, Health, Safety or EHS. It reflects the trend in industry and we just mimic that role. Our EHS Director is also a student member of the board of directors of KCB for the 3rd year now. We have a senior as EHS director and they also apply for the KCB board member job. It is a great way to get plugged into the network of like minded people.
The coolest project we have done is building 'Corky' the trash scooping robot. Corky is one of the ways we tell the public how the students of the FIRST Robotics Competition are applying their skills and knowledge.
A lot of things have come to the table because of Corky. We have been on television several times and I don't know how many local print media pieces.
People send us money. You can think of it as a silent moneymaker. It really changes the dynamics of team fundraising.
This winter there will be an article in the ASME magazine Mechanical Engineering and the boatbuilding magazine Epoxyworks. We have a coloring book coming out.
It drives an art contest for 3rd graders that we do state wide every year. We ask 3rd grade students to help us design a robot to cleanup the water. The little kids love it and they get to win tickets to the Georgia Aquarium.
Recently we got to do a presentation with it along side Phillippe Cousteau and Discovery Education. They thought it was just too cool.
In the beginning there was Bambi and as Walt Disney once said "One thing led to another........."
Maybe one day we will get to the point of having a Corky plush doll !
Being green is cool. Having fun while doing it is even cooler.
video here
Ed