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Mini-Grant#: 12-03 Oakland School for the Arts Visual Art Department,Artists Do it with Less Landfill,
<br /> Oakland,West County,$1,800.00-Funds from this project will be used to promote waste prevention and landfill
<br /> diversion. Students in grades 9-12 will investigate the waste stream in the Visual Art Department by auditing a sample of
<br /> trash cans;identify a waste challenge(recyclables in the garbage,too much wasted paper,etc.)organize a waste reduction
<br /> campaign specific to their department and then report on their results to school administration as a model for organizing a
<br /> school-wide waste reduction effort. Visual Arts students will also conduct a school-wide peer education campaign with
<br /> incentives for student participation in suggesting waste reduction strategies.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-04 Oakland School for the Arts Visual Art Department,Carry the Message,Oakland,West
<br /> County,$1,500.00-Funds from this project will be used to implement a silk screening art project promoting reduced
<br /> consumption practices via images and messages printed on reusable canvas bags.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-05 Oakland School for the Arts Visual Art Department,Reducing the Cardboard Footprint,
<br /> Oakland,West County,$1,500.00-Funds from this project will be used to implement a cardboard recycling art project
<br /> reusing flattened cardboard boxes to make over life-sized(high school students)and smaller(middle school students)
<br /> permanent sculptures for sale and display.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-06 Oakland School for the Arts Visual Art Department,Learning Resource Recovery at the
<br /> Dump,Oakland,West County,$1,500.00-Funds from this grant will be used for a Recology field trip for
<br /> I1'h and 12th grade students.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-07 St.Michael's School,Garbology 101,Livermore,East County,$2,536.71-Funds from this
<br /> grant will allow St.Michael's School to build 6 wood waste/recycling areas on campus. These stations would be on
<br /> wheels for easy transport to dumpsters and for relocating around campus when there is a special event. In addition night
<br /> time office cleaning crew staff and those that use the campus on weekends and during summer break will be educated on
<br /> the importance of recycling and eliminating waste.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-08 Livermore High School,Livermore High School Slim Jim Recycling,Livermore,East
<br /> County,$720.00-Funds from this grant would be used to purchase Slim Jim recycling containers and place them
<br /> throughout the Livermore High School campus and classrooms.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-09 Amador Valley High School,"2 Know"and"Me First"System Expansion,Pleasanton,East
<br /> County,$599.71-Funds from this grant will help to scale educational technology to accommodate increased class sizes,
<br /> specifically, a set of Me First Classroom Buzzers and an expansion of our already existing 2Know Renaissance
<br /> Responder set.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-10 Village High School,Using Food Wastes Effectively,Pleasanton,East County,$3,000.00—
<br /> Funds from this grant will be used to create a food scraping service linked with the schools daily lunch program.The
<br /> refuse will be combined with the schools garden compost to enhance the garden and its numerous planting beds. From
<br /> this
<br /> students will gain awareness of where wastes go and how they can be productively collected for useful purposes.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-11 Ski11sUSA CSI Chapter#214MVROP,MVRPO R's,Fremont,West County,$2,741.31-Funds
<br /> from this grant will be used to collect food waste,construct and maintain a composting facility and worm culture
<br /> producing a work product for gardening. The actual composting facility is to be designed and built by the Construction
<br /> Technology classes and initial compost and worm casting enhancement utilized by the Culinary Arts Green Academy for
<br /> their produce gardening.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-12 City of Livermore,Operation Green Screen,Livermore,East County,$2,000.00-Funds from
<br /> this grant will be used to fund Operation Green Screen,the showing of films tri-annually free of charge to the general
<br /> public,providing awareness on environmental issues such as waste prevention and recycling.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-13 Sadie Weinberger,Food Waste Reduction and Nutrition in the Alameda Food Bank,
<br /> Alameda,West County,$3,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to create a recipe database whereby recipients of
<br /> food bank products can make use of all their ingredients in the most economical,time-efficient,and healthy way. This
<br /> project will significantly reduce the amount of food wasted by food bank constituents. Also a website will be created
<br /> wherein users can find a list of recipes by using a search tool that searches by ingredients.
<br /> Mini-Grant#: 12-14 Joe Mitchell School,Recycle/Reuse Mylar,Livermore,East County,$2,655.99-Funds from
<br /> this project will be used to collect Mylar juice pouches and snack bags from the school,bags will be cleaned and stitched
<br /> together to make useable items that will then be donated. Classes will be offered to students including those with special
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