Sustainable Kids: Holiday Edition

This is a collaborative offering between Green Iowa AmeriCorps and the Oneota Co-op Kitchen Classroom and is focused on 3rd and 4th-grade students (though students in other grades are also welcome to join).

This after-school program is composed of three class sessions, centered around teaching kids ways in which they can practice sustainable living, specifically around the holidays. We will discuss recycling and decorate our own recyclable wrapping paper, reuse old light bulbs to make holiday ornaments, and create ornaments from salt dough. This helps teach students to reuse rather than throw away, and to make their own decorations rather than buying new items made from plastics and other non-renewable materials. A walking school bus will be available from Carrie Lee to the Classroom for all three evenings. Parents, please indicate whether your child will be joining the walking school bus when you register.

This is a hands-on class lead by Gracie Engle and the Green Iowa AmeriCorps team, and is free of charge with a limit of 20 participants. Call 563-382-4666, or register online at http://oneotacoop.com/education-events/to reserve your seat.