Day Two at JC 2012

We started early this morning with a work project at the Garden of Tomorrow in south Phoenix.  Darren Chapman, the founder of Tiger Mountain Foundation, talked to the campers about how the garden serves the community as a gathering place and as a source for fresh produce.  He challenged the campers to live epic lives.  We pulled lots of weeds from the garden beds.

We continued our look at the environment with a presentation about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle).  Do you know which one has the most impact?  Thanks to Keep Phoenix Beautiful for arranging our garden project and for the presentation.

To show how quickly plastic bags can add up to a large amount of trash, we built trash bag monsters.

Shawna McKinley, the GA Sustainability Consultant, shared the efforts to reduce the environmental impact of GA.  Who remembers the significance of 160 bottles of water and of 300 M&Ms?

We visited the trash sorting station in the Exhibit Hall and went on a water scavenger hunt, recording the different ways we use water.