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It's time for the next NYC School Recycling Action Committee meeting!

Who: Anyone interested in recycling in NYC K-12 schools.

What: Networking, trouble-shooting recycling programs in our schools, creating curriculum and planning events leading up to and during Earth Week, and discussion on how to impact NYC school recycling systems. (If you're interested in facilitating a discussion on these topics or another topic, please let us know!)

Where: Prospect Park YMCA, 357 Ninth Street Brooklyn, NY (btwn 5th and 6th Ave.)

When: January 11th from 6 to 8 p.m. (We couldn't reserve it earlier. Don't fret, we'll have snacks! There are also lots of yummy restaurants and awesome bars around.)

Why: Most NYC K-12 schools are not recycling and there's A LOT we can do about it.  Plus, you can win cool door prizes!

How: Take the M, R to 9th St.-4th Ave. or the F to 7th.

RSVP to coquille@houshour.com or mathjosi@hotmail.com. We look forward to seeing you!

Our first meeting to discuss School Recycling Action:

Friday, November 9 at 7pm
Village Pour House (East Village)
3rd Ave and 11th Street

We'd like to discuss:
1. Contacting the media. I sent the attached op-ed to the NY Post. I'd like to mass distribute it to the media and start a letter writing campaign about this issue.

2. How to start a school recycling program and the issues surrounding it.

3. Vision of school recycling. How should it ideally run. Maybe a non-profit group will need to be formed in order to educate students and staff and set up a system in each school.

4. Any other ideas? What other actions should we take to raise awareness and solve this tremendous problem.

Hope you can make it... please write to me to let me know if we should expect you at the meeting and any questions or concerns you have and like to talk about at the meeting at mathjosi@yahoo.com. Also please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested.

Thanks,
Micki Josi

PS. Read the NY Post's article on the NYC school recycling problem.