Lawn clippings–America Recycles Day

Several U.Va. groups will hold a lawn party Wed. 14 Nov., but it is not the usual soiree. Instead folks will promote recycling. According to a U.Va. press release there will be something for lots of folks.

Activities will include a “dumpster dive,” in which students empty out a large trash receptacle on the Lawn to demonstrate how many discarded items could have been recycled. Last fall, students found that about 50 percent of the material in a selected receptacle could have been recycled.

The University recycled about 4,882 tons of metals, glass, plastics and paper in 2006.

Link to the press release, the main U.Va. recycling Web site. Also, see U.Va.’s University Environmental Coalition and Conservation Advocay Program as well as the broader Student Environmental Action Coalition and Recycle Mania.

Consortium to Prevent School Violence

I’m proud to be affiliated with a new effort to prevent violence in schools. It’s the Consortium to Prevent School Violence and you can learn more about it by visiting its just-launched Web site.