Growing Louisville Green

Friday, Nov 23, 2012 Six Locations in Louisville The concept is simple:  some people have a coat they don't need, and some people need a coat they don't have.  On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, we bring the two together to make a difference in many lives. Green Building 732 E. Market St. Schmitt's Florist 5050 Poplar Level Rd. St. Paul AME Church 11518 South 28th St. Mary Queen Catholic Church , (St.Helens Campus) 4005 Dixie Highway Westport Baptist Church 9705 Westport Rd. Save-A-Lot Food Store 4148 Taylor Rd

C ommunity Green Projects Metro Parks and Recreation : Project Volunteer offers finding group project for one day that needs volunteers.  Contact the Metro parks Volunteer Office at  456-8156 for more information or to schedule a day for your group. Habitat Restoration Project ( BioBlitz! Presented by National Geographic (a 24 hour event that brings students & teachers interested in ecological science together to identify as many local species as possible. This information is used by scientists to see if the organisms are increasing or decreasing in your neighborhood.) C reate a Bicycle Repair And Education Workshop Park & River Clean-Ups (  Living Land & Waters & Brightside   ) Gardening : Planting Native Species, Removing Invasive Species, Make Composts, Plant Rain Gardens, Install Rain Barrels Recycling Programs (including motor oil & antifreeze, Southwest Government Staffed Recycling Center located at 7219 Dixie Highway)

The Five Stages of Service-Learning Stage 1: Find Out —> Investigate: Begin the service-learning process by asking, “What resources do we have in our group? What are our skills and talents?” Then do some investigating about your community needs to find out a local problem that you can help solve, and in this case, to clean up. Stage 2: Dive In —> Prepare: What do you need to know to be well informed about the topic? Finding out can involve other people and organizations, reading newspapers or watching a video, and brainstorming ideas. Get yourself into “action teams” that set the ideas into motion. All this planning leads to . . . Stage 3: Get Going —> Act: Set your plan in motion! Remember that action is the total of many small parts of a well-designed plan. The action can be direct (picking up trash at the beach), indirect (setting up trash containers so others will dispose of their trash properly), advocacy (making radio adds to promote recycl