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...
I LOVE this! They take away tons of would be thrown out food and denote it to communities that need that food. Its available in 48 states and 100% free. How it works is the website hooks up with businesses that have extra food (that normally would go in the trash) with the communities that need food through an online platform. Heres a video on how it works. Video http://www.meansdatabase.com/
We're looking for companies, community organizations, scout groups, school groups, or families to work with our garden team to adopt and care for a garden bed in the park. This is a flexible and rewarding way to build a sense of community, learn more about native plant species, and help us keep our gardens looking great year-round! Contact Ali Greenwell at ali greenwell for more information.
Comments
Post a Comment