What is the secret to a Winning Pinewood Derby Car?

A winning Pinewood Derby Car is one built by a child learning how to Do-It-Yourself  with self reliance.

Parents who encourage their Scouts to Do-It-Yourself and build a smart handmade Pinewood Derby Car better lead go green learning experiences.  When your child makes it an eco-friendly smart car they model the importance of saving our planet with sustainable fuels.  Greensun is invited to attend the Thomaston Scouts Pinewood Derby in February. Instructions for fast Pinewood cars encourage saving our planet using smart eco-friendly aerodynamics, weight, balance and velocity for auto design.

Pinewood Derby Car weight compartment - More DIY How To Projects

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Sign up to Watch the Chill Out Webcast April 15!

The National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology® program promotes climate leadership and sustainability among colleges and universities by providing resources and technical support, creating networking opportunities and organizing education events.

Here is the link to get active in National Wildlife’s Campus Ecology program.

Here is the link to National Wildlife’s Blog on climate.

“Maybe your campus is just learning about recycling. Or maybe your university is leading the way in green construction. Whatever your level, the Campus Ecology program has been helping individuals and campuses address sustainability and climate change since 1989. And our members have been making a difference. We have the stories to prove it.” National Wildlife Federation

Sign Up to Certify your backyard or schoolyard as a NWF Habitat. You can do this online.

Greensun is a National Wildlife Federation Fan.

“The National Teach-In is one week away…” February 5, 2009

Total Time required to set up the basic teach-in: 7 hours. click here for model.

Here are posters and books available for downloading.

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February is National Bird Feeding Month.  Invite songbirds into your life and protect their habitat during National Bird Feeding Month.

Make a recycled bird house feeder from an empty milk carton here.

Here’s an easy Precycle Shopping List

Precycle by purchasing products in materials/packaging that can be readily recycled. Flashy and fun packaging costs more, usually adds little or no value to the product, and (worst of all!) can do considerable harm to our environment by creating more waste or waste disposal difficulties. So whenever you have a choice, put plain and recyclable packages high on your list to reduce packaging waste in our environment.

Ranger Rick is working to take care of wild baby animals. Join his efforts in caregiving. An eco-friendly environment is vital for healthy baby wildlife. Bamboo is one of National Wildlife Federation’s wild baby animals in need of a healthy planet.

It’s their planet too. Adopt online here.

Click on the pictures for  links.

Downloadable Ecobrain Books

“All content on EcoBrain is in downloadable, digital format, so you can buy green with zero use of forest-pulping paper and only a minimal amount of expended energy.”

How to Make a Capri Sun Purse

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Don’t throw away those old Capri-Sun packets! You can use them to make a nice purse for yourself.

Steps

1. Buy two boxes of Capri Sun drink pouches and drink them.
2. Remove the excess liquid from the pouches. Get a dish towel and a rolling pin. Place the towel on a table and put the drink pouch on top of it. Roll the drink pouch flat like you would pizza dough. You need to drink and flatten out approximately 27 pouches.
3. Piece together the pattern of the purse. With a sewing machine, sew four pouches with the bottom of the pouch to the top of another pouch. This will be the bottom of the purse.
4. Sew three pouches together side by side. Repeat that step for the other side of the purse. The picture above used 3 by 3 pouches for the sides, but you can have virtually as many or as few as you want
5. Sew each side to the middle two pieces of the bottom.
6. Bend the end pieces of the bottom up to meet the sides of the purse. Sew the seams closed. This creates a box of Capri Sun.
7. Sew the last three remaining pouches together, just like the sides of the purse.
8. Attach this new piece to a long side of the box you have already created. This creates a closing flap to the purse.
9. Use a ribbon or fabric to make a strap and put snaps on the flap to close the purse.

Tips

• Use a sewing machine and a zig-zag stitch to connect them. Don’t worry, it will not ruin the sewing machine.
• You can also sew it by hand (more work, but it works just fine).
• Tape and staples also work to piece a CapriSun purse together.
• You don’t have to use just 10 CapriSun pouches….the bigger the better!

Warnings

• Always be careful when using a sewing machine.
• If you decide to make this purse you will be the coolest person, at least for a day anyway!

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Recycle by weaving wrappers, newspapers, junk mail, magazines, labels, orange juice cartons and more. Create purses, coasters, place mats, bowls, bracelets, necklaces, baskets, and more.
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