Littering Project

     Over this semester we have been working in groups on projects that are based on problem solving creatively.  My group has been working on the littering issue on campus.  This project was a three main step process.  It’s composed of a proposal, emails, research papers, and the final outcome.  So far my group has been working very effectively.  Littering is a major problem on campus, and I don’t think many people realize that.  Our main point is to try and get people to stop littering and realize that they are harming the environment.  At first we came up with the idea to have different clubs each decorate their own trashcan and put them around campus.  That idea didn’t really work out because of cost and who would supply the materials.  The second idea we came up with was to get clubs to make posters and put them in trashcan panels around campus.  There a few select trashcans around campus that actually have panels that you can slide posters into.  The posters would include facts of littering and so on.
The get this idea going we first had to get approval from the university to put the posters in the trashcans, which we did.  We then had to send out emails to clubs around campus asking them if they would like to participate.  Some clubs got back to us, but we are still waiting for a lot of replies.  It would be a really great way to end the semester if we could get a couple of posters in the trashcan panels.  As the semester is narrowing down and with barely any replies back, our task is becoming difficult.  We are really hoping to have a couple of poster up by the end of semester, and even they’re not we hope to make it happen next semester.