RECYCLING EXPERIMENTS FOR 2012 ICTYS

RECONCILIATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

DEAR GREEN LEADERS,




HERE IS A LIST OF AMAZING EXPERIMENTS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE ICTYS PROJECT. GET IN GROUPS OF 3 TO 4 PEOPLE. THEN, CHOOSE ANY OF THEM.






EXPERIMENT 1: RECYCLING GREY WATER: Can plants tolerate it?

http://www.letsgogreen.com/greywater-recycling.html

http://www.reuk.co.uk/Sand-Filters-for-Greywater.htm

EXPERIMENT 2: MAKE YOUR OWN PAPER, TEST IT AND RATE ITS QUALITY, USING EITHER RECYCLED PAPER OR PLANTS AS A SOURCE MATERIAL

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/crafts/crafts-basics/makingpaper.html

http://blog.michellekaufmann.com/?p=508

EXPERIMENT 3: USED COFFEE GRINDS CAN BE RECYCLED, ADD VALUE TO IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH AND HELP ENVIRONMENT.

 

http://www.mygreenaustralia.com/2012/05/recycled-coffee-pod-planters-diy-time/

EXPERIMENT 4: TEST ELECTROLYSIS AND/or NATURAL CONDENSATION AS MEANS OF RECYCLING WATER.

http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2004/Projects/J0826.pdf

http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water_quality/experiment1-purification-watercycle.htm

EXPERIMENT 5: WHICH KIND OF PAPER WILL MAKE THE BEST RECYCLED PAPER?

EXPERIMENT 6: INVESTIGATE THE COMPRESSION, REUSE AND RECYCLING OF STYROFOAM

EXPERIMENT 7: DRINK WATER FROM A HOME MADE WATER FILTER. 

http://www.thetruthsource.org/diy/make-your-own-water-filter

EXPERIMENT 8: INVESTIGATE ON PET  RECYCLING PROCESS

EXPERIMENT 9: TIRE RECYCLING. HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN RECYCLING PLANTER

http://www.wuvie.net/tireplanter.htm

EXPERIMENT 10: BIODEGRADATION. COMPARING DIFFERENT INORGANIC MATERIAL TO ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THE PROCESS OF BIODEGRADATION.

EXPERIMENT 11: ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEODORANT AND REUSING PLASTIC BOTTLES.

http://1greengeneration.elementsintime.com/?p=596

http://www.greenecoservices.com/top-15-homemade-deodorants/

EXPERIMENT 12: ECO ART AND TOOLS. DIFFERENT USES FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES

                                    

http://eco-artware-notes.com/tag/michelle-stitzlein/

http://gomestic.com/homemaking/10-surprising-uses-for-plastic-bottles/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Self-irrigation-flower-cultivation/

EXPERIMENT 13: EFFECTS OF BATTERIES IN THE WATER. Can living things live in water polluted by batteries?

EXPERIMENT 14:  EFFECTS OF BATTERIES IN THE SOIL. Can plants grow in soil polluted by batteries?

LET'S HELP THE ENVIRONMENT NOW!