WELCOME TO PLANET CHAT

"Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the people of the earth." 
Chief Seattle

"Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man." 
Stewart Udall

DON’T THROW AWAY - DONATE

 
Furniture Sharehouse - 914.834.1294;  furnituresharehouse.org
They will pick up your gently used, but clean and usable furniture, give you a donation receipt and redistribute the furnishing to peopel referred by area social-service organziations.
There is a two-piece furniture minimum as as a $20 minimum donation at time of pick-up to offset trucking service costs.

Cellular Phones, Ink Cartridges, Laptops & Blackberries - Chatsworth Elementary School
There are collection boxes located outside the janitors office on the Forest Park side of the school and another located by the Addison St. entrance to collect used cellphone, blackberries, ink cartridges and laptops.  We sent these items to www.thinkrecycle.com and the money goes directly to the Chatsworth School Fund headed by our principal, Gail Boyle.  These funds are used for playground equipment, recess games & equipment and other items the school needs.

Eyeglasses - 888.935.4589 or visit givethegiftofsight.org for information. 
Donate your old eyeglasses at drop boxes found at LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical and Sunglass Hut stores.  The nonprofit donates used eyewarte to the underpriviledged.

 Housewares - Goldenshoestring - 914.834.8383; jlwos.org
The Junior League of  Westchester on the Sound takes glassware, bedding, kitchen items, china, working appliances, toys, small furniture etc.  All must be clean, in fashion and in good condition.  They do have some restrictions so call first.

County Recycling Events Schedule - They also take your old paint & chemicals i.e. pesticides, bug spray etc. 
Household Recycling, E-Waste and Mobile Shredder dates
 
Click here for the schedule through June of 2010 for Household Recycling Days (HRD), E-Waste Days and Mobile Shredder truck appearances. These recycling events are a free public service intended for residents only. Business and commercial waste will not be accepted.  For more information on the proper disposal of special wastes, call 211, the county’s Recycling HelpLine.

 

Mamaroneck School District is a member of the Green Schools Coalition of Westchester! Check out  www.westchestergov.com/sustainability. At the bottom of that page under: K-12: Green Schools Coalition of Westchester is the Education Appendix and Action Plan, both of which  give details & resources about the coalition and their goals

FUN LINKS TO EXPLORE

www.zerofootprint.com - a kids section where you can do your own carbon footprint online.  Takes 1 minute.

www.epa.gov/kids - games & information online for kids

www.lightsoutny.org - information about the annual worldwide campaign to raise energy awareness.  Chatsworth participates at school.

www.thinkrecycle.com - the company that Chatsworth sends its collected cellphones and inkjet cartridges to raise money for our school.

www.theloraxproject.com - Using Dr. Seuss' book The Lorax about saving seeds & trees, a website with games and information for children.
 

 A sample of Planet Chat initiatives:
  • Paper recycling in every classroom.
     
  • Earth Day Recycling Quilt - classes participated in making a large quilt from old magazines, newspaper and cereal boxes with themes chosen by students about Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. The final project, coordinated by Chatsworth parent Sue Girardi, was displayed outside the PE department.
     
  • Earth Day/Arbor Day celebration - Native Seedlings, Planting for Knowledge a program sponsored by the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation allowed students and parents to help plant 30 native seedlings around Chatsworth. 
     
  • Weekly Green Tips on various subjects
     
  • Reusable Water Bottle Sale to reduce the amount of water bottles in landfills & educate the Chatsworth community about the value of reusing products.
     
  1. 10 SIMPLE THINGS WE CAN DO THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE:

    1. Use a reusable water bottle
    2. Use a reusable lunchbox & containers
    3. Turn off the light when you leave a room
    4. Use both sides of your paper
    5.  Walk, bike, or carpool to school
    6.  Reuse your shopping bag
    7. Choose products that come with little packaging and buy refills when you can
    8.  Turn off the water when brushing your teeth
    9.  Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)
    10.  Plant a tree.
 

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