• FUNDING AND RECOGNITION: The club received a $1,000 grant from Youth Venture! We were also one of only 5 grand prize winners of the Youth Venture's Lorax Challenge. Out of all the 150+ teams that applied for the Challenge nation wide, we were a winner. The Grand Prize was a trip to Florida for environmental boot camp. Two other club members and I wen on the trip. We learned a lot about how we could improve our venture, what other young environmentalists are doing, and how we can network better with other ventures. To see pictures from the trip, either go to the PHOTOS section of this website or go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/29345953@N02/sets/72157606596693259/
• NO IDLING CAMPAIGN: We talked with idling car and bus drivers about the pros, cons, health hazards, and pollution factors of idling. We posted signs around campus that say 'No Idling Zone,' and we distributed educational materials that explain the hazards of idling. As of the spring of 2008, 6 months after we began the project, we did not seen  any buses or cars idling.  We plan on continuing to monitor the amount of idling on  our  campus.
• ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT LA:We worked with  Paul Kando,  a member of the MidCoast Green Collaborative,  to  conduct  small, informal audits on different parts of our school.  Through  our work with Paul, we have  calculated that the newly constructed science wing at Lincoln Academy has a leakage area of 4.34 square feet. (To see our audit report, click here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcss7hj4_23fdfhxhcf.)
  
• BATTERY RECYCLING: We collected around 3000 batteries from the receptacles that we circulated around the school. We recycled them at the beginning of May 2008, 3 months after we initiated the project.
  
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