Current Metrics
This website was designed specifically to track the progress as Girl Scouts across Colorado work on their environmental projects and measure their outcome through metrics developed by Girl Scouts of the USA. Check out the metrics table to see how the combined efforts of Girl Scouts are adding up to a greener Colorado.
Project Focus Areas
(these are just a very few, check out the
Girl Scouts of Colorado Forever Green Guide for more ideas and tips to get started.)
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Air Quality:
Creating no-idling zones, replacing toxic art supplies and cleansers, planting trees and adding indoor plants.
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Waste Management:
Composting, recycling, implementing waste-free lunches, eliminating junk mail.
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Water Conservation:
Installing rain barrels, monitoring local water bodies, installing low flow faucets and toilets.
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Energy Conservation:
Turning off lights, unplugging electronics when not in use, changing to compact fluorescent light bulbs.
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Green Space:
Creating, improving and/or integrating green space into school/community.
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Look how GREEN the Girl Scouts have made Colorado!
| Number of people (family, school, community) educated about the environment. |
10080 people |
| Number of people (family, school, community) who pledge to reduce their resource consumption. |
6591 people |
| Number of new outdoor plants/trees/shrubs (including native plants). |
486 plants |
| Decrease in number of minutes spent idling. |
3090 minutes |
| Decrease in energy use. |
79307 kWh |
| Number of sq. ft. of new or improved green space. |
1322 sq. ft |
| Increase in number of student-hours of green space use. |
3 hours |
| Decrease in weight of trash sent to landfill per week. |
150 lbs |
| Weight of trash collected in green space or water clean-up. |
41 lbs |
| Weight of usable items donated for reuse. |
71 lbs |
| Weight of items composted. |
30 lbs |
| Weight of recycled paper & cardboard. |
115 lbs |
| Weight of recycled aluminum. |
44 lbs |
| Weight of recycled plastic. |
23 lbs |
| Increase in number of different plant and animal species. |
9 |
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