College of Menominee Nation Recycling 101: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge and interfaith Earth Healing Initiative

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College of Menominee Nation: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge and a lesson in Great Lakes recycling 101

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Update: Earth Day Challenge goals exceeded, Wisconsin Menominee Tribe: Gang graffiti, litter gone; pill cache, e-waste collected

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Menominee tribal school students remove gang graffiti, pick up litter; College students collect 23 pounds of pills; dozens of computers in Earth Week projects connected to the EPA Great Lakes Earth Day Challenge

Garbage Monsters: Creative creatures teach recycling lessons to students at Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

"Garbage Monsters" teach lessons to tribal students;  Native Americans and interfaith groups help collect a million pounds e-waste, million pills goal of EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

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