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i need your advice on starting a Go Green Club at my Highschool, but i am not confident.?

i need your advice on starting a Go Green Club at my Highschool, i am not confident.? i really want to start a Go Green Club at my school, but i am scared and dont have confidence that it would be a success. my school is somewhat filled approx. 65% of thugs and gangsters, and am afriad that if i set up a garden, they would vandalize it, trash it, or ripp up the flowers. i have good ideas but im scared that the ppl in the club would be bored and drop out of it. i hate to see my club filled with only 10 members. should i still do the club? i know i can lead the club, but im afriad the ppl might think my ideas are dumb and lame. i was thinking on making crafts during the meetings lik - turning a milk carton into a wallet, is that lame or dumb idea? - and having an afterschool meeting to paint Go Green themed trashcans by the memebers, then placing the trashcans around the school. - i also wanted to make laminated membership cards, just cus they look cool to have one! - i was also planning to have a garden in an area of the school to plant stuff, but afriad that thugs woulds step on it and ruin it, i would feel so depressed if i found our hard work tarnished and emberrissed to, i dont want ppl see our club looking lame cus ppl trash it. - i was also planning to have meetings after school to also have the members go around to each classroom every other week and collect scrap paper - and on EARTH DAY we can set up a stand and sell food and handmade crafts, lik the wallets and etc. - for fundraising, i was thinking on selling beaded bracelets-- which are "in" at our school right now, with a "go green" letters on it for a dollar - also bottons, bags, lanyard, stickers too - but i havent thought of fieldtrips yet tho. - and i already have cool t shirt design too! i have asked my friends about that idea but many of the said "thugs and gangsters might destroy and not respect our stuff" that just stopped me there. i really hav planns and want to do this, but i dont have confidence and unsure, and thats whats stopping me i am afraid to take the leap, the risk, to start that club, becuase im afriad it would be dumb and lame towards ppl, and nobody would join, what if i gets boring, wat if ppl stop showing up to the meetings, i dont want others clubs and teachers to see this club as a failure! should i do it? and why?

Public Comments

1. yes, do it-great idea. just maybe have a shelter for the garden that has a key to open it or something?
2. wow. you've made so many ideas and obviously have thot a great deal about this. go for it!! you only have one life to live...so live it! if ur unconfident, get a few frends to help you too. its much more fun, confident, and gets more people to join if ur in a group! and this is good for u, the earth, and everyone else. remember, u only have 1 life to live so live it and go for it! its a great idea.
3. I think its a great idea. And who cares what other people think + if you have alot of friends tell them to join and tell them to tell their friends to join but dont do the turning a milk carton into a wallet. All the other ideas sound great.Beaded bracelets are great too.
4. go ahead and start it, even if it is only a few other people in the group, you can have fun together, dont worry what others think or what they might do. you will get nowhere in life if you shoot your own ideas down before you ever make an attempt to do somthing....
5. Okay I think starting up a go green club it great. Make a piczo or wikispaces website with like a mission something like turn off your lights when you leave the room this week. If your school has a school newspaper advertise your club and weekly mission on there. Also do something that people would think is cool. Our school has a creek so we made a contest on what to name our creek and everyone voted for that! Also have some kind of contest. I didn't think my club would be a success but it was i got like 18 members! If you need any extra info on how I started up a club e-mail me at smiles_with_extra_hugs@yahoo.com (or .ca im not sure)
6. First advertise to some people you trust and share similar views and interests. Try to get a good base for your club started with dedicated friends and friends of friends. As soon as you have about six or seven members on board, try presenting your idea to your counselor or principal. Get a teacher to help (try a science teacher). They can provide their classroom and supervision for meetings. Begin advertising to the student body--posters, flyers, announcements etc. You have a mind and a voice--use them! Best of Luck :-D
7. I guess that would all depend on your school. I am apart of my schools Eco-Club which is named "Gang Green", which is hosted by a teacher and we all meet up and discuss things to make our school greener. In the end it can be fun, and I don't at all think it is a stupid idea, but you have to try and make it fun for people to join. Gang Green has done Eco-Fashion shows, where we dress teachers up with recylced materials, gardens (which we have made) as well as numerous Eco-Events such as the CN Tower climb in Toronto, Ontario (where I attend school). We are also trying to raise funds by having healthy food bake sales of all natural ingrediants, and as well we are trying to get rid of all the plastic bottles in the school and sell long lasting, durable metal bottles to students instead. To raise money, we have even had eco-dances. We even have initiatives to turn off all lights and computers when not in use. All of your ideas are great, and take a look around the internet for me. You can't go wrong. The worst thing that can happen is that people aren't interested, but you tried an thats all that matters.
8. Its a great idea! Lock your garden if it gets vandalized