The project brought together third grade classrooms from five Stillwater elementary schools in year-long partnerships to learn about and create Waste Reduction and Recycling Learning Kits. Students met at Dodge Nature Center and spent the day with an environmental educator learning about composting. After that session, a staff member from Belwin Environmental Learning Center visited participating classrooms, collaborating with students to set up vermicomposting bins which students maintained throughout the school year. Students then met at the Wellstone Community Center and rotated between four various activities involving recycling and waste reduction. Finally, the students met for the third and final time at the Inver Grove Heights Recycling Center (Allied Waste Services) where they were able to observe a working recycling center, and participate in two activities.