| Partnering with Fairfield Warde High School students,
Burr Elementary School R&S members in Fairfield,
Connecticut, turned common trash into wearable fashion
for a special Earth Day "trashy fashion show."
在康乃迪克州Fairfield 的Burr 小學根與芽小組和Fairfield Warde中學合作，將一般的垃圾製作成時尚衣服，並在地球日上演了一場特別的「垃圾時尚秀」。
Group leader and second grade teacher Mei-Ling Uliasz
shared with her R&S members her own interest in
creative recycling projects. She encouraged them to
tackle their own creative community recycling project
to help spread awareness about the need to reduce,
reuse and recycle—and the idea for the "trashy
fashion show" was born!
小組的負責人也是國小二年級的老師Mei-Ling Uliasz和她的組員分享了她個人在創意回收方面的興趣，她鼓勵大家去創造自己的社區回收計畫，並告訴大眾縮減垃圾、垃圾回收與再使用的觀念，因此，「垃圾時尚秀」的想法也隨之誕生。
The R&S members gathered materials from their
trash cans at home to create outfits and costumes
for the show. The materials included shower curtains,
candy wrappers, newspapers, plastic bags, a broken
umbrella, garbage bags and much more.
根與芽小組組員將家中垃圾收集出來的各種材料（例如：浴簾、糖果紙、報紙、塑膠袋、壞掉的傘、垃圾袋和其他物質），創造出秀場上的各式服裝。
"I shared photos from around the world of how
people change trash into treasure like tin cars made
of soup cans," said Mei-Ling. "This really
sparked the kids' interest. We decided to do a fashion
show at the Fairfield Earth Day Celebration."
Mei-Ling把世界各地將垃圾轉變成各式物品的照片（例如用罐頭做成的玩具車）和大家分享，她說：「這些東西相當引起小孩們的興趣，我們因此決定在Fairfield地球日慶祝活動中辦了一場這樣的時尚服裝秀。」
The R&S group members found out that some area
high school students were also planning to do a "trashy
fashion show." Nancy Malafatopoulos, head of
Family and Consumer Sciences at Warde High School,
was teaching two sewing classes on how to make outfits
out of recyclable materials.
根與芽小組成員發現一些地區的高中學生也在計畫著一場走秀，因此Warde 中學“家庭消費科學”主任Nancy
Malafatopoulos在校內開了兩堂縫紉課程，教導學生如何將回收材料縫製成衣服。
The high school students joined forces with the Burr
R&S members, and students from both schools strutted
their creative designs on the catwalk at the Fairfield
Earth Day Celebration.
最後的成果則由兩所學校的學生，昂首闊步的在Fairfield地球日慶祝活動的伸展台上，展現出他們的創意服裝。
"As the kids walked out, we read scripts that
told the student’s name, what their outfit was made
out of and what inspired them to make their outfit,"
said Mei-Ling. "It ended with a special Earth
Day message written by the kids themselves."
Mei-Ling說：「當孩子們走上伸展台時，我們不但報出他們的大名，還介紹他們身上的服裝是由什麼材料作成，以及激起他們創作靈感的來源。孩子們在這個地球日活動中各自寫下了他們對環保要表達的信息。」
One of the more imaginative outfits was created by
Giovanni Battimeli. He created a tuxedo out of black
and white DSW shoe store shopping bags.
其中，Giovanni Battimeli用黑白色彩的DSW鞋店購物袋作成了極具創意的燕尾服。
"To help the earth, everyone should recycle,"
said Giovannie in his Earth Day message.
並且他在地球日信息中則寫到：「幫助地球，人人應該做回收。」
The "trashy fashion show" was such a crowd-pleaser
that Nancy and Mei-Ling have decided to make it an
annual feature of the Fairfield Earth Day Celebration.
這場「垃圾時尚秀」引起大眾廣大的迴響，因此Nancy 和Mei-Ling決定將此活動變成每年Fairfield地球日慶祝活動的活動項目之一。
Check out their "trashy"
ensembles.
想要多了解他們垃圾時尚服裝秀的成果嗎?請看"trashy"
ensembles
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