Teach Green

Lessons from the green classroom

Tom Wickham

Manager of Manufacturing Communications

Flint, Michigan

I am a board member for the Organization for Bat Conservation at the Cranbrook Institute of Science and the Tall Pine Council, Boy Scouts of America. My hope is to be a positive influence for my boys by recycling and engaging in conservation efforts.

Paul Fryzel, supervisor of plant and industrial engineering at the Flint Metal Center, talks with Dillon students about what waste can be recycled, re-used or reduced.

For the last eight years, UAW and GM representatives from the Flint Metal Center have visited Dillon Elementary School to talk about how students there can do their part to protect the environment.

A couple weeks ago, the Flint Metal Center team, which included some personnel from Flint Engine South and Flint Assembly, walked three third-grade classes through the process of how we separate oil from water before sending the water on to the city of Flint for further treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

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