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" Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment".
Rene Dubos

The Darien Environmental Group meets on the first Monday of the month in the conference room of the Darien Library @ 9:30am-JOIN US !
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We have programs for all ages. Our educational presentations have been given at the Darien Public schools for many years.
We teach kindergarten students through fourth graders.

The kindergarteners receive environmental lunch boxes, the first graders have precycling/recycling programs, the second graders learn about composting while the fourth graders receive a wonderful talk on water conservation. New volunteers are always welcome. The training is easy and the audience always appreciative!
Join our education team

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DEG also greets new residents to Darien with welcome reuseable grocery bags.
They are filled with information about recycling in Connecticut, wetlands information and much more. We are always looking for additional drivers to drop off a few bags to new members of our community. It's easy and fun.

The Darien Environmental group was featured on the Martha Stewart program a few years back. One of our members talked about precycling/recycling. Focusing on how each of us can make a difference to the environment with our consumer habits.

One of DEG's most successful projects was our plastic recycling program at the dump. One Saturday of the month we would collect all plastics, styrofoam and plastic bags that the town's recycling program did not accept.

These were then sent to a local plastic recycler who manufactured plastic products from the waste. Unfortunately the recycler went out of business, thus ending the project.