Keep Ashe Beautiful and Ashe County Schools creatively utilized the Elementary STEM program to enable students with hands on learning about the effects of littering in our county through lessons and activist. Courtney Eller, the STEM coordinator for Ashe County elementary schools presented the Keep Ash Beautiful lesson, and materials focused around the book The Wartville Wizard by Don Madden. We Also provided students with bags of recyclable materials to sort materials based on how long it took the items to decompose. Students were amazed to discover that straws take roughly 100 years and that glass is one of the longest-lasting man-made materials on earth. After the hands-on learning experience, students collaborated to engineer solutions to limit littering and reduce, reuse, and recycle in Ashe County. Students also learned the song, “The World Is Not Your Garbage Can." Pulse students were given “No Trash In Ashe! Think Before You Toss” activity booklets, a goodie bag with a variety of items, and an invitation to “Be A Litter Getter” by picking up around their home, neighbor’s, friend’s, or family member’s home. Making Everyday Earth Day!