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Green Living Science teaches recycling
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hat makes the city of
Detroit unique are its
hidden gems, the places
not known by many members of the
community but that play a role in
the development and growth of the
city: The Lincoln Street Art Park and
Recycle Here are two of these gems.
The Lincoln Street Art Park and
Recycle Here can be found north
of Downtown Detroit in the New
Center area. Recycle Here, a city-
funded program, is a recycling cen-
ter that allows community members
to drop off their recyclables.
Right behind it is the Lincoln
Street Art Park, a sculpture garden
and display of urban art including
walls of colorful graffiti murals and
the main talking piece, Frank the
Dinosaur. The sculptures in the park
are all made of salvaged parts. The
art park is a program run through
Green Living Science (GLS), a non-
profit that aims to teach about recy-

cling in Detroit Public Schools.
The executive director of Green
Living Science is Rachel Klegon, 28,
of Detroit. After graduating from
Michigan State in 2007, Klegon
moved to Detroit and immediately
found Recycle Here. She then moved
back to Lansing to work with the
Michigan Nonprofit Association.
While she was gone, a program
called School Cycle, which eventually
was renamed Green Living Science,
was created at Recycle Here. When
the original director of the pro-
gram stepped down to move back
to school, Klegon moved back to
Detroit and stepped into the role.
Today, Klegon and the rest of the
GLS team have started recycling
programs in more than 30 Detroit
public schools, teaching about recy-
cling as well as waste reduction and
personal responsibility to the envi-
ronment. Students also come to visit
Frank the Dinosaur and the rest of
the sculptures at the art park during
field trips to the recycling center.
They noticed earlier this year that

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