Green Schools
http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl
Green Schools is a national program of the Alliance to Save Energy. It helps member schools to become more sustainable by teaching faculty and children how to conserve energy, and it's funded "through grants from utilities, state energy offices, private foundations, or by school districts through an energy savings performance contract." Have Hawaii schools taken advantage of this program? If not, they should!
From the "About Green Schools" link:
How Does Green Schools Work?
Green Schools works on a district level to enroll 5-15 schools per district in the program at one time. A team of teachers, custodial staff, administrators, and students carry out the program at each school. An introductory workshop helps the teams work together to create a customized plan for teaching about energy, saving energy in school, creating school-wide energy awareness, and taking the message home and into the local community. Throughout the year, each school is supported by frequent school visits and receives information on their monthly energy usage. School teams come together again for a mid-year planning meeting in January and a celebration at the end of the school year.
| Who: | This is a program of the Alliance to Save Energy (www.ase.org). |
| What: | .org Organization based in Washington, D.C. |
| Where: | links for further research and to contact the program |
| When: | 2005 |
| Why: | It's a program I didn't know existed, and which I think would be beneficial to Hawaii public schools if they haven't taken advantage of it already. |
| You: | Zoë Morrison |
| Geography: | US |
| Type: | Action |
| Educational: | 1 |