April 30th, 2008
Can you remember sitting at your desk at school and longing to get outside? I recall it well, especially during the spring months. Sitting near a window was sometimes even worse since it reminded you of what you were missing.
No Child Left Inside Coalition is a group devoted to alerting Congress and the public […]
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February 25th, 2008
Continuing on with our green school audit this week, we’re going to take a look at the school grounds. We actually just completed our green audit of home yards - so, you can shift much of that audit into a school grounds audit, only on a larger scale.
School grounds are really important, and a tough […]
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February 24th, 2008
For this week’s weekly green audit, we’re going to continue with green school audits. With the server issues last week, we didn’t quite finish. This is actually the fourth time I’ve tried to post about school transportation; a topic that appears to shut down this blog :)
I read in a book once that if you […]
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February 20th, 2008
This week we’re talking about green auditing our schools. The lunchroom is a big part of this audit, because there are plenty of cafeteria areas that can usually be made more sustainable.
Our old green audit about your kitchen food pantry is a good place to start. Many of the questions you asked about your own […]
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February 19th, 2008
Sorry about the absent green audit yesterday - I tried to log on and WordPress said nope, not gonna work for you. I’ll post an extra audit post later today or one on Saturday to make up for it.
In any case, this week we’re discussing greening your school. One of the bigger issues schools have […]
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February 17th, 2008
This week’s green audit is going to be kid specific; although adults are certainly welcome to participate. We’re going to be looking at schools, or rather the greening of schools.
What we’ll be looking at this week will include:
How schools can protect resources such as paper, water, and electricity.
What’s scary and not so green about the […]
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