Tree Hugging Family - Living Green

February 25th, 2008

Weekly Green Audit: School Grounds

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

Weekly Green Audit: School Transportation

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 17th, 2008

Tree Hugging Family Week in Review

Let’s see what you you may have missed this week…
Instead of a green audit, this week we looked at green yard renovations. We checked out: Composting for Soil Health, Greening Your Lawn, and Choosing the Right Plants.
Make Your Own Dowel Vase Cover
Recycled kitchenware in amazing colors.
How to test your dishes for lead
Bake a greener […]

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February 17th, 2008

Weekly Green Audit for Youth: School Sustainability

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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