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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
More Eco Changes leading up to Earth Week
You may have noticed the juice dispensers and new paper cups in the cafeteria. This was to reduce our dependence on plastic bottles for juice. However, now paper cups are used a lot. The cafeteria welcomes the idea of customers bringing their own cup. In the future, we may have more eco friendly disposable cups and maybe a discount for those bringing their own cup.
Since the bottled water campaign took place back in October, bottled water usage has dropped of by 66%. Before sales ranged between 1500-1800 bottles a week. Now it is about 500-600/week.
Due to success of Meatless Monday and proactive management in the cafeteria, we will hopefully welcome a new vegetarian section to open up during Earth Week which plans to remain at ISB afterwards. It is also likely to offer organic, but that isn’t confirmed yet.
“Follow-me Printing”, you print as normal from your computer, then go to a printer, and tap your ID card, the job will automatically come out. With our trial in the Middle School there was a significant reduction in uncollected paper.
66% reduction on bottled water. Meatless Monday was a success. Vegetarian/Organic section to be added 3 eco trips (planting trees, working with elephants & more) 2 amazing presenters Carrotmob # 2 and Earth Week being planned.
Hi, I'm Kerry and I guess you could say I lead the Green Panthers. However, there are many people who contributed along the way. We started out as a group of environmentally conscious people made up of teachers, parents, and board members. Now we are made up of MS and HS students. Our aim to increase environmental awareness at ISB and more importantly, start making positive environmental changes to reduce the school’s Eco (carbon) footprint.
Green Panther goals are to improve ISB’s environmental performance by: Activating environmental awareness, learning, and action; Analyzing consumption patterns and habits at ISB; Modeling responsible citizenship; Providing venues for meaningful social action; and Reducing our impact on the environment
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