tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post4236282643045143669..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: How Green Is Your School?Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32945262425366414822021-04-06T07:51:51.568-07:002021-04-06T07:51:51.568-07:00Considering how many schools there are in the worl...Considering how many schools there are in the world and how many children study there, even the slightest step towards recycling will seem very significant. Schools should turn green and from this age children will be more attentive to the world around them. Firms like <a href="https://big-ben.co/" rel="nofollow">big-ben</a> could lecture them.Steven Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61393578759340094442008-07-26T08:35:00.000-07:002008-07-26T08:35:00.000-07:00FYI, Nathan Hale will be incorporating solar panel...FYI, Nathan Hale will be incorporating solar panels into its remodel design!Marni C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06878647689318100663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28423789212501423382008-07-23T15:28:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:28:00.000-07:00More great stuff...Thanks Classof75!More great stuff...<BR/>Thanks Classof75!SolvayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709893209963350066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-87411561467555161052008-07-23T10:40:00.000-07:002008-07-23T10:40:00.000-07:00well this isn't where my kids went to school- but ...well this isn't where my kids went to school- but it is where I went to school ( and why I didn't buy my parents house- I don't know)<BR/>aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=656<BR/><BR/><I>The Ben Franklin Elementary School serves 450 students in kindergarten through grade six. The students are distributed within small learning communities, each including a cluster of four naturally ventilated and daylit classrooms around a multipurpose activity area. Stacked within two-story wings that extend toward the woods, these communities are integrally linked with views and access to nature beyond.<BR/><BR/>This project was chosen as an AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project for 2006. It was submitted by Mahlum Architects, in Seattle, Washington. Additional project team members are listed on the "Process" screen.</I>Jet City momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804841958585043967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-31671896109295547152008-07-22T22:06:00.000-07:002008-07-22T22:06:00.000-07:00To MaureenThanks...just the kind of stuff I'm look...To Maureen<BR/>Thanks...just the kind of stuff I'm looking for.SolvayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709893209963350066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73799695270662873122008-07-22T14:45:00.000-07:002008-07-22T14:45:00.000-07:00One interesting thing about that issue, Roy, is th...One interesting thing about that issue, Roy, is that I have read articles about many school district throughout the country who are cutting back on transportation because of the gas prices. And yet, SPS, with one of the most extensive transportation systems, we've not heard word one. Where is the money going to come from to pay for all this gas? They've already dipped into the rainy day fund to cover the new budget. What if gas prices (gulp) go up?Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-44441444283339743532008-07-22T14:31:00.000-07:002008-07-22T14:31:00.000-07:00If SPS was serious about making the school system ...If SPS was serious about making the school system greener, the first thing that they would do would be go to a strictly neighborhood school based system. The reduction in fuel consumption for buses (and parents driving kids to school) would create an environmental benefit that would be an order of magnitude greater than any other changes that I have heard proposed. I'm not saying that this is a desirable idea, just pointing out that the biggest single environmental impact all of us (including school kids) have is our commuting patterns and associated fuel use.Roy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120444973792909383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62542163406783725492008-07-22T12:06:00.000-07:002008-07-22T12:06:00.000-07:00TOPS K-8 started composting all of our food waste ...TOPS K-8 started composting all of our food waste last year (part of the Green Schools program). The 5th graders are in charge of it (it's part of their science curriculum). They enjoy bossing the middle schoolers around at lunch time! The parent who initiated it has made a real commitment to extend composting/reducing/recycling to all school events as well. One parent donated hundreds of metal forks to use (and reuse) for class parties, potlucks etc. Our custodian is very commited to the program as well.<BR/><BR/>Next year parents will have the option of receiving the biweekly newsletter on line. That could save over 40,000 sheets of paper per year. The back to school packets used to go to every child, now they only go home with the youngest kid in the family, that saves about 25% of materials. (We can't go 100% online--too many families don't have access.)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444916440000921599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70979695369438748112008-07-21T21:48:00.000-07:002008-07-21T21:48:00.000-07:00I just happen to be writing a piece for ParentMap ...I just happen to be writing a piece for ParentMap on Green Schools and I too would love to hear about what schools are doing. I'm having a difficult time getting info since few schools have more than a skeleton staff in place right now.<BR/>Post on this site or email me at SolvayGirl1972@aol.com.SolvayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709893209963350066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61754853491630176562008-07-21T16:11:00.000-07:002008-07-21T16:11:00.000-07:00I have 2 KW system on my roof and it produces almo...I have 2 KW system on my roof and it produces almost half the electricity we use each year. (We do conserve, turn off power strips, hang laundry as often as possible, have efficient appliances, etc. We use about half of the US average KwHs for homes with gas heat and water.) <BR/><BR/>4 KW ought to do way more than power a concession stand. It would produce nearly all of my household's annual power needs (using the grid as a "battery"). Sure, it's a fraction of the power a school uses, but as an educational display, knowing that a house could operate on that much power would be uh, educational. The math isn't that hard to do, one would think the folks involved would have a better idea of that a 4 KW system could do. <BR/><BR/>How much do the panels on Washington Middle School produce?Dorothy Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.com