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Eco High: How Can I ‘Green’ My School? |
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Written by CS Monitor
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 |
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Article Source: CS Monitor
Written - January 13th, 2009
Q: I want to persuade my high school to go green.
What would it cost for a school to switch to all recycled paper
products and all energy-efficient lighting?
– Danel Berman, via e-mail
A: Greening your school is a great idea. It will
not only benefit the environment, but the student body as well.
According to the “Greening America’s Schools”
report, sponsored in part by the nonprofit US Green Building Council,
green buildings provide a better study and learning environment for
students. Improved lighting, air quality, and acoustics are estimated
to improve learning abilities and test scores by as much as 5 percent.
And what better way to teach young people about environmental
stewardship than starting right in the schools where they spend the
majority of every weekday?
Learn more...
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