Comments on: How To Help Your Child’s School Go Green. http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/06/24/how-to-help-your-childs-school-go-green/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Woodbridge http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/06/24/how-to-help-your-childs-school-go-green/#comment-6367 Kim Woodbridge Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:30:20 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2860#comment-6367 I think my daughter's school is doing a decent job teaching the children about the environment and recycling but I think they could do so much more to put into actual practice. The amount of paper I receive from them weekly is ridiculous. I recycle and cut it up for scrap paper but my scrap paper pile is huge. They could put so much of this online and correspond with us via email. There is also a list of supplies that parents have to supply at the beginning of each school year and many of the "required" ones are far from green. I refuse to buy the items I disagree with - so far they haven't said anything to me about it but maybe it's time for me to make a bigger fuss. I think my daughter’s school is doing a decent job teaching the children about the environment and recycling but I think they could do so much more to put into actual practice. The amount of paper I receive from them weekly is ridiculous. I recycle and cut it up for scrap paper but my scrap paper pile is huge. They could put so much of this online and correspond with us via email.

There is also a list of supplies that parents have to supply at the beginning of each school year and many of the “required” ones are far from green. I refuse to buy the items I disagree with – so far they haven’t said anything to me about it but maybe it’s time for me to make a bigger fuss.

]]> By: dinesh http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/06/24/how-to-help-your-childs-school-go-green/#comment-6366 dinesh Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:30:30 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2860#comment-6366 Being out in San Francisco, I've seen some great examples of schools who are being really smart about baking sustainability into their everyday work and operation. One of the things I'm a particularly big proponent of is emphasizing the importance of recycling & composting and starting this when a child's young. I was visit Mercy High School in SF recently who had fantastic signage all over their school with blue bins for recycling, green bins for compost, and large signs showing exactly what type of items go where. It really makes a huge difference. Being out in San Francisco, I’ve seen some great examples of schools who are being really smart about baking sustainability into their everyday work and operation.

One of the things I’m a particularly big proponent of is emphasizing the importance of recycling & composting and starting this when a child’s young. I was visit Mercy High School in SF recently who had fantastic signage all over their school with blue bins for recycling, green bins for compost, and large signs showing exactly what type of items go where.

It really makes a huge difference.

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