When you think green, think of your schools as well!!
Green schools aren’t just good for children. Excellent indoor air quality means improved health for everyone – including our nation’s dedicated and under paid teachers.
When a classroom has good acoustics, teachers can be heard without shouting or straining their voices. All of the building occupants benefit from daylight and [ Read More → ]
When you think green, think of your schools as well!!
Green schools aren’t just good for children. Excellent indoor air quality means improved health for everyone – including our nation’s dedicated and under paid teachers.
When a classroom has good acoustics, teachers can be heard without shouting or straining their voices. All of the building occupants benefit from daylight and [ Read More → ]
As hard as we try to be green at home, by conserving energy and recycling, eliminating harsh cleaning chemicals and even composting, we forget that our children spend over one fourth of their day away from our homes at school.
Why should we be concerned about green schools? Because 20% of Americans go to school every day. Most of these students, [ Read More → ]
If 2011 produces anything close to the amounts of snow that most of the country experienced in 2010, figuring out how to best de-ice our roads and driveways seems to be a good topic for discussion.
In most parts of the world, the most commonly used, and certainly the least expensive, de-icing chemical is sodium chloride (or rock salt). Millions of [ Read More → ]
Sustainability. What is it? For the sake of definition and understanding the meaning, I am referencing Wikipedia: “Sustainability is the capacity to endure”.
In ecology , the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for [ Read More → ]
Why green living?
I have 8 grandchildren and I would like them to live in the future in a world as good or better than the world we know today. But that will only be possible if we take more care of our use of natural resources and the environment. I think I need to take responsibility for what I can, [ Read More → ]
