Transcript Building a Community of Lifetime Learners”

TOPIC: TBMPS’S SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
OBJECTIVE: IWBAT TO LIST THE FEATURES OF OUR
SCHOOL’S SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What makes a sustainable school community?
2. How do our sustainability choices affect
ourselves, our communities, and the world?
3. How can one individual make a difference in
our school’s sustainability effort?
DO NOW:
How green are you?
SUSTAINABILITY TEAM
 Ms. Christie – Sustainability Coordinator
 Ms. S. Carrington
 Ms. Medina
Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) TEAM
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Christie
S. Carrington
M. Lorenz
V. Dandridge
M. Montalvo
L. Henry
At TBMPS Sustainability means:
Working to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs
Recognizing the interconnectedness of our Earth and keeping an open mind and
realizing that every action, no matter how small, does have an effect on the world
around you
Expanding our respect and compassion from our local community to a global
scale.
Believing that very single person on this planet has the power to make a
difference, and it all starts with our education and how we view the world.
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
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Green Bill of Rights
The Green Bill of Rights
represents our commitment to
creating an active sustainable school culture that
minimizes our carbon footprint as much as possible.
In the year 2014-2015, the student body and staff
will undertake the following projects to reduce the
school’s carbon footprint by at least 10%.
Check your carbon footprint:
http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FEATURES
 AWARENESS
 RECYCLING
 PAPER WASTE REDUCTION
 COMPOSTING AND FOOD WASTE
REDUCTION
 ENERGY EFFICIENCY
 ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
 STEWARDSHIP
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
AWARENESS
Spread awareness within and
beyond our school community
Grade Level Sustainability Projects
6th - Garden to Table
7th - Composting
8th - Up Cycling (Creation and Sale of Recycled
Items)
Earth Week Sustainability Fair
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
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Are you passionate about environmental issues but not sure
how to take action? Then it’s time to put your
eco‐enthusiasm to work!
WHEN: To be determined…………
WHERE: Room 438
HOW:
Sign-Up Sheet from your science teacher
WHY:
Learn more about “greening” our school,
our communities and our world……………………….
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
RECYCLING
Strictly adhere to the recycling program.
 Students and staff will dutifully separate their
trash into its respective receptacles:
paper/cardboard, bottles/cans, non-recyclable
plastics (ie., bottle caps)
 Students will carry their own re-usable water
bottles, and discourage the purchase of disposable
water bottles.
 Students and Staff will bring all unwanted
electronics, functioning or non-functioning to the
e-waste buckets located throughout the school.
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
RECYCLING BINS KEY
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GREEN =
PAPER
TRASH
BLUE =
PLASTIC
ONLY
BLUE =
PLASTIC
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
“THINK GLOBALLY,
ACT LO”CALLY
Organic Waste Reduction
Grade 7 Green Team
Organic Waste Reduction: Grade 6/7 Green Teams
TBMPS has been selected to join the DOE-DSNY
Organics Program starting October 6, 2014.
Who: The Organics Program is managed jointly by DSNY,
DOE-DSF and DOE School Food
What: Separates food waste from the garbage stream.
Why: Organics collection recovers food waste so it does
not end up in landfills. Collected food waste is turned
into compost for our local gardens and parks or
converted into clean and renewable energy.
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
Greener means cleaner!
 After eating lunch, our students will need to separate food,
recyclable, and put their waste in correctly labeled bin.
 Say goodbye to rodents: Food is contained in closed bins so it
no longer attracts rodents and our cafeteria will be cleaner.
 Say hello to $$$: NYC saves money by reducing long-haul
garbage trucks sent to out of state landfills
 Enjoy cleaner air: Air pollution is reduced from transporting
waste to the landfill.
“THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY”
ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION
Our School Garden Commitment
Grade 6- Green Team
 Explore ways to create our own
school garden
 Maintain a
“garden to table”
program
“Earth Week” -Earth Day
Sustainability Fair (Grade 8 – Green Team)
1. Product Innovation
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Students will make products from recycled materials.
Students will test the products
Students will revise and remake products
Students will display and sell products at sustainability fair on
earth day.
2. Global Solutions
 Student groups will pick one globally issue they are
passionate about
 They will develop solutions through multiple means: models,
letters to congress, inventions, various types of publications, etc..
CRUSH A CAN DAY/CHALLENGE
 Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for
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3 hours.
It takes the same amount of energy to produce 20 recycled
aluminum cans as it does to produce just one new aluminum can.
Every three months, Americans throw away enough aluminum to
rebuild the entire US commercial air fleet.
Three fourths of all American steel ends up recycled into new
products and all of today's steel products contain recycled steel.
The typical appliance consists of about 75% steel by weight and is
easily recyclable.
Automobiles are the most recycled consumer products, with large
amounts of steel and other valuable recyclable materials, which
have a recycling rate close to 100% – meaning that a car at the end
of its useful life is not destined for a landfill, but for a recycling
facility.
CRUSH A CAN DAY/CHALLENGE
ALUMINIUM CAN CHALLENGE
WHAT: Aluminum Cans
WHEN: 9/27 TO 10/11
WHERE: Boxes in Science Classrooms
WHY: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
PRIZE: The GRADE bringing in the most
aluminum cans for recycling …
Will go on a GRADE trip!
“Bye Bye!”
EXIT TICKET
1. Read and sign the
“Go Green Pledge”
(To be posted in your classroom recycle center)
2. Answer:
The essential questions