Welcome to the Green Schools Home Page!
Victoria Elementary at the Think Green Presentation for their campus community.
 Food for thought top five:1. If 10,000 schools turned off their lights for one minute it could save $81,885.
2. According to the American Solar Energy Society, enough sunlight falls on the earth's surface each minute to meet world energy demand for an entire year. 3. 83% of the world's air pollution comes from the production and use of electricity. 4. The total number of idle TV's and VCR's in the US produce the same amount of pollution as 2 million cars. 5. One ton of carbon dioxide that is released in the air can be prevented by replacing every 75 watt light bulb with an energy efficient flourescent bulb. | The Alliance to Save Energy established the Green Schools Program in 1996 to help school districts save on energy costs, and to afford students the opportunity to become environmental stewards and energy-efficiency advocates in their schools, homes, and communities. The goals of the Green Schools Program are to:
· Educate students, faculty, staff, and the school community about energy efficiency and its relationship to the environment and the economy; · Provide immediate energy savings in schools and homes through no-cost behavior and operations changes, and to provide longer term savings by encouraging retrofits; and, · Strengthen academic learning using hands-on, project-based instruction and tools. There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.
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Some areas of this site are exclusively for our Green Schools; contact us if you'd like to learn more about participating in our program! We also encourage you to check out the links below to access the Alliance to Save Energy's other free and open sources of information on energy efficiency!
