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Hingham High School KeySpan

Submitted by katierad on Wed, 2007-11-28 20:09.

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Hingham High School participated in the KeySpan-Do Something Environmental Sustainability Competition during the month of October and won second place! These are the things that Hingham initiated:ENERGY

  • Solar panels were recently installed in the school.
  • Teachers were encouraged to turn off their lights when leaving the classroom.
  • Estimated 300 hours of energy saved.

WASTE RECYCLED, REDUCED, OR REUSED

  • Two recycling bins in every classroom- one for cans and one for paper products.
  • All flyers posted on the walls were recycled once taken down.
  • Ink cartridges were recycled.
  • Estimated 1000 lbs of waste recycled.

INVOLVEMENT

  • At least 90% of students recycled their bottles and paper in classrooms.
  • Estimated 1000 people involved and impacted.
  • “Go Green” logo contest initiated by the Student Council’s new Green Committee.

INNOVATION

  • A lot of the initiatives were started by the Green Committee, who educated the entire student body of their impact on the environment.

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Started On:10-1-07Ended On:11-1-07
People Involved:Over 90% of schoolPeople Impacted:1000
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Related Cause: Recycling

Category: Education & Environment

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Franklin D. Roosevelt High Keyspan Project

Submitted by katierad on Wed, 2007-11-28 19:58.


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 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School competed in the KeySpan-Do Something Environmental Sustainability Competition in the month of October. They won second place! Here are the details about what FDR High did to better their environmental impact:ENERGY:

  • Made stickers to put over light switches to remind teachers to turn off the lights in their classrooms when they leave (Total of 120 classrooms). 
  • Made flyers on recycled paper about how to further make positive impacts on the environment. Handed out to students and posted around the school and in classrooms. 
  • Estimated 3600 hours of energy saved. 

  WASTE RECYCLED, REDUCED, OR REUSED

  • Created a flyer on how teachers could reduce their use and handed it out to all faculty.
  • Translated the list of recyclable goods into five different languages (Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Vietnamese and Italian), so that students/families for which English isn’t the first language (a large percentage of FDR’s population) are able to discern which items they could and could not recycle.
  • The group designed reusable FDR water bottles that will soon be sold in the school store.  They plan to combine the sale of the bottles with a campaign to get the school population to use the reusable bottles as opposed to water or juice bottles from the vending machine which commonly get thrown away.
  • Estimated 1350 lbs. of recycled material.

  INVOLVEMENT

  • About 30% of the school got involved in Green T-Shirt Day. Students were asked to wear a Green Shirt on the assigned day to show their dedication to taking action to be more environmentally conscious and to take a Green Pledge.
  • Over 1000 students total were involved in planning and participating in events.

  INNOVATION

  • Translation of  the Department of Sanitation flyers “Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Vietnamese and Italian”
  • Home-made pins given to every student and faculty member who took the Green Pledge.

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Vital Stats

Started On:10-1-07Ended On:11-1-07
People Involved:Over 30% of SchoolPeople Impacted:1000
Money Raised:  

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Related Cause: Recycling

Category: Education & Environment

Tags: environment sustainability energy conservation recycling environmental awareness keyspan

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