Green, the New Gold at Holy Spirit Prep

   

Overview of All-School HSPS Green Initiative

  • Holy Spirit Prep joined the Green Schools Alliance at the Champion level  - Reduce Carbon footprint by at least 30% within 5 years and achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2020

  • Joined As a Green & Healthy School – Environmental Education in Georgia (see attached)
    • Criteria based on Guidelines for Excellence published by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE).
      • Includes grade levels from Pre-K – 12
      • Presents fair and accurate information
      • Uses constructive techniques to empower learners to draw and act on their own conclusions
      • Provides educational resources that contain concepts, language, and activities that are developmentally appropriate
  • Contacted Georgia Power to conduct energy audit on both the Upper and Lower School campuses. Appointments will be scheduled on the same day. Written suggestions made to increase energy efficiency over the next five years.
  • Creation of Sustainability Task Force (STF)  to guide the development  of the implementation of a Comprehensive Sustainability Action Plan (CSAP) to reduce our school's carbon emissions according to our level of commitment . As Board of Trustees strategically plans for the next five years, STF will make recommendations for their consideration.
  • Complete a long-term CSAP addressing the reduction of HSPS carbon emissions (timeline two years)
  • Educate community & key stakeholders - ongoing through webpage being set up
  • STF will initiate two or more short-term tangible actions (timeline within one year)
    • Comprehensive Recycling Plan
    • Compostable products
    • See results of energy audit 
    • Electronic Recycling program to begin in January (see attachment) - 75% of retired computers in US are in storage; 15% land-filled and only 10% are recycled.
  • Use of green-seal certified cleaning agents and recycled paper products
  • Volunteers needed to attend Georgia Kick-Off Conference & Green Resource Fair hosted by the Green Schools Alliance (GSA), Green Cup Challenge (GCC) and Pace Academy on Saturday, November 7th (see attachment)
  • Monitor and Report Progress - Ongoing

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