Comments on: Want a Green School? Check Out “Cool the Earth” http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/ Where going green is a family affair Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:05:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Els http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Els Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:05:57 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-892 Well, Steph.... I read your article and do understand your feelings. We moved from Europe to the US two years ago and I do believe schools here have a long way to go green. OUr school tries... but a lot is theory and not practice. About your plastic bags: in my kids school in Belgium plastic bags, ziploc bags etc.. were prohibited. For lunch the kids all bring tupperware like washable containers and whoever brings a plastic bag or tetra container (drinks, milk, etc...) has it sent back home with a :( note. The first few months were hard, but now everybody takes it as natural. The school also has a "drop the heating for a couple of °" day. The children get a reminder note that the next day they have to put on an extra sweater and nobody ever complained that it was cold. (Why are the classes here in Florida sooo freezing cold that the children also have to bring a sweater ????) These are just some of my thoughts. Hope they are helpful to you and yes I will check out the website. Good Luck. Els Well, Steph…. I read your article and do understand your feelings.
We moved from Europe to the US two years ago and I do believe schools here have a long way to go green. OUr school tries… but a lot is theory and not practice.
About your plastic bags: in my kids school in Belgium plastic bags, ziploc bags etc.. were prohibited. For lunch the kids all bring tupperware like washable containers and whoever brings a plastic bag or tetra container (drinks, milk, etc…) has it sent back home with a :( note. The first few months were hard, but now everybody takes it as natural. The school also has a “drop the heating for a couple of °” day. The children get a reminder note that the next day they have to put on an extra sweater and nobody ever complained that it was cold. (Why are the classes here in Florida sooo freezing cold that the children also have to bring a sweater ????)
These are just some of my thoughts. Hope they are helpful to you and yes I will check out the website. Good Luck.

Els

]]> By: Steph http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Steph Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:53:43 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-421 The economic limitations facing schools may make them more open to green options. It seems like a great win-win for schools and families! The economic limitations facing schools may make them more open to green options. It seems like a great win-win for schools and families!

]]> By: Energy Saving http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Energy Saving Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:43:50 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-416 This is a good project. My children took the books that they used during their last year at school. There were a number of books that still had quite a few pages that could still be used. I shall suggest to their school that these books can be used the following school year. We all know that resources in schools are always under pressure. This is a good project. My children took the books that they used during their last year at school. There were a number of books that still had quite a few pages that could still be used. I shall suggest to their school that these books can be used the following school year. We all know that resources in schools are always under pressure.

]]> By: Steph http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Steph Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:52:55 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-405 Carleen and Jeff Cullen are the folks who founded Cool the Earth so the applause is theirs! Carleen and Jeff Cullen are the folks who founded Cool the Earth so the applause is theirs!

]]> By: Anna http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Anna Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:33:29 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-403 Getting kids involved is really the thing that, at the end of the day, is going to save the planet. I really do applaud you for the program - good work! Getting kids involved is really the thing that, at the end of the day, is going to save the planet. I really do applaud you for the program – good work!

]]> By: Recycle Your Day » Carnival of the Green #194 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/green-resources/want-a-green-school-check-out-cool-the-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Recycle Your Day » Carnival of the Green #194 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:54:10 +0000 http://www.greeningfamilies.com/?p=667#comment-398 [...] an important issue facing our planet: climate change! Find out about the Cool the Earth program at Greening Families and green up your child’s school [...] [...] an important issue facing our planet: climate change! Find out about the Cool the Earth program at Greening Families and green up your child’s school [...]

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