Earth Week celebrated on campus
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EARTH Week at Shanghai American School was a campus-wide weeklong celebrations.
“Earth Week aims at raising awareness for sustainable habits for everyone,” said Noah Flesher, a first-grade teacher at our Puxi campus.
“We have pushed for some small, but great, initiatives. Last year we helped facilitate the integration of biodegradable cups, forks, and spoons in the cafeteria. Additionally, each year catering company Sodexo helps us by providing a small discount at the cafeteria for everyone who brings in a reusable cup. Another great initiative was the collection of coffee grounds from our cafe to use as fertilizer in our flower-beds. Sodexo has continued the practice this year.”
As part of Earth Week this year, there were many events organized by teachers and clubs, such as wearing green colored clothes, Kick the Single Use Habit Day, and Stash Your Trash Day.
SAS Director of Facilities, Chris Levesque, shared tips on how to be greener with all of our teachers:
• When you are asleep or out of the house, turn your thermostat back 10 to 15 degrees (for every 1 degree change you can save approximately 5 percent on your heating and cooling bills).
• Open curtains on south facing windows to allow the sun to naturally heat your home in winter, and close them in the summer to reduce solar gain.
• Turn things off when you are not in the room such as lights, TVs, entertainment systems, and computer.
• Plug home electronics, such as TVs and DVD players, into power strips; turn the power strips off when the equipment is not in use.
• Do not run the water when brushing your teeth or shaving, turn “ON” only when needed.
• Wash only full loads of dishes and clothes.
• Take short showers instead of baths.
• Air dry dishes instead of using your dishwasher’s drying cycle.
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