Where the heck do you think the winner of the most eco-friendly school is? Well, you ponder and first I’ll explain about the award.
Walmart recently held an “Earth Day Every Day School Challenge” in which schools could send in videos and essays about their school’s green qualities. Walmart, who is trying to go more green, although, presonally I think they could do better (another story for another time), chose 20 green school finalists and online voters picked the grand prize winner.
Ok, do you have a school in mind (did you peek)? The winning school was…
Corvallis High School in lovely rainy Oregon (my home state!).
Some of the reasons why Corvallis came out the winner include:
- The school consumes 30 percent less energy than every other school built to the Oregon code. The school is furthering these efforts with plans to eventually install solar panels.
- The school’s Green Club spearheads a campaign to encourage students to use carbon-neutral transportation by offering incentives to bike or walk to school.
- In 2009 a group of Corvallis students traveled to the national Power Shift environmental conference in Washington D.C.
- Recycling is easily accessible throughout the school.
- The school is certified with a LEED Silver Rating.
- Lastly, Corvallis High offers school offers environmentally focused classes including: Economics of Conscious Consumption, AP Biology with a bio-diesel capstone project, Political Action Workshop and AP Environmental Science.
Corvallis High was awarded a $20,000 grant from Walmart to further its environmental efforts and in a nice turn of events, Walmart also gave $500 gift certificates to the other finalists.
To read more about Corvallis High and other schools making the green grade, visit the Earth Day Every Day School Challenge.
Post from: Blisstree
Wed, Jul 1, 2009
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