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The Green Schools Commitee

Read some of the following steps to help you follow in our steps!

20 Easy Ways to Go Greener at Home—Besides Recycling
1. Plant an herb garden.

2. Switch all your lightbulbs to CFLs (or at least switch a few).
3. Use a compost bin.
4. Re ll your plastic water bottle.

5. Wash laundry at 300.
6. Turn o lights when you leave the room.
7. Don’t turn on lights at all for as long as you can—open your curtains and enjoy natural light.

8. Turn o your computer and TV completely at night.
9. Reuse scrap paper for shopping lists.
10. Print on two sides.

11. Fix leaky taps.
12. Line dry your laundry.
13. Make your own household cleaners – google how to do so.

14. Lower the temperature on your thermostat.
Back row left to right: Daniel McDowell, Promise Adekola, Esther Olujitan, Thomas Prior, Conor O’Brien, Sam Geraghty, Priye Joe-Otuma, Sultan Adeleke, Joshua Omotola. 15. Unplug unused chargers and appliances.
Middle row left to right: Ms. McElwaine, Paul Galligan, Whitney Eguakun, Enimofe Elegbede, Nathan Ellis, Sonia Cahill, Angus Heaslip, Oreoluwa Odumosu , Ms. Dennigan,
Ms. Masterson. Front row left to right: Kate Agaba, Mark Noble, Rebecca Marsden, Conor Flint, Gift Kelvin. 16. Collect rainwater, and use it to water your houseplants and garden.
17. Switch to Fair Trade co ee, tea, chocolate and bananas.
Green-Schools News 18. Buy locally produced food.
19. Donate to, and shop at second-hand shops. You’ll be recycling perfectly usable items, you’ll be supporting your local
economy and charities, and you’ll be saving money.
Our Green-Schools Committee continues to work hard
with involvement in: 20. When you’re in the supermarket, close all the freezer doors to conserve energy.
w School clean-ups
w Tree planting Which of these do you already do?
w Recycling Which ones are you going to focus on this year? What can you add to the list?
w Promoting saving paper and saving energy in school
w National Spring Clean
w Earth Day

Members of the Green Schools Committee Tree Planting. Members of the Green Schools Committee Tree Planting.

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