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MARCH 2017

IN THIS ISSUE:
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Sustainability
MCPS continues to embrace a culture
of environmental sustainability.
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Energy-Saving Tips

Are you doing your part to save
energy at your school this spring?
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Recycling

We’re spotlighting “Recycle This, Not
E That” and some of the other exciting
EARTH HOURARTH HOUR
ways that the Green Team at Little
Bennett Elementary School uses to
Yes, it really is something to get excited about! raise recycling awareness.

Photo by © Gregg Yan / WWF-Philippines T
Green Team Activities
Earth Hour isn’t merely a suggestion to What is your Green Team doing for
spend 60 minutes with the lights turned off. Earth Day? See page 4 for resource

It is a symbolic gesture that reminds us links. You may also get some ideas
to use energy wisely, and to make from the SERT superstars at Great
Seneca Creek Elementary School.
conservation a way of life.

In 2007, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) organized Earth Hour as a
lights-off event to raise awareness. The inaugural event took place in Sydney,
Australia. The next year, 35 countries participated in the event and lights were LEAD
turned off on all seven continents. Since then, the popularity of Earth Hour
has grown dramatically and now the annual event is celebrated around the BY EXAMPLE
world as individuals, communities and businesses collectively turn off all of
their non-essential lights for 60 minutes.

One might ask the question, “What good can possibly come from turning off
the lights for Earth Hour?” Admittedly, going dark for only one of the 8,760 The deadline has
hours in a year will not greatly reduce our energy costs. But what it will do is
been extended!
make us think about electricity, how we use it, and most importantly, what
we can do to reduce our energy use. The first step in modifying our behavior
is to become aware of our daily habits. Continued on page 2.
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