2010 National Green Cup Challenge
Posted by on January 11, 2010
The Green Schools Alliance and National Green Cup Challenge Coordinators invite ALL schools to participate in:
The 2010 National Green Cup Challenge
Monday, January 25 to Monday, February 22
The Green Cup Challenge is the 1st and only student-driven interschool energy challenge that invites all schools to measure and reduce campus electricity use and GHG emissions. The GCC empowers students and builds community, while raising awareness about climate change and the importance of resource conservation.
In 2009, 120 public and private, day and boarding, schools across 24 states reduced their aggregated carbon emissions by 2.5 million pounds, the equivalent of taking 220 cars off the road for one year! Greening our schools is a challenge and commitment, not a competition. We hope you will join other Green Cup Challenge schools nationwide to celebrate progress, build community and to work and win together!
The Green Cup Challenge was first launched as an interschool energy challenge in 2006 at Phillips Exeter Academy, Northfield Mount Hermon and the Lawrenceville School, and joined with the Green Schools Alliance in 2007 to formally become a Green Schools Alliance program. Asking schools to measure and reduce campus electricity use and GHG emissions, the GCC builds awareness about climate change and the environment, educates the community about the importance of conservation, and encourages the participation of the entire campus.
For more information and to register for the Green Cup Challenge go to http://www.greencupchallenge.net.
For more information about the Green Schools Alliance go to http://www.greenschoolsalliance.org.
Please do not respond to the entire listserve with questions about the Green Cup Challenge. You may contact me directly for more information. This is a wonderful program that has sparked a community wide discussion about resource use at our school. I highly encourage your school’s participation.
Best,
Katy Perry
Environmental Initiatives Coordinator
Miss Porter’s School
60 Main Street, Farmington, CT 06032
860-409-3641, katy_perry@missporters.org
http://www.porters.org
School Program Coordinator
Green Schools Alliance
kperry@greenschoolsalliance.org
http://www.greenschoolsalliance.org
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