Go Green Initiative's School of the Week
Walnut Grove Elementary School Pleasanton, CA |
Here comes the sun!!! At least that is what Walnut Grove Elementary School, our
Go Green School of the Week, is thinking. Last week, Principal, Bill Radulovich flipped
the switch to become the first solar school in California. Walnut Grove has transformed from a "gardening, composting, recycling" school to a school that saves energy and is helping a school around the world do the same.
"Going Green" with Jill in 2001-02 opened doors, ultimately leading to us being named a PG&E Solar School," says Mr. Radulovich.
 The Roots and Shoots Club, spearheaded by Kat Peters has gone waaaay beyond recycling and composting. This group has teamed up with Hands Across the Water, another group on campus organized by the school counselor Sharon Tangney. They are selling CFL light bulbs to benefit a school in Liberia.
They want to raise $5000 to buy solar ovens for the Liberian school to combat dysentery and reduce the amount of trees used for wood burning stoves. It will improve the lives of the children in Liberia and help combat global warming.
It's only natural that Walnut Grove would extend their environmental program beyond recycling, since they are the home school of GGI founder, Jill Buck. But Kat Peters, the students, and Mr. Rad have gone crazy for green. We applaud you all!
Of course, this story will probably never end if Mr. Rad has anything to do with it. He is once again teaming up with some big energy companies for something that will be fun for everyone. Read more about Walnut Grove and their plans for the future.
If you would like your school to be considered for the "School of the Week", please email Amy Snyder at newsletter@gogreeninitiative.org. Tell us what your school has been doing to Go Green and send along a few pictures of your students "in action."
Sincerely,
Jill Buck
Go Green Initiative |
