International Recycling

Webelo scouts from Troop 235 are busy recycling at the International Festival! THANK YOU, SCOUTS!

Did you know ..... The  Environmental Performance Index (EPI) completed by Yale University found that in green efforts the U.S. ranks only 39th from 163 countries examined?

The EPI rates countries by assigning numeric values for different aspects of environmental policies. Each of 163 countries was graded on a scale of 1 to 100 (with 100 being the highest score). The EPI ranks many European and South American countries higher that the U.S. The EPI takes into account not just recycling, but other factors like purity of drinking water, carbon emissions and disease rates.

2010 EPI Top 10 Countries With Scores (Out of a possible 100)

1. Switzerland, 95.5
2. Sweden, 93.1
3. Norway, 93.1
4. Finland, 91.4
5. Costa Rica, 90.5
6. Austria, 89.4
7. New Zealand, 88.9
8. Latvia, 88.8
9. Colombia, 88.3
10. France, 87.8

Well, we still have quite a way to go to make it into the top 10! Keep up Go-ing Green, kids!!!!

Last Friday's Walk to School event was so much fun!!! THANK YOU (a big one!) to all the helpers and walkers! Special thanks to the police force keeping us safe when crossing Berkeley Bridge!

282 people walked to school, and as a result we had 276 less cars in the carline than on other days. Isn't that amazing?!?!?!?

Feel free to make any day to a "walk to school" day for yourself! You know now how great it feels to start the day with walking! Mother Earth (and the carline assistants) will thank you!

+ Did you know?  SC is currently second in the country (behind California) with more than 180 schools planning events during International Walk to School month!

Walk to School  - Friday, Oct. 5!!!!

 

Join the Clemson Elementary School community in celebrating International Walk to School Day on Friday, October 5th. Take some time this week to promote health, safety and the environment by walking to school! 

• Walk for fitness and walk for fun!
• Walking to school is a great opportunity to teach and practice safe walking skills.
• If you live too far from school to walk, drive part of the distance, then park and walk the rest of the way! We have permission for you to park at the neighboring subdivisions around the school and at Country Walk!
  

 

We've walked this way!

Our 7th, semi-annual Walk to School day on June 8th, 2012 was a great success and a lot of fun.

373 people walked to school on this beautiful, sunny summer morning. Thank you for all the students, their parents and pets for participating. We managed to eliminate 240 cars from the carline, thanks to getting on our feet! Walking helped to keep our air cleaner, and helped us to start field day happy, energized and warmed up! Look at photos about Walk to School in the "Sproutpictures" album!

Thank you for the the city's police force and for the parent volunteers for making this morning a safe experience for walkers and drivers alike!

Thank you for the talented artists who entertained and encouraged us with their colorful chalk artwork on the sidewalks on our way to school. (We even got a countdown of the distances to school - and Alaska!) Check out the slide-show here!

WALK TO SCHOOL - JUNE 8, 2012

Get on your feet ! Walk to school again on the morning of June 8th! This Friday morning you'll have a chance to start your day with exercise, help our air stay clean and reduce the number of cars in the carline!

E-waste recycling at Clemson Elementary - 1st week of March

Don’t throw away your old and unused cell-phones, digital cameras, camcorders, mp3 players, Ipods, GPSs laptops, notebooks, computer keyboards, mice! Clemson Elementary’s GoGreen team and Terracycle will combine efforts to re-purpose and recycle your, e-waste, while earning dollars to our school. We’ll collect e-waste during the first week of March at the school and in Clemson neighborhoods. If you’d like to sign up your neighborhood, please contact gogreence@gmail.com.

Here is a list of what we can recycle and how much our school would benefit from sending in items to Terracycle:

For more information on how Terracycle works, visit their website: http://www.terracycle.net/!

ON THE NEWS --Pedestrian-Friendly Bridge To Be Built In Clemson

Did you see the plans? Yesterday, Berkeley Bridge plans were revealed at a meeting in our school. (Read more here.) Even News Channel 4 covered the event! Check it out!!!