Environmental impact reports are now available for November. As a result of recycling efforts last month, LPS saved:
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485 trees
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116,854 kWh of energy
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199,507 gallons of water
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94 cubic yards of local landfill space
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1,710 lbs of air pollution
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11,685 gallons of fuel
Park Middle has been a sustainability leader in Lincoln Public Schools for years, and despite the obstacles of COVID-19, Shawn Roberts, Media Secretary and Sustainability Champion, is determined to keep sustainability as a focus. Although the pandemic makes it more difficult to meet with students and facilitate hands-on activities, Roberts celebrates the small ways her school is making a difference. Read more about how she is keeping Park engaged in sustainability [more].
LPS Operations Building joins Compost Program
The most recent addition to the LPS Compost Program is the Operations building! This brings the total number of participating buildings in the district up to 59. Organic material is being collected in the staff kitchenette and paper towels are being collected in restrooms and other handwashing areas. Whether it is expanding collection at an existing building or implementing the collection at a new building, we continue to look for more ways to divert waste from going to landfill.
Goodwill donation drives for Reuse and Recycling
Looking for a new sustainability project for your LPS Green Team? Host a donation drive with Lincoln Goodwill! You provide the passion; Goodwill provides the bins, event flyers, and trucks for pickup. With your help, we can work towards our goal of diverting 3 million pounds of materials from local landfills in 2021.
Email alana@lincolngoodwill.org or call 402-438-2022 ext. 119 for more information.
And don’t forget to report this activity through the Green Schools Recognition Program to earn some points and funding!
The Nebraska Forest Service and Nebraska game & Parks have announced a COMBINED workshop on January 13th and January 20th, 2021 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. This workshop is for educators of students preschool trhough 12th grade. Attendance at both zoom sessions is required to receive credit for in-service hours.
Each participant will be given:
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a certificate for 4 in-service hours
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copies of both Project Learning Tree’s K-8 and Project WILD’s K-12 curricula guides
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the background knowledge needed to implement these hands-on, heads-on activities in your classroom or program right away
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Featured Curricula: Project Learning Tree’s K-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide and Project WILD’s K-12 Educator Guide
This FLYER has more information and click here to REGISTER.
Recycling beyond the classroom: construction waste
Construction and demolition is starting on several 2020 Bond projects, which means our construction waste management guidelines are in use again. All LPS projects have an 80% waste diversion goal for waste produced on site. Many materials from our sites can be recycled including scrap wood, metal, brick & concrete, cardboard, and even ceiling tiles!
As with all waste sorting, clear signage is important. Thanks to funding from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, we were able to purchase magnetic signs for the rolls offs that identify the category in both English and Spanish and include images of accepted materials. These designs come from Recycle Across America, an organization dedicated to “society-wide standardized labeling system for recycling bins to make it easier for people to begin to recycle right”.
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