Environmental impact reports are now available for October. As a result of recycling efforts last month, LPS saved:
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628 trees
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151,358 kWh of energy
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258,416 gallons of water
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122 cubic yards of local landfill space
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2.215 lbs of air pollution
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15,136 gallons of fuel
America Recycles Day, on November 15th, kicked off the LPS Scrap Metal Drive! From now until Earth Day 2021 (April 22nd) you can bring scrap metal to Sadoff Iron and Metal Company or Alter Metal Recycling to have it recycled.
All types of scrap metal will be accepted. When you arrive, tell them that you would like to donate all or part of the revenue from your metal to the LPS Recycling Program. At the end of the drive, the firms will match the amount that the public donates up to a specific dollar amount.
Funds raised for the LPS Recycling Program will be used toward replacing worn out steel recycling containers. The old containers will be recycled as scrap metal and will be replaced with new dumpsters manufactured from recycled steel - closing the recycling loop!
Examples of what to bring:
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Aluminum and tin cans
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Appliances
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Pots and Pans
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Wiring
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Sinks
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Bathtubs
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Electric Motors
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Plumbing Materials
Recycling has been practiced acrossed Lincoln Public Schools for many years. Materials typically being recycled in our schools include cardboard, paper, plastic, tin, aluminum, newspapers, and magazines. But what many people don't see is the long list of other "nontraditional" materials and items that are collected at the LPS Distribution Center for reuse and recycling [more].
School gardens communications hub
LPS and Community Crops have partnered up to develop a centralized communications hub for our school garden efforts all across the district. Slack is the online tool being utilized, and are designated channels for sharing activities, resources, and connecting with fellow school garden supporters. We are inviting all school garden coordinators and volunteers to join our Slack workspace – just e-mail Brittney Albin, balbin@lps.org to get signed up!
The 8th Annual Recycle Holiday Lights Drive benefiting Eastridge Elementary School PTO has begun! Lights are collected from November 15th - January 15th at drop off sites all over Lincoln. You can drop off lights in collection bins at all of the Fire Stations in Lincoln, outside of the LPS Science Focus Program, and in the Eastridge Elementary parking lot. Over the past seven years more than 64,000 pounds of holiday lights have been recycled through this program.
Lights will be collected from their stations and delivered to Scrap Central Inc. in Omaha. Lights can be in working or nonworking condition. The different components are separated and recycled. Scrap central will pay $0.35 per pound for the recycled lights. The proceeds are distributed among different organizations- 25% of funds raised from recycled holiday lights will be donated to Lincoln Fire Fighters Operation Warm, 25% of funds raised will be donated to the Science Focus Program, and 50% of funds will go to the Eastridge Elementary PTO. This funding benefits PTO initiatives like purchasing coding robots, ukuleles for the music rooms and special gym equipment.
Click HERE for a flyer with more details.
Did you know the district has a Sustainability Policy? On November 26th, 2019, The Lincoln Board of Education unanimously voted to approve policy 3905, which established their support for enhancing a districtwide culture of sustainability.
The Board recognizes the profound impact that District activities have on the natural environment and on the health and wellbeing of students, employees and the community. The Board embraces a commitment:
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To the responsible stewardship of energy, water and other natural resources;
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To create healthy environments for teaching and learning; and
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To support sustainability as an economic, environmental and social priority throughout the District.
Click HERE to reading the entire policy and the supplemental regulations.
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez’s talk, “Roots of Revolution”, was the latest presentation for the EN. Thompson Forum on World Issues, and the recording is now available. Martinez is an indigenous climate activist and is co-chair of a group called Earth Guardians, who “inspire and train diverse youth to be effective leaders in the environmental, climate and social justice movements”.
Mark your calendars now for the next presentation of the series on February 23, 2021 at 7 pm., which will feature an all youth panel titled “Naming the Beast: Climate Change and our Youth Taking Action”.
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