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Welcome Student Journalists!
Writing an article for your school newspaper can be a great way to raise awareness and support for greening your school and protecting the environment.
Here are some basic facts to get you on your way:
Attention Getters
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Buildings account for 38% of U.S. CO2 emissions.
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School greening is essential in the process to improve human health, conserve natural resources, educate the public, and fight climate change.
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Green schools have better teacher retention rates and are increasingly credited with improving student performance.
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Green schools cost less than 2% more up-front than conventional schools - or about $3 per square foot - but provide financial benefits through energy conservation that are 20 times as large.
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In green schools, test scores and learning ability improves on average 3-5%, which is equivalent to a 1.4% lifetime annual earnings increase. This equates to an annual earning increase of $532 per student.
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75% of senior school executives believe green schools improve a school's ability to attract and retain teachers.
Catchy Closers
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A clean, quiet, safe, comfortable, and healthy environment is critical to successful teaching and learning
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Green school design provides a lucrative way to advance schools' qualities in several areas - learning, health and operational costs, and competitiveness.
- "Greening public schools creates an opportunity to improve the health and educational settings for all students, regardless of income or background, a process with clear moral benefits." - Gregory Kats, "Greening America's Schools: Costs and Benefit
Stumped?
Click on a link below to view examples of articles.
Other Tools and Resources:
If you are interested in interviewing a member of our staff, or if you have written an article that you would like us to post in our archive, please send an e-mail to education@earthday.net.
Happy Writing!
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