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The
Student Conservation Association, Inc. administers the service of thousands
of volunteers on public lands in all 50 states. Its Mid-Atlantic/Southeast
regional office oversees conservation projects and programs in the
southeast region of the United States, including Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, and Virginia. To find out more about the programs that SCA offers in
your region, click on the following link:
Link to SCA site
Not enough space? Today,
“going underground” is a proactive design strategy that
addresses ever-evolving site requirements and their impact on facility
construction. An all-girls independent school in Washington, D.C.
has built a gymnasium and other facilities underground in order to
meet student needs and to accommodate for the lack of campus ground.
Link to article (PDF)
Source: Wasserman, Sue. Promoting
Underground Athletic Activities. School Construction News, October 27,
2004.
The NAIS Leading Edge Program
recognizes select member schools for their creativity in developing programs
that can serve as models for other schools. The Phillips
Exeter Academy
in New Hampshire
has been awarded for the significant strides it has made during the past
four years in formalizing environmental programs and promulgating
sustainability policies and practices school-wide.
Link to
article
Source: Quinn, Julie &
Johanna Maranto. Phillips
Exeter Academy
Receives National Honors for Environmental Sustainability. March 7,
2006.
As the Darrow School in New
York wrestles with the interesting dichotomy of teaching energy efficiency
while living in drafty old buildings (200 year-old Shaker-style), it
continues to look for new ways to incorporate sustainability into its community,
by way of facilities and equipment, curriculum and programs, and even daily
living.
Link
to article
Source: McDonough, William. The
Living Machine and Beyond. National Association of Independent Schools,
March 4, 2004.
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