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TENNESSEE POLLUTION PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP

TENNESSEE POLLUTION PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP. GREEN SCHOOLS PROGRAM Cynthia Rohrbach. TP3 Mission Statement.

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TENNESSEE POLLUTION PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP

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  1. TENNESSEE POLLUTIONPREVENTION PARTNERSHIP GREEN SCHOOLS PROGRAMCynthia Rohrbach

  2. TP3Mission Statement To be Tennessee’s statewide network of households, schools, government agencies, organizations, businesses, and industries, working together to protect our shared environment through pollution prevention

  3. THE GREEN SCHOOLS PROGRAM: • Is the schools' branch of the partnership • Can begin with one classroom or club • Progresses through levels of commitment to pollution prevention • Should eventually involve the whole school and can include entire school system

  4. TP3 Green Schools Program Objectives • Promote operations that reduce waste and technologies that conserve natural resources – energy, water, land, air, and raw materials • Eliminate toxins and hazardous chemicals from schools • Bring cost savings to schools through conservation and pollution prevention • Involve students in projects that accomplish these objectives, whenever possible, to increase learning about environmental and health issues • Give statewide recognition to schools that are successful in pollution prevention to increase awareness among other schools and the general public

  5. Members voluntarily progress through levels of commitment: • Prospect • Pledge • Partner • Performer

  6. Prospect Level A class, club, or school has: • Requested information about the TP3 Green Schools Program • Signed up on-line, at presentations, booths, conferences, or through mailings

  7. Pledge LevelA class, club, or school becomes an active member of the program by: • Reviewing suggested activities on the School Pledge Card • Determining what activities their class, club,or school is already doing • Pledging to continue these and any other activities by writing them on the Pledge Card • Getting required signatures and sending in the Pledge Card

  8. TP3 Activity Areas REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE ENERGY CONSERVATION HARMFUL CHEMICALS LAND & WATER CONSERVATION CLEAN AIR

  9. Partner LevelWhen working toward the Partner level: • Assess the environmental condition of the school buildings and campus • Develop a TP3 Plan with one project in each of the 5 areas • Develop an Environmental Policy Statement that is endorsed by the school and administration • Choose a project to implement first – it can be one that is already in progress • Write a Success Story on first completed project

  10. Making an Environmental Assessment WASTE WASTE ENERGY ENERGY LAND & WATER LAND & WATER

  11. Making an Environmental Assessment CHEMICALS HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AIR CLEAN AIR

  12. Performer Level • All five projects are completed, and Success Stories are written. • Pollution has been prevented, and money saved. • A large portion of the students, teachers, and staff have increased participationand environmental awareness. • Your school has Mentoredothers about pollution prevention and the TP3 Green Schools Program. • Your school has involved the local community in Green Activities.

  13. Green Activities involving the Human Community

  14. Green Activities involving the Wildlife Community

  15. REWARDS Pledge - The Pledge certificate Partner - The Partner certificate TP3 decals, Use of logo Public recognition Performer - The Performer certificate TP3 green flag Public recognition

  16. Andrew Johnson Elementary in Kingsport Reduces, Reuses, and Recycles

  17. McDonald Elementary School The Tennessee Students Against Pollution club are 7th and 8th graders that run the recycling program at McDonald. They “closed the loop” by purchasing recycled tire swings and plastic benches.

  18. Special Needs Students at Fairview Middle School Champion Recycling and Win Awards TDEC Award winners 2000 – 2004 Williamson County Schools Most phone books 2003 – 9,388

  19. Croft Middle School Seventh graders recycle paper from the entire school, while 5th graders run the cafeteria composting program that includes milk cartons. Compost is used in campus gardens.

  20. New construction of Flintville Elementary produced scrap metal and cardboard that were recycled instead of being landfilled.

  21. Centennial High School Clears the Air With 1600 students and 500 parking spaces, car pooling saved money, gas, and air emissions on Earth Day. Coupons and give-aways provided incentives for car pool participants. Car Pool to School for Earth Day 2004 and 2005

  22. Alpha Elementary uses EPA’s Tools for Schools The old building had fabric wall covering, carpets, and floor heating and cooling units that had leaked for years. The building was gutted and re-done in 2003 to improve IAQ.

  23. Centennial Students Save Energy and Water Environmental Science students conducted an energy audit, formed an energy patrol, and raised awareness about energy use in their school. Turning vending machine lights off is saving 25,000 kwh and $1000 per year.

  24. Centennial Conserves Water and Beats Campus Erosion

  25. Campbell County High Disposes of Old Chemicals Biology teacher Shelley King initiated the inventory and became one of four pilot schools. They had over 800 pounds of waste, including many preserved biological specimens.

  26. Centennial High earns TP3 Green Flag First TN school to reach Performer level, joining four industries. May 2004 September 2005

  27. TP3 Green School Awards • Annual awards are given for the best projects during the current school year in the five TP3 areas: • Clean Air • Energy Conservation • Hazardous Chemicals Reduction • Land and Water Conservation • Solid Waste Reduction Nominations are due April 15. Awards will be presented at end-of-year school ceremonies. www.tdec.net/awards/

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