Sustainability with a Sane Tack

Autor/in	Peterson, Dennis L.
Titel	Sustainability with a Sane Tack
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 67 (2010) 7, S.26-31 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Teacher Certification; Energy; School Districts; Public Education; Administrators; Leadership; Environmental Education; Conservation (Environment); Pollution; Sustainable Development; Natural Resources; Physical Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Energie; School district; Schulbezirk; Öffentliche Erziehung; Führung; Führungsposition; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Schadstoffbelastung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Natürliche Umwelt
Abstract	The author has been in education long enough to remember the bright orange stickers above every light switch reminding them to turn off the lights during the energy crisis of the 1970s. He remembers the TV commercial scanning piles of loose garbage along the highways, then panning out to show a tear rolling down the cheek of a Native American. Their disregard for the planet, their seemingly endless consumption of finite resources that polluted the land and air, and, of course, the 1973-74 OPEC oil embargo gave birth to an environmental movement and spawned numerous public policies and public agencies focused on changing their personal behavior. They've seen trends and mandates come and go in public education since that time. Now, almost 40 years later, he might have been skeptical when a group of parents asked to meet with him to get their school district on board with UPonGREEN, a national certification program for environmentally friendly practices in an organization. Minnetonka School District is well on its way to greening up. This article discusses how Minnetonka's UPonGREEN initiative make inroads in facility use and effects changes in personal behaviors and attitudes. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10