On May 5th, 2015, the U.S. EPA announced the winners of the 2014 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition. Nationwide, more than 100 teams and 5,500 buildings entered to compete to see who could reduce their waste, energy, and water consumption the most!
Wendy Turner: It Takes a Village to Be Green
How much of a difference can one teacher make? When it comes to environmental sustainability, Wendy Turner, a second grade teacher at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, shows that one teacher can inspire the “greening” of a whole school. Turner’s leadership sparked enthusiastic support and hard work from her peers, students, parents and the school’s administration.