ArchiveGreenSAS2008-2010


 * Long Term Goals:**

__- Go cup-free__ - Reduce the amount of energy - Reduce the amount of water used - Investigate the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides - Develop green spaces and gardens (e.g. flat roofs)


 * CUP-FREE GROUP!**


 * DID YOU KNOW that SAS High School uses 4,000 paper cups a day?** **AND** //they're not recyclable!//

Project Manger: Donna Ni Connie Wang Max Wang Asumi Matsumoto

-to eradicate (or dramatically reduce) the use of paper cups in the school
 * Objectives:**

-by getting students to bring their own bottles - post signs on all water dispensers: "Why don't YOU have a water bottle?" or "You're killing me" (picture of crying tree) - START WITH US! How many R&S members bring bottles on a regular basis? - Lunch contest: guess how many cups we have used 1st semester - closest 10 guesses get water bottles - Produce our own bottles and make them available for students to purchase. - Lead-up announcements - bulletin boards (in process)
 * How?:**

**Updates!**
- Earth Hour: March 28th - Earth Day: April 22nd
 * Lunch time activity during March 16th-20th (Promote Earth Week)


 * Get students to guess how many cups SAS Pudong campus uses in semester 1


 * Top 5 people with the closest number of cups = free Decathlon bottle

Schedule for March & April March 16th - 20th: March 30th - April 3rd:
 * Posters up to advertise guessing game.
 * Cup-free for a day on March 17th (Tuesday). (Get approval from Mr. Johnson; Students will be notified beforehand)
 * SPRING BREAK**
 * Guessing cup Game!
 * Cup-free for two days on March 31st and 1st (Tuesday and Wednesday)

April 7th - 10th:
 * Cup-free for two days on April 7th and 8th (Tuesday and Wednesday)

April 13th -17th:
 * Cup-free for four days! April 14th - 17th (Tuesday - Friday)

April 20th - 24th:
 * Cup FREE for the entire week!

To the Science Department,
 * Thousand Tree Letter**

The Roots and Shoots Club is planning a project called the Thousand Tree Project, where we propose to plant trees in a deforested area. The average person produces approximately 26 tons of carbon a year. One ton of carbon is offset by approximately 6 trees. This project would be an excellent way to help reduce carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.

Sponsoring a forest is our main goal. One tree is 25 RMB, thus 1,000 trees is gained through 25,000 RMB. To accomplish this, during Earth Week, we would like students to take 10 minutes during science class to calculate their carbon footprint. Based on the amount of carbon they use, students can see how many trees they would need to buy to offset their carbon footprint. Students can use this link to calculate their footprint: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/index.html.

We sincerely hope that you consider our ideas here. We appreciate that this is a busy time of year, but we also feel that Earth week is an important event that would benefit the awareness of this school and the environment. Thank you for working with us to help inform the students of the need to preserve the environment.

Sincerely, The Roots and Shoots Club