Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition Presented by Pureology

Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition Presented by Pureology

 http://www.pureology.com/ 

  The site above states "Great Schools Start with You" I could not agree more with this statement. One of the most important things in my child's life to me is her education and the great thing about this contest is that it is helping to better our children's place of education and also help save money. To me saving money on things that aren't helping their education means more money going towards their education. Constantly I see things in the paper or the news about budget cuts, art, and sports getting cut all because the lack of money paying for other things.

    

As a parent it is also important to me that my child attend a environment nurturing school. The more we work today at bettering our environment with recycling, reducing our waste, and growing our own foods the better future our children will have. What better place to start teaching these things if not at home at school where they spend a large amount of their day. I don't know of one parent out there who wants to picture their son, daughter, or even grandchildren living in a smog covered trashed filled planet like on the movie Wall E. So take the step be your child's voice and enter Pureology Green School Makeover win or not your making the step to start helping schools make a brighter cleaner future for our children. http://www.globalgreen.org/greenschoolmakeover

 

When a school goes green, children benefit—as well as the environment! Green schools lead to:

Improved student performance. When children learn in classrooms with natural daylight, improved sound quality and non-toxic building materials such as non-VOC carpets and paints, test scores can improve as much as 20%. Attendance also improves!

More funds for student resources. When green upgrades are made to a school, water and energy costs can be reduced by as much as 40%. These savings can be channeled back into resources that directly benefit students, such as textbooks, computers and other essentials.

Reduced carbon footprint. Greening a school significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming.