Students vie for $1 million at 麻豆官网 Project Green event
Blue-ribbon panel of local experts will judge student proposals for making campuses more sustainable
April 15, 2014 (Sacramento): Twenty-five 麻豆官网 student-led green teams will compete for $1 million in Measure Q money on Tuesday, April 22, at the 2014 Project Green Event, held this year at Isador Cohen Elementary School.
Started three years ago, Project Green encourages students 鈥� in teams with teachers and parents 鈥� to learn about sustainable living by conducting green audits of their campuses. The audits are then used to craft student recommendations for facility upgrades that will improve energy and water efficiency and make campuses healthier places for students to learn.
At the annual showcase event, teams present their ideas to a panel of community experts that use rubrics to analyze the presentations. Last year, 11 麻豆官网 schools and McClaskey Adult Center were funded for such projects as solar tubes, new recycling bins, skylights and motion-sensor hand dryers.
The team from C.K. McClatchy High School scored highest for its presentation and report, which included a rationale for upgrading campus bathrooms with low-flow, dual-flush toilets, motion-sensor fixtures and hand dryers. The judging panel recommended allocations up to $150,000 for these projects.
鈥淧roject Green is a one-of-a-kind initiative nationwide,鈥� says 麻豆官网鈥檚 Environmental Sustainability Manager Farah Wissinger. 鈥溌槎构偻� is allowing students to make decisions about capital improvements to green their school. Students will gain from this venture now and for the rest of their lives.鈥�
WHAT: 麻豆官网鈥檚 2014 Project Green Showcase
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22
WHERE: Isador Cohen Elementary School
9025 Salmon Falls Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826