Madison West High Green Club

Our goal: To increase environmental awareness and promote green activism by

greening our building and community

Accomplishments: 2011-2012

• Hosted Green Week - Raised awareness of energy consumption at West - Reduced energy consumption level by over 10%! (Saved $400 in four days!) • Started up People.Power.Planet initiative at West

- Live meter of school energy consumption - Start of communal environmental awareness

More Accomplishments: 2011-2012

• Hosted Electronic Recycling Drive - Made $800 in four hours! • Bike Mile Challenge (Fall

and Spring) • Recycling in the LMC: cell

phones, batteries, shoes - Recycled over 50 lbs of phones

Green Week Results •  Saved 10.7% (or 420 kilowatt-hours) of energy consumption per day

•  Would save district $12,000 to $14,000 annually, if implemented permanently

 

Red  Line  =      kWh  for  Wed.  1-­18-­2012  

Blue  Line  -­=  kWh  for  Wed.  1-­11-­2012  

Blue: Week before Green Week; Red: Green Week

Goals: 2012-2013 • Host more electronic recycling drives • Continue the Bike Mile Challenges • Make changes during last year's Green

Week more permanent • Get new blinds for our school • Create a recycling center in the LMC • Clean Water Project

Outreach: 2012-2013 •  Help other schools become

more involved with People.Power.Planet initiative

• Work with elementary and middle schools’ environmental programs

•  Raise awareness about greening West

GREEN CLUB WANTS YOU!

Have ideas? Want to help? JOIN US! •  First meeting: Friday, September 14,

2012 •  Room 306 (Mr. Grady’s room) •  Email: mwhgreenclub@gmail.com •  Blog:

madisonwestgreenclub.wordpress.com