[GreenYes] Go Green Syracuse - Five City Schools Sign Onto Go Green Initiative in Two weeks

[Pete Wirth <pwirth@no.address>]

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Mark Naef
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Go Green Syracuse
Five City Schools Sign Onto Go Green Initiative in Two weeks

Syracuse, NY - Five  Syracuse city schools recently signed onto the 
Go Green Initiative (GGI)
         * Seymour  Magnet School - Karen Hall 436-8938
         * Solace Elementary - Carolyn Messina-Yawchzy   435-4877
         * HW Smith Elementary- Sharon Birnkrant 435-4490
         * Lincoln Middle-Rob DiFlorio 435-4450
         * Nottingham High-Debbie Mastropolo 435-4380

and joined Ed Smith Elementary school, the first school in the city 
to sign onto this national project last August.

They committed to:

* Expand their paper recycling program throughout the school and 
include bottles and           cans.
         * Incorporating recycling education throughout their curriculum.
         * Adopt national paper conservation standards

Jennifer Spoor,  hired by Naef Recycling  to coordinate the GGI 
efforts in the city said,
"I am inspired by the excitement I have encountered upon talking with 
people about the Go Green Initiatiave in Syracuse. There are so many 
environmental leaders throughout the schools and in the city. These 
leaders see the importance of the Go Green Initiative as a simple and 
logical tool for unifying and magnifying the environmental efforts in 
Syracuse and throughout New York State.

These people are setting a phenomenal example for the children who 
look up to them - teaching local communities the value of 
environmental conservation and stewardship. And we've only just begun!"

Ed Smith Elementary school was the first school in the county to sign 
onto the national project, GGI, a grassroots environmental program 
that unites parents, teachers and students to create a culture of 
conservation in schools. Since Aug. - Jan. 2006  they have recycled:
                 * 4.2  tons of paper
                 * 35  pounds of plastics
                 * 1,637pounds of cardboard

To keep abreast on what is happening in Syracuse schools with the Go 
Green Initiative  visit the Naef Recycling web 
site  http://www.naefrecycling.com where reports from local schools 
involved with this project are posted.

The Go Green Initiative is being promoted in  NY State through 
the  efforts of the NY State Association of Reduction, Reuse and 
Recycling. (NYSARRR) For recycling information for school 
administrators, teachers and students visit the NYSARRR web site at 
http://www.nysar3.org

The Go Green Initiative involves students at every level and takes a 
comprehensive approach to help schools evaluate every aspect of their 
environmental impact. It provides schools simple checklists and tools 
to examine everything from recycling to unsafe pesticides used on 
playgrounds. For more information visit http://www.gogreeninitiative.org

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Syracuse, NY 13210
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