Not all climate change actions
happen in one day. Most take time.
For example, we are working to
reduce the amount of electricity used at Corvallis High School. Our new solar
panels will produce eight percent of what we use; if we can match that with
conservation, that’s significant.
We have targeted refrigerators as
a starting point. There are two in the staff room; one is going to the counseling
office, where it will replace a very old appliance that does not keep ice cream
frozen (and yes, sometimes you need ice cream in counseling….). We have also worked
with two staff members to remove their mini-fridges, but there are more to go.
Soon, they will all be hauled off.
I am also curious about our new
chromebook carts, which hold 36 chromebooks at the ready, fully charged all the
time (if the students plug them in). How
much energy does that take? I brought in my kill-a-watt meter to a social
studies classroom and we plugged it in. We’ll gather data this week and use it
to talk about further actions.
Step by step, we are walking the
long march.
Options:
Borrow a kill-a-watt and use it
at home.
Unplug.
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