Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition Presented by Pureology

 

Pureology http://www.pureology.com/ and Influenster http://www.influenster.com/ are teaming up to bring the Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition.

Here is the information from http://www.pureology.com/ to explain why going gree in schools is so important:

WHY GREEN SCHOOLS?

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.

 

This is such a great opportunity to win something really great for my son's school. School is so important to a child's foundation and future. For anyone who doesn't know, Tyler goes to a charter school. There is a lot of interaction and support from the familes in his school community and countless hours doing fundraisers. Though we have a great community and are able to to accomplish so much through our joint efforts, if the school were able to cut costs and better the educational environment, they would be able to put their resources towards other areas to even further better the school and help our children shine. It would be so great to win the prize so that Eduprize could cut costs by becoming"greener" and more energy efficient.