The Sustainability Committee has introduced a blog to begin the conversation on sustainability both at Touchstone and in the greater community. Sustainability@Touchstone is the online home of the sustainability committee at the Touchstone Community School. This blog contains updates on what the school is doing as well as provides useful information for living sustainably. You [...]
Sustainability
Sustainability@Touchstone is the online home of the sustainability committee at the Touchstone Community School. This blog contains updates on what the school is doing as well as provides useful information for living sustainably. You will leave the Touchstone site when you visit this blog.
The Sustainability Committee is organized to help Touchstone Community School implement the vision expressed in its mission statement: “We envision communities working together to care for, appreciate, and protect the earth and universe we inhabit.” The committee explores connections between our school and issues of environmental responsibility and stewardship to enable the school to become an ecologically and economically sustaining community that supports the long-term vitality and viability of our local, national, and world communities.
The Sustainability Committee will focus on the following efforts in 2010-2011:
1. Educational activities to promote the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
2. Continued improvements in energy and resource efficiency in school operations.
3. Sustainable facilities master planning and building and grounds support.
4. Development of programmatic initiatives to support community education and involvement, and encourage adoption of sustainable practices.