Chicago’s green schools

The Chicago Public Schools are getting a lot of attention these days, as the hometown of President-elect Barack Obama and Superintendent Arne Duncan, ... and embrace more environmentally friendly practices. Part of it is mandated by state law-the Illinois legislature required all schools in the state to adopt green cleaning practices in May 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:40:17

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In today's pages: Palin and Obama, Locke H.S. and movie sets

[ Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, self esteem, SEIU, corruption, podcars, Locke High School, Green Dot, ... International Union President Andy Stern details the house-cleaning the union has undertaken ... dropout rates. And if it succeeds, Green Dot will have created a blueprint for public schools [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 10:37:51

Green Party candidate Todd Price running for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Todd Price, ... collect signatures before Sunday January 4. Price advocates: · Building Safe Schools. Calling ... . · Cleaning up the testing mess. Convening a meeting of assessment and evaluation experts to consider [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:43:47

Emily’s Tips

Now, I’m certainly no expert on just what it takes to make it as a SAHM. However, I’m a firm believer in the School of Hard Knocks ( ... Clorox’s new Green Works cleaners.  They power through grease, dried-on egg, marinara sauce, and smell ... flooring, and its clean scent was just what the living room carpet was lacking. One bottle of bubble [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 16:51:20

Green College Spotlight: Cornell University

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York officially set a goal this year to integrate sustainability into all major operations, ... sources from contamination. Keeping the air and water clean is no small task given the university’ ... from its schools of medicine.  But, they’re working hard on new innovations like clean “non-burn” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 11:00:15

THE GIFT CLOSET

My dream closet (Flickr)Well, I had a 8am PTO (GPO at our school-Greenhills Parent Organization) ... 1 has some pink, green, red, etc. leather covered tape measures for $2.00. I always find some cute little ... to stock up. Off to Target for an ornament box, my cleaning lady did not come, my kid's have several [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:50:00

Be Kind In Kind

From the bean of Green Bean. "So somehow I got roped into this marketing group for the school, ya know, ... to get creative. It's time to be kind in kind. The next time you go on a cleaning, reorganizing, de-cluttering ... . The theater company can take unique clothing and costume jewelry. The school needs a filing cabinet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:03

Stay on Green!

At least twice a week, I drive my 6-year-old niece to school ... unplugged from the office. I did all the holiday stuff, played with my pets, painted a couple rooms, cleaned out some cupboards, and generally relaxed. Now I feel I need to do some of that kind of cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:35:00

Do you think magazines influence eating disorders?

I am currently at school, doing my sociology coursework. I am doing whether magazines influence young girls to develop eating disorders ... and salon quality hair at home, on the soccer field, cleaning the toilet…and you have families ... single appliance, window, and pillowcase in your house isn’t Green, you might as well throw [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:24:27

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