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Jeanne Nye, Lake Mills Middle School
6/3/2010 8:47:38 PM
With our school being remodeled around us as we taught this year, Lake Mills School District, in particular the Middle School, managed to pull off a great first year Earth Day Celebration jointly with the City of Lake Mills. I was in charge of the District participation. In fact, it was held only two months after most of the teachers moved into the new rooms. I, alas, am still teaching in the old section with three other teachers. No, there isn't any air conditioning. No, no windows, either. Oh, the construction noise? Yes, I used a sound meter to determine the often prolonged 120 db of electronic pounding under and beside the room. But, in the midst of all that, I helped promote our sustainability efforts within the District, by winning a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Fellowship to develop a sustainable network of teachers with Japan. I have developed a plan to challenge the parochial school in our town, as well as those in neighboring communities to a "Turn It Off" campaign to develop energy saving sustainable behaviors in our students and our communities. We can see who reduces their energy consumption the most (by percent) from one given month to the next. The next stage will be to challenge one community against another. Want to join the challenge? We'll all win! Let's make a difference!