Environmental Sustainability
Melody Gulledge, Director of Sustainability
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The Overlake School began its Go Green Initiative in 2007 with a mission to integrate "green" practices into every level of the organization. Campus-wide waste reduction and recycling, lunch room composting, environmental-focused Project Week and Service Day activities, improved methods for tracking resource consumption and the initiation of Green Grant awards represent some of the environmentally-conscious actions taken by Overlake administrators, faculty, staff and students each day.
Move your cursor over the tree below to discover some of the Green Team's recent initiatives:
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SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS &
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
- Woodland Park Zoo Backyard Habitat Program
- King County Green Schools
- Full Circle Farms
- National Wildlife Federation
- Puget Sound Energy
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GREEN GRANTS
- Hootie's List Book Swap
- Overlake Community Garden
- Nat. Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Certification
- Bike-to-School Day
- Kill-A-Watt Meters for science classes
- GradeMark.com start-up
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EXTRACURRICULAR
- Environmental Clubs
- OWLS Trails
- Environmental Service Days
- Professional Development
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CURRICULAR
- Outdoor Education Program
- Environmental Science Classes
- Environmental Project Weeks
- 5th/6th grade Learning Garden
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ENVIRONMENTALLY-CONSCIOUS
FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS
- LEED Certified Technology/Language Center
- Campus-wide lighting retrofits
- New Humanities and 5th/6th Grade Buildings
- Campus Center improvements
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
- Comprehensive campus-wide energy audit
- Facilities conservation procedures
- Monthly utility bill tracking
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Campus-wide recycling
- Composting program
- Guidelines for purchasing toxic waste disposal methods
- E-cycling