The Sustainability Mission of Christchurch School

In keeping with the mission of Christchurch School, it is our belief that sustainability is and will remain a part of the integral fabric of the school’s operations. We believe that through recycling, re-using and reducing our school products, we will be able to promote sustainability. We intend to improve the environment for both our school and the surrounding area by making the best use of our local resources, making decisions to improve our health, economy, society, and environment and by improving our campus through energy and water conservation, sustainable landscaping, building design and renovation, using local and organic food, and recycling. We strive to involve all members of the school community to achieve our goal of reducing our impact on the environment while educating ourselves in the process by means of equity, economy, environment, and education, equally important for everyone in the community.

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Sage is Composting

Composting with Kirk and Kyle 
Composting is a organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. Kirk and I have chosen to do composting in the garden. Mr Smiley has been nice to give us a bin to use behind the dining hall for composting. Right now our compost is coming from Sage's food scraps(organic matter) from there preparation of every meal. Our school is still not to the step of being able to scrape our food scraps from our plates straight into a compost bin. Our job is to teach the community how to compost. Our goal is too educate the community so that we can have a composting bin in the dining hall for every meal. 

Composting is sustainable because it fits the three E's fractal. 
Environment: Helps the environment because there is less waste in our landfills, has more nutrients for the crops and a natural fertilizer.
Equity: our school isn't at the top level of equity for composting because the student population can't seperate cans from our trash, what makes them able to seperate compostable and non compostable foods when clearing there plates.
Economy: by composting you are removing trash that the school would pay to have take to the landfill. There for you would be saving money by composting  The produce is used in the dining hall for our meals and could be eventually used for compost.  





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