El documento describe el premio "Green School" otorgado por LAHC a escuelas comprometidas con la conservación ambiental. El premio reconoce tres niveles (bronce, plata, oro) según el cumplimiento de 10 normas ambientales como tener un comité ecológico, educación ambiental, y extender las prácticas ecológicas a la comunidad. La escuela postula, un evaluador verifica el cumplimiento, y LAHC otorga el reconocimiento correspondiente.

1. The ‘Green School’ awardL A H C www.lahc.net

2. ¿Qué es el ‘Green School’ award?Es un reconocimiento otorgado por LAHC a los colegios que demuestran, en su filosofía y en la acción, un compromiso con la conservación del medio ambiente.¿Cuál fue el origen del reconocimiento?Octubre 2008: Conferencia ABSCH sobre cambios climáticos

3. Noviembre 2008: ‘Green supplement’ del ‘newsletter’

4. Se trabajó, en conjunto con algunas personas comprometidas, en el desarrollo de un proyecto para definir el reconocimiento en sí y el proceso de postulación y otorgamiento

5. Se comunicó a los miembros de LAHC en marzo de 2009Algunas iniciativas

6. a cheaply-manufactured badge which students,staff and parents of San Silvestre School can claim and be proud to wear as they have to sign a 100% commitment to the recycling campaign.

7. Action Committee Mug day!The Action Committee is campaigning to reduce the amount of plastic cups used at schoolBring R$5.00 to morning snack on Friday and you will receive;A tasteful ceramic mug with your name hand written in permanent ink

8. a choice of imported tea, coffee and cappuccino served by specially trained waiters and waitresses.

9. a carers guide based on the IBO learners’ profileAnyone who already has a mug at school or brings their own mug on Friday will also be eligible to enjoy the special tea and coffee service.Hope to see you and your mug on Friday!Action CommitteeEnvironmental Group

10. ‘Sun-smartness’

11. CLEARING UP!If we were to add up all the rubbish that is carelessly and irresponsibly dropped, creating ground pollution, how much of the world’s surface would it cover?You can try to educate the litter-louts, but,from time to time, rolling up your sleeves and cleaning up the mess may be what is needed to protect our planet.Beach cleaning is a regular CAS activity. Waste harmful to sea life and a real eye-sore, is collected and disposed of.Onlookers are intrigued and, hopefully, awakened to a better conscience.

12. Bottles are recycled. Plastic is recycled to make fleece and returns to school as warm clothing for children in Puno and Huancavelica.Empty ink cartridges are donated to the BURNS hospital which resells them to the companies to avoid piracy.Tetrapaks are collected and sent to a recycling company to be made into furniture and place mats.

13. SAVING TREESRecycling paperThe whole San Silvestre community knows that waste paper goes in one bin, other rubbish in another. All collected paper is sold for recycling.Copybooks have to be used from one year to another until full. Old copybooks can be recycled.Newspaper CollectionAny school can do this. It takes one Saturday, hundreds of students, willing staff, sets of industrial scales (we borrow them from companies), computers for checking data and, if it is an inter-House competition, lots of colour and enthusiasm.In April 2008 we outstripped every record – why? The whole school is determined to save paper and the recycling team made a great impression with an Assembly on the effects of our deteriorating environment.Sample years Amount (kilos) collected 2004 37,536.50 2006 53,898.30 2008 72,980.00 ** An additional 3,500 kilos of excellent quality blank paper has been donated to our Community Service Schools.How much money was made? Approximately $7,000¸ BUT, more importantly, it was calculated that 1,032 TREES were saved.

14. Paying It Forward

15. Care for our planet

16. What can WE do: as a school

17. as a community

18. as a region