| 13 April 2007, Belleville, ON—Trenton High School is extending a warm welcome to the media and the public for a ‘cool’ event on Friday, April 20, 2007: Chillin’ With the Planet, Caring for Our Community.
Canadian author and photographer Bruce Kirkby will be the keynote speaker. His speech will focus on the role of leadership, character building and personal responsibility in caring for the environment. Additional speakers will include Carl Pitman, Chair of the Board, and EarthCARE™ teams will present their projects. There will also be student EarthCARE displays and presentations.
This special event will celebrate results for the environmental achievements of students involved in EarthCARE. Launched in 2005 with partner Ameresco Canada, EarthCARE is an occupant-behaviour energy conservation program.
The district has spent $42 million to upgrade facilities and conserve energy. Currently 75 percent of the school improvements and upgrades have been completed, with the remainder scheduled over the next three years. This year alone, the district has saved over $1 million on utility costs and reduced greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions by 8,050 tonnes, or 35 percent.
The EarthCARE environmental education program encourages students, teachers and staff to engage in conservation-friendly behaviours in the classroom and the community. Since September 2005 it has saved the district an additional $150,000 in Lights Off, Computers Off, equivalent to a 1.4-tonne reduction in CO2 emissions, or the equivalent of planting 46 mature trees.
Chillin’ With the Planet, Caring for Our Community event details
Date and time: Friday, April 20, 10:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
Place: Trenton High School Auditorium, 15 Fourth Ave, Trenton
Speakers:
• Sara Jackson, Student Senator
• Steven Solarz, Student Trustee
• Carl Pitman, Chair of the Board
• Bruce Kirkby, Author, Photographer and keynote speaker
Immediately following the event a media Q&A will be held in the Library, beginning at 11:40 am. Representatives of the media and media students are invited to participate in the Q&A.
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For more information on this event, please contact Kerry Donnell, Communications Officer, HPEDSB
at 613-966-1170 or 1-800-267-4350, ext. 2354 or at kdonnell@hpedsb.on.ca.
For information about EarthCARE, please contact Rose-Marie Batley, Executive Director, EarthCARE at
(613) 868-0721 or at rmb@earthcarecanada.com or visit www.earthcarecanada.com
TM – EarthCARE, An Environmental Education Partnership is a registered trademark and property of Ameresco Canada Inc.
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