What are we going to do next?
Here are some of the things were are planning to do from January 2008:
1. Introduce the purpose of BEAT to the student body by carrying
out (if approved) an Official Launch Event (like an eco-fair) of a
school-wide program called Mission: Inside-Out in February 2008.
2. Further connect and unite with dorm students and staff who are organizing their own eco-actions to improve environmental issues in the dorm.
3. Carry out a Pro D Day plan focussed on respect for our immediate surroundings and implement any agreed-upon actions. The Power Smart team from BC Hydro is scheduled make a presentation to our staff on this day.
4. Hold student contests for ideas to take action on each point of the Sustainability Policy. Read winner out at each assembly.
5. Appoint/elect a Minister of the Environment to our Student Parliament.
6. Implement a reusable paper system next to the photo copiers and printers. Implement post-consumer recycled-content copier paper for school-wide use.
7. Further investigate and implement refillable white board markers.
8. Begin to implement plans of action to decrease consumption of electricity and natural gas.
9. Investigate the possibility of using a biodiesel blend (from Cascadia Biofuels) for school buses.
10. Propose the improvement of bicycle facilities at the school.
11. Propose a system of small salary incentives for staff who use transit, multiple-occupancy vehicles, bicycles, or walking to commute to the school.
12. Format and structure a carbon offset program in preparation to propose and implement to plant trees through the Rafiki Project, our connection to Kenya.
