Engaging in Climate Change at School by Andrew De Jesus

Just to get to school I waste energy by taking a 40 minute drive to get there. But in the school is where I see some good things that actually help our world and in this school I also see things that are hurting it. An example of something good is that in almost every room in the school you can find a garbage bin that is there to put paper and wastes that will then be recycled and reused in one way or another. Also, I see a lot of posters and flyers about these problems that we are phasing now which is great since it is a good way to spread the word. Now some of the negative things about this school. For one there are many rooms that are filled with almost 30 computers that are always on. I have 6 classes and out of those 6 classes 3 of them have computers that are always on no matter what. In one of these classes we do not even use computers but they are on anyways. Also, the lights in the rooms of many classrooms are always on which are a huge waste of energy. Another problem that I see is the paper and school supplies that go to waste due to the fact that many students don’t take care of things. The solutions to these problems are quite simple. That is to shut down the computers whenever they are not in use and to turn off all the lights when no one is in the room.