Sustainability
What’s one way you can lower your carbon footprint?
Many different answers accepted
Where should you put your Pagliacci waste?
What is the compost bin
This percentage of produce in our Dining Program is purchased from local sources
What is 75%?
Students have been participating in the environment program since this year.
What is 1980?
When it first opened, The Northwest School was originally known by this name.
NW School of Arts, Humanities & Environment
Switching to electric systems, replacing windows, and installing automatic lighting are all ways to reduce this.
What is the school's building energy use?
Boba cups that have their top and straw removed should go in which bin?
What is the recycling bin
This program grows some food and produce for the kitchen and teaches students about sustainability and agriculture.
What is the Farm and Garden?
Students can win this award if they are nominated by other environment groups for their outstanding performance.
What is the Golden Broom?
The Northwest School is committed to being carbon neutral by this year.
What is 2030?
Our school's cleaning solutions all have this certification, showing it is eco-friendly.
What is Green Seal certification?
Most household batteries should not end up here because they can leak harmful chemicals into the environment.
What is the trash
These on-campus fixures help reduce single-use plastic bottles by letting you refill your water bottle.
What are water fountains?
Before the Golden Broom was introduced, environmental groups competed for this original prize for outstanding work.
What is the Golden Toilet Seat
This school program takes students on day trips, such as foraging and snowshoeing, as well as multi-day backpacking adventures.
What is the Outdoor Program?
The Northwest school has 3 of these eco-friendly vehicles in its fleet, helping reduce emissions.
What are Electric Vehicles?
Toothbrushes, socks, and pouches are placed in these bins by the south lot exit, instead of the traditional trash, recycling, or compost bin.
What are special recycling bins?
All Dining Program tableware meets at least one of these sustainability standards.
What is reusable, recyclable, or compostable?
This program, which focuses on sustainabilty has students clean up the school for 10 minutes every Tuesday and Friday, is considered a class and graduation requirement.
What is the Environment Program?
In addition to financial returns, the school evaulates this factor when making investment decisions.
What is sustainability?
At our school, this source contributes the most to overall greenhouse gas emissions.
What is Transportation?
This Environment group works in the South Lot to sort trash, recycling, and compost into the correct dumpsters.
What is the Footprint Environment group
This percentage of food in our Dining Program is purchased from local sources
What is 41%?
This program has worked to change the schools commitment to sustanability and Climate Justice Activism through clothing drives and other environmental inititives.
What is Climate Action Team?
While Seattle gets some of its water from the Tolt Watershed, the majority of its supply comes from this Watershed.
What is the Cedar River Watershed