When it comes to interdependence our school needs to make sure that while investing in imports, we aren't damaging the surronding environments and communities. Our school has made a consist effort to buy food locally, and have made decesions that best help our environment. Our primary vendor for food is Costa Fruit & Produce who is located in Boston and has won several awards for being environmentally friendly. They are not part of a national chain because that is what our school wants to get away from to avoid damaging the environment. For produce we buy from Saunders Produce in Somersworth who recieve their products from local farmers. The ice cream we purchase comes from NE Ice Cream in Massachusets which is also not a national chain. Whenever the school gets the chance, our food is purchased locally from farmers in Lee. Another thing to note is that our cafeteria tries to not have any wasted food. They know exactly how much to make each time so that there's enough food to feed the students, but their isn't a lot of food being trashed.
Another part of interdependence is being mutually responsible. We all need to understand our own responsibilities we have to make our school a sustainable community. One major issue we have when it comes to this is the amount of cars that we have at the school. The amount of gas we could prevent from using is incredible if we look to alternatives for modes of transportation to school. As of now almost everyone I know takes their own car to school, if we could sacrifice the convenience of taking our own cars the amount of fuel we could save would be tremendous. Something the school should look into is making parking permits more expensive, to make carpooling and buses more attractive. Some people don't take the bus because they have places to be during the buses hours. But a lot of kids drive to school, and then drive right back home. This is something our school needs to look into, and it's something that could easily be pursued.
All in all our school has made an obvious effort to reduce their environmental impact. Nevertheless, there are a lot of easy steps that could be taken in strengthing out interdependence. For interdependence ORHS reserves a B-.
Another part of interdependence is being mutually responsible. We all need to understand our own responsibilities we have to make our school a sustainable community. One major issue we have when it comes to this is the amount of cars that we have at the school. The amount of gas we could prevent from using is incredible if we look to alternatives for modes of transportation to school. As of now almost everyone I know takes their own car to school, if we could sacrifice the convenience of taking our own cars the amount of fuel we could save would be tremendous. Something the school should look into is making parking permits more expensive, to make carpooling and buses more attractive. Some people don't take the bus because they have places to be during the buses hours. But a lot of kids drive to school, and then drive right back home. This is something our school needs to look into, and it's something that could easily be pursued.
All in all our school has made an obvious effort to reduce their environmental impact. Nevertheless, there are a lot of easy steps that could be taken in strengthing out interdependence. For interdependence ORHS reserves a B-.
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