Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| Norwood School | |
| Location | Bethesda, MD |
| Organization Type | Education (K-12) |
| Percentage Green Power | 100.0% |
| Purchasing Third-Party Certified Green Power Product? | Yes |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
| Partner Profile A year ago Norwood School, a K-8 independent school in Bethesda, Maryland, made the commitment to purchase green power as part of its efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle. The school is proud of the fact that to date the School has used wind power to cover all of its electricity use. With the phrase "how you lead your life matters" serving as the School's guiding principle, the decision to switch to green power came from the students who inspire the school every day to respect the planet. A student-led group called the Green Hawks (Norwood's mascot is the blue hawk) and a Green Initiative Task Force comprised of faculty, staff, and students do a great job keeping everyone on their toes when it comes to being green. Currently the school is working on plans for a large sustainable garden which will be incorporated into the science curriculum and provide some of the food for school lunches and donation to local food banks. Perhaps the greatest benefit of the decision to switch to wind power is how it underscores our commitment to being a green school. "Every time we talk to our students about our green energy usage, it reminds all of us that Norwood School takes its quest to be green very seriously," says Debbie Pakaluk, Seventh and Eighth Grade Science Coordinator. | |