Our big news of the week is that after weeks of work we got a large pledge from the New Albany Floyd County School System, which is a nearby school system in Southern Indiana just across the Ohio River. They are going to adjust their thermostats, replace 825 incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs, and they have agreed to turn off their 4100 computers at night, as well as programming them to go on sleep mode when not in use. This pledge is a whopping 4,042,518 lbs. of CO2 saved!
We also have gotten pledges from two other small companies, including 4,760 lbs. from a cute little store called the Elephant Trunk, and 137,320 lbs. from Bernheim Forest and Arboretum.
We also wanted to share with you that we were featured in an article in a local publication called the GreenList Louisville, which lists all companies/organizations/groups who are trying to be eco-stewards. We have had article in several publications now, including the Kentucky Association for Environmental Educators, the Kentucky Society of Natural History, the Kentuckiana Geolocigal Society, and the Kentuckiana Air Pollution Control District newsletter. The Louisville Zoo's quarterly publication will be out soon with an article about our project.
Article in the Greenlist Louisville magazine.
Article in the Air Pollution Control District newsletter.
We had another meeting with the facilities manager of Norton Healthcare System, and will be having another meeting soon with their computer systems manager, Ed Wiley. We will soon be able to unveil the total pledge for Norton.
We are excited about a meeting that we have this afternoon with Yum Brands, a Louisville-based company with more than 35,000 restaurants worldwide. We are looking forward to seeing if they will make a pledge.
And last, we want to publically thank one of Project Polar Bear's sponsors, Lowepro, for the gifts that they gave us to help us with our project. They generously donated a Kodak EasyShare digital camera for us to use, and three eco-friendly bags that we have been using non-stop since we got them. Thank you to Lowepro!
We will be giving you updates often now as our big pledges roll in.
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