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密歇根新闻广播 注重环保的教师

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With all the news about climate change, pollution and habitat destruction, it's easy to be pessimistic about the environmental challenges facing the world. Our Climate Crew series features people who are stepping up in their own communities to do something about it.

A fellow teacher tipped us off about Kevin Randall, who teaches biology at Grandville High School. We talked to him about what he's been doing to make his school a little greener.

Randall runs the environmental club at the high school, which has around 2,000 students. The club is known as the GHS Green Team, and it aims to raise awareness1 among students and teachers about sustainability. It also works on projects to reduce the environmental footprint of the building itself.

One of the club's recent projects focused on reducing waste in the school cafeteria. Randall said their cafeteria supervisor2 told them that the school went through 54,000 plastic forks every year. The club applied3 for a grant, built recycling centers for the cafeteria, and purchased metal silverware.

And now every student uses a durable4 metal fork or a spoon instead of disposables, and that's just one way we're trying to capture the low-hanging fruit, if you will, Randall said.

The efforts of Randall and his students have earned Grandville High School the Michigan Green School certification from the state. In addition to their work reducing waste in the cafeteria, the GHS Green Team has also built a garden with flowers and vegetables on campus, and leads cleanups on site and out in the community. Over the years, Randall and his students have also been working on raising money to install solar panels on the roof of the high school.

Randall said he was motivated to take the lead on environmental issues for his school because he wanted his students to have someone to turn to in the building who understands what's at stake when it comes to climate change.

And I also felt like I needed to do more in my life for my own two children at home, Randall added. They need to know that their dad is working as hard as he can to reduce the effects of climate change, and to spread the word, and to make sure that other students out there are learning about this just the way they are at home.

We know there are many others like Randall out there, but we just don't know about them! So we need your help. If you know of anyone who is working to make their part of Michigan a greener place, please let us know.

To nominate someone, just send us an email about who you're nominating and why [email protected]. Put Climate Crew in the subject line.


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1 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
参考例句:
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
2 supervisor RrZwv     
n.监督人,管理人,检查员,督学,主管,导师
参考例句:
  • Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说,我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
  • He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。
3 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
4 durable frox4     
adj.持久的,耐久的
参考例句:
  • This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
  • They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。
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