JK-12 Environmental Stewardship Committee

• Quincey Grieve, Charlotte Riggs, Robert Davis, Pauline Hong, Alex Mooskin, Linda Stratton, Katherine Ratledge
• Kirsten Adams, Bob Weiman, Leslie Williams, Katie Hahn, Lana Shea, April Toman
• Joyce Ames, David Chipkin, Julie Krane, Sarah Oakes, Anna Vascott
• Beth Chase, Tanika Caple, Colleen McNeil, Donna O'Connell, Bill Owens, Johnny Rivera

Our Mission Statement -part 1

• to educate the SSSAS community about being good stewards of the Earth and living in balanced ecological relationships;
• to raise awareness of people who suffer from environmental injustices;

Our Mission Statement- part 2

• to respond to the Episcopal bishops’ urging to address climate change “so that all may enjoy full, healthy, and abundant lives;” and
• to move the SSSAS community into actions that reduce our collective environmental impact both on and off the school’s three campuses

Optimism

2015 was 1.37 degrees F above average

January and February 2016

Oceans at record high temperatures

Human life  at risk

Any good news out there?

Paris Climate Accord

Clean Power Plan

Pope Francis' visit to the USA

Potomac River health improving

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes

SSSAS Carbon Footprint

CO2 Emissions 2007-2015 in metric tons (MT) carbon emitted

Education for Sustainability

Education for Sustainability

• Cultural Preservation & Transformation
• Responsible Local/Global Citizenship
• Dynamics of Systems & Change
• Sustainable Economics
• Healthy Commons
• Natural Laws & Ecological Principles
• Inventing & Affecting the Future
• Strong Sense of Place

1. Responsible
Local & Global
Citizenship

Our choices have
consequences that can be good, or bad, for people and for living systems.

2. Healthy Commons

That upon which we all depend and for which we are all responsible.

3. Strong
Sense of Place

The value and the interrelationships between the social, economic, ecological and architecture of a place that contribute to its continuous health.

1. Do we raise awareness at SSSAS that our choices have consequences that can be good - or bad - for people and for all living systems?

2. What are the Commons of SSSAS?
What demands are put on the Commons that could potentially threaten the good of the Commons?

3. How do you connect students to the place where we live and learn? How do we reinforce the continued health of the community?

The Fabulous 3

• Alexandra Johnson
• Katherine Ratledge
• Gus Grissom

Environmental Awareness Week April 18-23