Meeting Notes

Meeting: Sept. 18

New People: Give Mr. M your name and Email


Mika:
 Has sent in application for bottle collection
 Coordinate this with Avi in the middle school (he keeps these in a shed)



Issues that need to be addressed:
 Review your commitment to community service and which role you chose.
o What did you say you would do?
o When do you plan on doing this?
o Do you need anything from us?
o When do you see yourself completing your project?

Mrs. Aaronson’s Talk
Solar Panels/Wind
 Solar panels will be installed at AIS
 Considered and educational tool
o About 42,000 NIS
 We are looking at solar and wind power companies in order to compare.
 ECO-X student can/should sit in on these meetings to provide suggestions in regards to this project.
Water
 Trying to get approval for the use of ground water for our fields and gardening
 Going through various ministries
o Will be able to buy from the farmers
 ????Can we utilize the water from the air conditioners?
o How could this be collected
 Faucets are been improved though we have found some that have not been addressed.
o Point out those to Mrs. Aaronson and give her this list.

Electricity
 Looking at the more regimented use of timers
 We are doing much better than last year

Paper
 Blue bags are being brought by cleaners to designated areas
o Ofra can show you where these are
o Goes to a recycling area (Mrs. A will tell us where this goes)
 Perhaps those in this group can “teach” others through demos or lectures how to reduce paper usage (suggest

a number of ways to do this).
 Weekly announcements-can we lower the number going out? Leave a stack in front of the school.
o Has now been put into a mass Emailer and will not be coming out in paper form as frequently.
 Tamar’s idea in which an additional printer in put into the library for rough drafts.

Misc
 Teachers using less plastic
 21 times for a mid. Schooler to “hear” something
 _____ times for a high schooler
 Movie: Did you Know?