Us, Compared to other Schools

Albuquerque Academy is one of the premiere prep schools in New Mexico. We are very Eco-sensitive with our Japanese garden, solar energy, composting and recycling food and products. We should always try to better ourselves and reach for the next level when it comes to saving the ecosystem and staying green and I think we can do it through paper conservation. Here are some local figures:

-from 8-1-2009 to 5-20-2010 there were 203,542 copies made for the Science Department
-from 5-21-2009 to 5-20-2010 there were 212,092 copies made for the Science Department

Now imagine if we multiplied that by 5 ( Science, Math, History, Language, and English). That would be the estimated amount of paper copied on campus, which is a shocking number that we can easily reduce. Despite us taking more initiative than APS, there are still some institutes we can use as an example, like Rutgers University, who drastically changed their recycling habits in two years. Priscilla Hayes, a woman who attended Academy's sister school, Sandia Prep, manages paper conservation on campus. She can be contacted at hayes@AESOP.Rutgers.edu.