Patrick Hess: Citizen Reporter

• New York City Public Schools Walking a Greener Path?

  

  Antonio Machado, the Spanish poet, wrote, “Caminante, no hay camino.  Se hace camino al andar.” – Traveler, there is no path.  We make the path by walking.  At PS 161, the public elementary school where I work in New York City, we are trying to make a path to greater sustainability that has many inspirations but few precedents.  The NYC Department of Education recently announced that it has opened its first “green” public school, and I’m disappointed it wasn’t ours.  That disappointment is tempered by the realization that a) green schools are on the rise and b) many such schools are on the path we at PS 161 are trying to walk.
  
  Teaching elementary school can be exasperating – Where’s your pencil?!  Sit down!  Stand in line!  Yes, I mean it.  No, that is not edible and get it out ...read full post

  
  
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