Green Tips from our Morikami Families

Within the past year, we: 
Switched to a hybrid vehicle from a large SUV;

Use Publix Green reusable tote shopping bags;

Switched our light bulbs at home to low energy, fluorescent bulbs;

Do not buy Styrofoam cups, plates, bowls, etc.  Cut back on use of paper products;

Switched to organic and eco-friendly household products;

Reduced daily energy and water consumption by all household members;

Planted three new trees in our yard.

We could do A LOT more if we tried harder.

Karen Samuels for Matt (5th Grade)

The Supran family no longer uses plastic bottles.  We switched to Sigg bottles.  
They’re available at Whole Foods for $20 per bottle.  They are available in different 
sizes. I was able to purchase one small enough to fit in Alex's lunch box for school. 
Please check them out. 


Tracy Supran, for Alex (K)

We have replaced all our light bulbs with energy saver bulbs; we are trying to 
conserve water in the yard by adding lots of mulch to our flower beds as well.

Meenu Sasser for Caroline (K) and Andrew (1st grade)

Empty the lint from your dryer every time you use and also rinse it because the

Bounce makes a film on the lint holder.

Change your light bulbs

Sandy Dresser for Harrison (2^nd grade) and Carson (5^th grade)

Green tip-- we just changed out our nightlight bulbs to LED--they burn exactly

25 cents/year.  

Tom, Denise, Sean and Stephen Elia

Our bathrooms are in the center of our house with no windows, so we decided to install tubular skylights in our bathrooms to cut the use of the lights. We also changed all of our bulbs and I put a timer on my outside lights.

Melissa Crowell, PTA VP- Fundraising

We have changed all of our light bulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs.  Life span is
1-2 years and they use about 30% the electricity of regular bulbs.  We have even
started to change our Christmas lights to LED lights - more energy efficient. 

Jane Andrews for Maddie (2^nd grade) and Steven (K)

We are going Green at the Kane household.  We changed all of our light bulbs; I use
my own bags (canvas) when I go shopping,  when I needed a new washer/ dryer I
bought the more energy efficient ones, we are taking shorter showers, we recycle
everything that can be recycled, we are running the AC at a higher temp., I am
trying to not use my car unnecessarily. 

Donna Kane for Nicholas (3rd grade)

We only use canvas/reusable bags at Publix, we have changed our light bulbs to
energy efficient,
the AC is raised to 80 degrees in the day, I also try to limit the amount of zip
locks used in the lunch boxes.

Martha Combs for Elizabeth (2^nd grade)

Aftercare is giving each student who is enrolled in summer camp a water bottle. 
They are encouraged to refill as needed instead of using and throwing away plastic bottles.

They have our school name on it and each child's name will be written on them as well.

Thank you SACC- Ms. Teri and Mrs. Drucker