GreenSchool.org - Students learn the latest in green living while living in paradise - Bali

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:37 — karma

Green School located in Bali - Indonesia; opened in September 2008 for students ranging from AGE - 1 to 8 years.

The purpose of Green School to educate and create awareness among students about our enviroment and our impact on it. It uses sustainable and innovative approach for construction, generating electricity, recycling compost etc.

Some of the features are:

The school's buildings are cooled and powered with renewable energy sources like micro-hydro power, solar power, and bio-gas. Bamboo, and traditional mud walls form the structure of the buildings.

It uses saw-dust water heating system, volcanic rock roads and stone paths [no petroleum products], solar powered electric fence, living fences made of living shrubs and small trees, aquaculure program and recycled car windshield for windows.

The school was built on 20 acres of land and uses an organic permaculture system, designed to work in perfect cohesion with the natural ecology of the land. A thriving organic garden to be cultivated by the school's own students will grow fruits and vegetables, herbs, and other crops.

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That's cool that they use

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 21:12 — Green User (not verified)

That's cool that they use saw-dust water heating system - This way if kids throw-up and you know they will, there should be plenty of saw-dust to throw on it!

I love the smell of that stuff!

But honestly, besides the saw-dust that school seems like the biggest waste of time and money...absolutely worthless

Don't knock it till you visit

Tue, 01/27/2009 - 03:08 — Caramel (not verified)

Don't knock it till you visit the school, or at least their website at www.greenschool.org. While you're there, talk to the 100+ kids enrolled in the school, and the hundreds of passionate people involved in the project, and then decide again if it's the biggest waste of time and money and absolutely worthless.

wow, throwing up kids around

Mon, 01/26/2009 - 06:52 — rahul (not verified)

wow, throwing up kids around the saw dust heater, could you kindly explain the logic here, why would a kid go and throw up at a hot water heating system

worthless, you must have spend a lot of time in assessing its worth and i hope it was not your money which was wasted

fact that u love the smell of saw dust mixed with human throw up, explains your taste

wondering if you would like to chat further

That seems like a pretty

Mon, 01/26/2009 - 05:14 — Ben (not verified)

That seems like a pretty short-sighted comment, especially for someone reading this blog! You should check out their website: www.greenschool.org. It looks like they are attempting some pretty amazing things. I'm sure it's not a perfect school, but they are doing a lot more than most to educate kids about sustainability. The planet needs more projects like this-- to call it "absolutely worthless" seems mean-spirited and counterproductive.

Absolutely true! The

Sun, 09/27/2009 - 06:39 — Anonymous

Absolutely true! The greenschool people are doing a great job!!!!

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