Heads-up 7-Up! Remember that game in school? Well, reducing the carbon footprint of school campuses around the Puget Sound area is no game these days. Highlighted today in the Seattle Times are students at Redmond High School and Issaquah High School who are saving their schools money and reducing the school’s carbon footprint by 72 tons! (Go Redmond Mustangs!)

The King County Green Schools Program helps schools and school districts to:

• Initiate or expand conservation practices and reduce related costs.
• Increase awareness of conservation strategies among administrators, staff, students and parents.
• Receive recognition as stewards of the environment who serve as models for their students and the community.

You can see the complete list of participating schools and school districts and read some of their success stories here.

Great job everyone!

Just for fun

If you have forgotten the rules of Heads Up Seven Up, here is a refresher!

Seven students were in front of the class. The class laid their heads on their desk. The seven went out and each touched a person. That person would stick his or her thumb up. Then the seven would say “heads up seven up” and each student got one chance to guess which of the seven touched him If they guessed right than they changed places. If they did not the same person got to stay up.

OR

Played inside a classroom…everyone puts their heads down on their desks and extends one thumb. The teacher chooses one person as “It.” He/she goes around touching the thumbs of six people. If your thumb is touched, you go to the front of the room. When this has been accomplished, “It” yells, “Seven up!” Everyone raises their heads and has to guess which of the seven people is “It.”