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		<title>D.C. SAYS NO TO CHOCOLATE MILK.  WHAT ABOUT NEW YORK?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this summer District of Columbia school officials decided to ban chocolate milk from their schools.  NYC Green Schools has proposed that New York City schools also get rid of chocolate milk as the daily consumption of sweetened drinks has no place in a child’s diet.  Proponents of flavored milk argue it’s the only way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=541</link>
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		<title>RECYCLABLE BINDERS THAT HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each day we come across inspiring people and organizations doing their part to stem the stream of waste in our public school system.  Getting Tools to City Schools is one of these exceptional organizations that is trying to not only make our schools more sustainable, but also ensure that all students in New York City’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=536</link>
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		<title>GROWING A SCHOOL GARDEN:  PART THREE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last couple of weeks NYC Green Schools has been talking with Michele Israel, a parent at PS 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, about how to grow an edible school garden.  Michele has guided us through the planning stage and has generously shared with us possible sources of funding.  Once you have the funding secured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=526</link>
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		<title>GROWING A SCHOOL GARDEN: PART TWO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we featured Michele Israel, a parent at PS 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, who was instrumental in starting an edible garden at her school:  we spoke with Michele about the planning stage and how crucial it is to win the support of your principal, custodial engineer, PTA board, parents and teachers.  This week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=516</link>
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		<title>GROWING A SCHOOL GARDEN: PART ONE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Planting a garden at your school can be as simple or elaborate as your ambitions, financial resources, stamina, and the support of your principal, custodial engineer, and science teacher.  Recently we spoke with Michele Israel, a parent at PS 107 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, to find out how she started a garden at her school.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=505</link>
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		<title>TAKE THE GREEN CUP CHALLENGE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Green Cup Challenge (GCC) is a national inter-school energy-conservation competition designed to reduce schools’ electricity use.  161 schools competed nationally in this year’s GCC and the winner was PS 166, a public elementary school on New York’s Upper West Side.   In just 4 weeks (from January 15 – February 12 at peak winter energy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=500</link>
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		<title>AN INFINITE SUCCESSION OF PRESENTS: COMING TOGETHER AS PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND CITIZENS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we joined the Wellness Committee at our schools, we were concerned parents with the simple agenda of wanting to improve the food in our school cafeteria.  We never dreamed we’d become ardent food activists meeting with PTA Presidents, community boards, non-profit organizations, and other impassioned food mamas about how to change the food system [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=497</link>
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		<title>ONE MOM&#8217;S MISSION TO GET RID OF STYROFOAM TRAYS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Debby Lee Cohen asked her children every day what they ate for lunch, it never occurred to her to ask them what their school lunch was served on, and so, like most New York City parents, she remained blissfully ignorant.  A trip last spring to the Climate Change exhibit at the American Museum of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=482</link>
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		<title>ACT NOW TO ENSURE HUNGRY CHILDREN GET THE HEALTHY MEALS THEY DESERVE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Child Nutrition Act, which is renewed every five years and sets the rules and funding levels for federal nutrition programs, including the school lunch and breakfast programs, is presently being considered by Congress.  President Obama, who has set the goal of ending child hunger by 2015, is calling for $1 billion a year in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=476</link>
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		<title>COMMUNITY BOARDS CONTINUE TO PASS RESOLUTION TO REPEAL BAKE-SALE BAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since our bake-in rally outside City Hall in March, NYC Green Schools has been working with Community Boards to pass a resolution urging the Department of Education to repeal the ban on the sale of home-cooked foods in our schools.  We are happy to let you know that CBs 1, 2, 3, &#38; 7 in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nycgreenschools.org/?p=471</link>
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