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ICON Goes Green
ICON FOUNDATION adopts environmentally friendly ways
.Icon is planing to upgrade existing buildings at its Clipper Mills campus among the anticipated features: flooring that's actually
made from sustainable bamboo, waterless urinals, and solar panels that enable the facility to produce some of its own electricity.
ICON plans to update the space by installing the latest energy-efficient heating and cooling system, adding skylights to reduce
the need for electric lighting, and planting more trees on the grounds of the main campus area to provide shade. The charity
plans to spend $30,000 on the modifications but says it will recoup those costs in utility savings. It takes some upfront
investment, but we probably will spend 20 to 40 percent less on energy than most people in our size buildings.
Icon Foundation programs offer higher education that fosters ecological awareness and personal and societal transformation
through immersion in a variety of environments and cultures, critical reflection, and experiential learning communities. As
learners, we have awakened to a deeper sense of participation within life's web and are promoting lifelong engagement in
ecological and social justice and responsible global citizenship.
Students of all ages are welcome to join Icons learning communities, resulting in a rich mixture of experience and insight.
Participatory decision making is emphasized. Icon is confident that all students will gain valuable conflict resolution skills by
learning the attitude of peaceful mediation between different viewpoints..
By making this crucial investment in our facilities, we not only repair and upgrade existing buildings but put new tools in the
classroom, giving Icon students the preparation they need to compete on a global stage. .
The implementation of these programs and projects at our Icon campus would play a vital role in ensuring our project is able to
maximize scarce education resources by cutting school utility costs, all while nurturing student health, creating an ideal learning
environment, helping secure our nation’s energy future, protecting our environment against climate change and wasteful use of
resources, and creating a generation of people who make responsible, healthy, green choices.
A few of the other Icon Green programs include Building outdoor seating in the courtyard using natural and recycled materials
in order to promote outdoor study.
Promoting community input and participation in ecological schoolyard design, construction, and stewardship.
Facility water systems, conservation and management in their curriculum connections
A variety of natural composting methods Native habitat gardening, Green house and Hydroponics systems.
School organic gardening beginner, intermediate, and advanced
Building and using bird and butterfly gardens
Cooking with garden produce.
Animal husbandry: bees and chickens.
ICON FOUNDATION adopts environmentally friendly ways
.Icon is planing to upgrade existing buildings at its Clipper Mills campus among the anticipated features: flooring that's actually
made from sustainable bamboo, waterless urinals, and solar panels that enable the facility to produce some of its own electricity.
ICON plans to update the space by installing the latest energy-efficient heating and cooling system, adding skylights to reduce
the need for electric lighting, and planting more trees on the grounds of the main campus area to provide shade. The charity
plans to spend $30,000 on the modifications but says it will recoup those costs in utility savings. It takes some upfront
investment, but we probably will spend 20 to 40 percent less on energy than most people in our size buildings.
Icon Foundation programs offer higher education that fosters ecological awareness and personal and societal transformation
through immersion in a variety of environments and cultures, critical reflection, and experiential learning communities. As
learners, we have awakened to a deeper sense of participation within life's web and are promoting lifelong engagement in
ecological and social justice and responsible global citizenship.
Students of all ages are welcome to join Icons learning communities, resulting in a rich mixture of experience and insight.
Participatory decision making is emphasized. Icon is confident that all students will gain valuable conflict resolution skills by
learning the attitude of peaceful mediation between different viewpoints..
By making this crucial investment in our facilities, we not only repair and upgrade existing buildings but put new tools in the
classroom, giving Icon students the preparation they need to compete on a global stage. .
The implementation of these programs and projects at our Icon campus would play a vital role in ensuring our project is able to
maximize scarce education resources by cutting school utility costs, all while nurturing student health, creating an ideal learning
environment, helping secure our nation’s energy future, protecting our environment against climate change and wasteful use of
resources, and creating a generation of people who make responsible, healthy, green choices.
A few of the other Icon Green programs include Building outdoor seating in the courtyard using natural and recycled materials
in order to promote outdoor study.
Promoting community input and participation in ecological schoolyard design, construction, and stewardship.
Facility water systems, conservation and management in their curriculum connections
A variety of natural composting methods Native habitat gardening, Green house and Hydroponics systems.
School organic gardening beginner, intermediate, and advanced
Building and using bird and butterfly gardens
Cooking with garden produce.
Animal husbandry: bees and chickens.
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