Right Lane Cruiser
02-23-2009, 06:52 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg "Look at your water bottle, something so small, and realize how much damage it can do." (http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-02-22-bus-contest_N.htm)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/School_Bus_Safety.jpgJeanette Der Bedrosian - USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/) - Feb. 22, 2009
Imagine being able to win a hybrid for your school!! :thumbs_up: -- Ed.
Taking a cue from the trend toward eco-friendliness, a bus manufacturer is offering a free hybrid bus to a school whose "green" practices are best extolled in a student essay.
Warrenville, Ill.-based IC Bus, which describes itself on its website as the only manufacturer of hybrid school buses, says its bus reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 40% and improves fuel economy compared with a regular diesel school bus. The company created an essay contest to encourage students from kindergarten through 12th grades to start environmentally friendly programs in their schools.
"We feel strongly about the fact that every school bus takes 36 cars off the road, about the billions of gallons of gas that it saves per year for every school bus we have on the road," says IC Bus president John McKinney.
Students who enter the contest, which is open until April 30, should write... http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-02-22-bus-contest_N.htm
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/School_Bus_Safety.jpgJeanette Der Bedrosian - USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/) - Feb. 22, 2009
Imagine being able to win a hybrid for your school!! :thumbs_up: -- Ed.
Taking a cue from the trend toward eco-friendliness, a bus manufacturer is offering a free hybrid bus to a school whose "green" practices are best extolled in a student essay.
Warrenville, Ill.-based IC Bus, which describes itself on its website as the only manufacturer of hybrid school buses, says its bus reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 40% and improves fuel economy compared with a regular diesel school bus. The company created an essay contest to encourage students from kindergarten through 12th grades to start environmentally friendly programs in their schools.
"We feel strongly about the fact that every school bus takes 36 cars off the road, about the billions of gallons of gas that it saves per year for every school bus we have on the road," says IC Bus president John McKinney.
Students who enter the contest, which is open until April 30, should write... http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-02-22-bus-contest_N.htm