Seminary Properties and Management, Ltd. rents and maintains many apartments in the northern neighborhoods of Chicago. As part of its charitable giving, Seminary Properties and Management, Ltd. recently donated to the LaSalle Language Academy.
The magnet school promotes diversity and a global perspective through an intellectually challenging curriculum. Recently the school made news for its progress in achieving zero food waste in its dining facilities and classrooms.
One in seven Americans experiences food insecurity while the nation looses or throws away 40 percent of its food. Under the guidance of Seven Generations Ahead, an organization that promotes environmental consciousness, LaSalle students practice several methods of preserving the earth’s resources.
When students refuse certain breakfast and lunch foods, they now bypass the trashcan and place them on a share table for others to enjoy. Fruit and vegetable matter that is still uneaten goes into a new compost bin. Combined with yard waste, the food decomposes into fertile soil for the school’s garden. To sort leftovers from meals consumed in classrooms, LaSalle’s custodian repurposed a waste cart to hold liquids, foods, recyclables, and landfill items.
In the program’s initial week, students cut the lunchroom’s waste output from 40 to 18 bins, retrieved 12 trays of milk and fresh fruit, composted 35 gallons of scraps, and recycled hundreds of juice and milk cartons.
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