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Different Schools of Thought

If you want to see how well your school is doing, 
In the conservation stakes,
The race on which the future of the planet,
Could well be decided,
It would do no harm to look at their plans for making use 
Of what is in your recycling bins.

Have they asked for your empty yogurt pots?
That could double as paint pots,
Have they asked for any containers for glue they make?
Or do they spend a portion of your fees on single use glue sticks.

Have you donated wood off cuts for the carpentry shop?
To save on trips to the mega stores, to spend mega bucks.
And while they are there buy screws and nails,
While unopened packets gather dust in your garage.

Is the school office full of cardboard furniture?
That is plastic coated and will breed mold when damp 
Or did they find a new home for that that wooden table and chairs,
That was lovingly restored in the carpentry shop.

Did that leftover field drain behind your garage go to the tip?
Or did it save the school a few more bucks.
And what about when the clips on the plastic drainpipes broke,
Did your spare ones do the trick?

Is your school on more friendly terms with the sales reps than
Most of the parents?
And could you even count the number of catalogues that come daily, 
Through the mail.
Does your school invest in companies that make disinfectants and soaps?
When even school children know that home made products or even honey
Are just as effective in most cases.

Is your school more worried about germs being on anything you donate?
Or the toxic substances on the new stuff that is made in sweat shops,
Where people will die during the process.

When you look in the playground is most of the equipment made of plastic,
Or wood that the community donated and built for free.

Does your school put out newsletters stating how much,
Recycled plastic they use?
Even before it can be re-used with less,
Pollution and savings in energy use.

Now you can tell me, 
How your school is preparing for the conservation stakes?
And how much of your money are they using to bet on an outcome,
That will have a positive effect on the planet.

Copyright © David Smith | Year Posted 2018

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