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Richard Clark
Saint Martin de Porres High School

The Nominator: Margie Flynn & Barb Brown, BrownFlynn

How has the nominee implemented sustainable business practices in his or her business or organization and what are the triple bottom line benefits (people, planet, prosperity) of the nominee`s work?

• Established organic garden
• Composting from cafeteria
• Established recycling program and have a city recycling station dumpster
• Complete upgrade of HVAC to include computer controlled heating and air
• Reduced waste by 2/3
• Switched to resusable cafeteria trays and utensils
• Ended use of styrene
• Organic garden part of senior year curricular theme of Care for the Earth
• Developing first Sustainability Report
• Reduced costs by cafeteria program of reusable dishware and utensils ($9000)
• Heating costs reduced through use of computer controls and thermostats (energy audit presently being performed)
• 300 pounds of fresh food grown in our garden delivered to Cleveland Food Bank
• Neighborhood Garden days providing free fresh produce to our neighbors
• Zero faculty turnover from 2008 school year to 2009 school year (one theology teacher left to join the Detroit Province of Jesuits!)
• Community Health Fair implemented by Sophomore students as part of curriculum theme of care for the community
• Hosted neighborhood Halloween party in conjunction with St. Clair Superior Development corporation along with other neighborhood festivals and regular use of building by block clubs
• Spearheading new CFL exchange program modeled after Greenlight New Orleans

How does the nominee actively participate in the sustainability community? How do they collaborate and share their knowledge with others?

• Attended Sustainable Cleveland 2019
• Presented at E4S regarding CFL program
• Students are interns at Earth Day Coalition
• Garden is part of the Sprout program
• Hosted parent cooking class to demonstrate the use of fresh vegetables in cooking
• Collaborates regularly with St. Clair Superior Development Corporation (member of the Board)

How has the nominee inspired you to implement sustainable business practices?
BrownFlynn would definitely point to Saint Martin as a model of a high school working hard to implement sustainability practices and benefiting from them.

How can someone else translate the success of the nominee? Is the work of the nominee an example or model that others can follow?
All of this is done in a high school context. Most of what is being done is replicable in such a setting. Both the curriculum and practices within the building can be copied. The culture of the school is also able to spread to the students` families.