In a country lacking the infrastructure and capacity to support a sanitation system, Louverture Cleary students prepare recyclables with a commitment to environmental stewardship.
With an education and a commitment to sharing their talents with others, a Louverture Cleary School (LCS) graduate is equipped with the tools to escape the threat of poverty AND be a good environmental steward of their country.
Long before your local superstore had bins designated for recycling, paper, and plastic waste, LCS students and Missionaries were sorting and repurposing waste, turning compost, and being a good environmental neighbor to the other residents of Santo 5, ensuring that no piece of trash ever left campus.
Salomon A. (left), LCS alumnus class of 1998 and partner at Haitian solar company Energy Central, installing solar panels with a technician on the roof of the Louverture Cleary School Radia Laboratory of Science and Technology.
LCS is also a trailblazer in using solar energy and remains a solar-powered school. Through being active participants in environmental stewardship while on campus, LCS students are constantly learning how caring for the environment benefits the world around them.
To celebrate Earth Day 2021, we are sharing what Louverturians over the years have had to say about being part of a green community...
"My favorite work on campus is to take care of the trees or plants, putting compost to them, and watering them. The importance of this work is based on the good care of the campus, which will make everyone appreciate nature more."
“I like the incinerator and the compost. The incinerator helps us remove our trash from LCS. The ash from the incinerator helps the compost. The compost helps the growing of the plants. These two environmental practices at LCS change our trash into treasures. In this way, and others, LCS makes gold for the community and the country."
“My favorite environmental practice at LCS is recycling, because I like when I am putting things in their assigned places and turning disorder into order. I don’t know of any other places in Haiti that do clean up, recycling, and management like at LCS, but hopefully there will be."
LCS Philo student (US 12th Grade + 1) Perkens L. turns compost at the school's Compost Center. LCS has a long history of composting for its environmental benefits. Says Perkens, "When we prepare compost and do it well, it becomes a very important substance for the plants, brings them nutrients, and helps them grow better to create a green world."
The Go Go Go Compost poem decorates the compost pile at Louverture Cleary School. The school has a long history of composting for its environmental benefits.
As an eco-friendly campus designed for positive social and environmental impact, LCS was and is a trailblazer in Haiti. Now, these green initiatives along with other sustainable technologies will be integral to each of the nine new schools of the Louverture Cleary Schools Network.
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