Title: Stan Slaughter’s Eco-Ways
By Jordyn Manhart and Annaka Applequist

Stan Slaughter visited Holy Family Elementary on Thursday, April 8 to talk about ways to help the environment. He visits 150 Schools every year which adds up to a 1000 schools so far. He is also known as the “Recycling Teacher of Kansas.”

Mr. Slaughter shared a lot of his knowledge about being green. He told us that wind turbines are 230 ft. tall and 137 ft. wide, almost a football field! The tip of the wind turbine spins 600 miles per hour and one turbine can power 40,000 houses. Now that is a lot of electricity! He also told us that WalMart is planning in the future to have free electricity for electric cars coming to the store. It takes 30 minutes to charge an electric car where the customer is shopping.    

We interviewed Mr. Slaughter and he told us that the first school he visited was Ulysses, KS. He is from Lee’s Summit, Mo. Before he was interested in becoming green, he was a teacher.

He helps the students understand the three R’s. He sang 4 songs on his guitar which he has played for 50 years. He added a fourth R, which is  ”rethink.”

We thank Mr. Slaughter for taking the time to come to our school. He helped us be greener, while making it fun at the same time. For more information on Stan Slaughter or how to be green, visit his website at www.stanslaughter.com.