WASHINGTON DC / BAN SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Brookland Middle School in Washington DC yesterday (5 MAY) to highlight the school’s innovative sustainable projects. The schools has been internationally acclaimed for its green outdoor classroom, solar learning station, geothermal heating and cooling system, rooftop solar panels, in addition to many other environmentally friendly features. UNIC WASHINGTON

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:55
• Production Date: 6 May 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• Geographic Subject: UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 1619696
• Parent Id: 1619696
• Alternate Title: unifeed160506f

Description

STORY: WASHINGTON DC / BAN SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL
TRT: 01:55
SOURCE: UNIC WASHINGTON
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 05 MAY 2016

Shotlist

05 MAY 2016, WASHINGTON DC

1. Wide shot, Brookland Middle School exterior
2. Wide shot, school playground
3. Med shot, Ban Ki-moon greeted by Mayor and Principle
4. Wide shot, delegation going upstairs
5. Pan right, Ban Ki-moon on the roof
6. Pan left, solar panels
7. Tracking, Ban Ki-moon and Mayor Bowser
8. Various shots, ground water meters
9. Med shot, Ban Ki-moon inspecting classroom
10. Pan left, garden
11. Rack focus, garden
12. Med shot, Ban and Mayor greet students
13. SOUNDUP (English): Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to make this planet Earth more sustainbale.”
14. Rack focus, students
15. Med shot, Ban entering the building
16. Various shots, Ban inspects the geothermal heating and cooling systems
17. Wide shot, Ban bidding farewell to students

Storyline

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Brookland Middle School in Washington DC yesterday (5 MAY) to highlight the school’s innovative sustainable projects. The schools has been internationally acclaimed for its green outdoor classroom, solar learning station, geothermal heating and cooling system, rooftop solar panels, in addition to many other environmentally friendly features.

DC Mayor Muriel Bower and Principal Norah Lycknell along with other school officials welcomed the Secretary-General and gave him a tour of the school. Ban also met with students and answered some of their questions on green energy. He told the students the school was “a great hope for the future.”

The visit to the school came on the side-lines of the Climate Action 2016 Summit which took place in the city.