GREEN SCHOOLS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Basically, going green means to live life, as an individual as well as a community, in a way that is friendly to the environment and the earth.

Environmental education is a process that allows individuals to explore environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the environment.

SOME PROS AND CONS OF GREEN SCHOOLS

• Pros
• It helps save the earth
• It ends up paying for itself
• Its makes a better environment for you and your peers
• Saves money in the end such as with energy and lighting

CONS

• Its expensive
• Hard to do with older schools
• Hard to get some students to participate

WAYS TO GO GREEN IN THE CLASSROOM

• Recycle competition
• Compost heap
• Start a garden
• Recycle technology
• Go green database

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• End of the day classroom check
• Adopt a rainforest
• Use real plants for class pets
• Calculate your carbon footprint
• Take an eco-friendly field trip

STUDENTS IN INDIANA HAVE A RECYCLE COMPETETION

Green schools have tapped into Kohl’s department stores volunteers and funds to implement environmental projects in schools. They send their difficult to recycle items to Terracycle and get a check in return. Schools are connecting kids to the outdoors with National Wildlife Federation’s Get Outside activity ideas. Schools are teaching sciences and developing civic engagement skills as they plan and maintain school gardens with tools from School Garden Wizard and the Green Thumb Challenge.

ALABAMA SCHOOLS

• Some alabama schools are going green by:
• Planting community gardens
• Saving energy
• Saving paper using technology
• Recycling

OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE US

• Community gardens
• Recycling competitions
• Carbon footprints
• Compost heap

COMPOST PILE AT A SCHOOL IN MISSOURI

GRANT HIGH SCHOOLS COMMUNITY GARDEN

SIGHTING PAGE

• Google images
• www.usnews.com
• www.iseek.org
• www.epa.gov
• www.schoolastic.com

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