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What is the Green Schools Program?
The Green Schools Program teaches earth-friendly behaviors and assists schools in realizing cost savings from energy and water conservation and reductions in solid waste disposal. The Program is a partnership involving students, teachers, administrators, custodians and parents that is aligned with existing math, science, English and art curricula. Through hands-on activities like recycling, composting, reducing vehicle idling time, planting school gardens, and tracking energy and water usage, the Program encourages and rewards environmentally-responsible behaviors that will last a lifetime.
More than 125,000 students are expected to attend K-12 schools in our eight-county Sandhills region in 2010-11! Just imagine the impact that "army" of students can have on their communities if they take these lessons and their conservation habits home and change their families' and friends' behaviors!
How Can You Get Involved?
Key early steps for schools or districts that want to implement the Sustainable Sandhills' Green Schools Program are:
- Recruit a Green Team that includes Parent, Student, Teacher, Administrative and Custodial representatives.
- Look back at least 12 months at your energy and water consumption so you can track how well you're doing in your new green efforts.
- Define a set of achievable objectives - success breeds success!
- Be in touch with us as soon as possible so we can help you succeed!
Please contact Sustainable Sandhills' Executive Director Jon Parsons - via email or call 910-484-9098!
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