Ever since President Obama’s Administration announced they would honor a select group of Green Schools in April of 2012, environmental education in the classroom has been on the rise. Recognition from the White House has also offered a much need legitimacy that many green educators have been looking for.
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The Quick Facts: By instituting a lunchtime recycling program, schools can take an active role in reducing their waste stream. Our school cut our lunchtime waste output in half. With some good planning and some dedicated students, your school can reduce waste on campus, encourage positive environmental stewardship, and save some cash along the way.
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October is International Walk to School Month and the timing couldn’t be better to get information to your school about the benefits of walking. At my school we are promoting Walk to School Month as a kick-off to our program, Walk on Wednesdays (WOW), where we encourage families to leave their cars at home on Wednesdays and join their neighbors in creating a walking school bus, picking up kids along a pre-determined route to school.
See board member Camille Sowinski’s daughter Sophie’s new video podcast about recycling. All ideas and production work done by kids!
The Quick Facts: Whether it’s an at-home project or a lesson plan for the classroom, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has provided us with a teachable moment that cannot be passed-up. With real time streaming video available of the actual leak and a host of easy-to-replicate science experiments, the devastation in the Gulf may be the catalyst needed to raise a generation with an awareness of the realities that accompany our fuel consumption habits.
