Resources

Videos- Check Them Out

A Simple Question trailer - check out the website here

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Green Education Foundation Website

The GEF curriculum section of this website is loaded with fun, innovative and hands-on environmental lessons and activities.

GEF’s standards-based lessons can be sorted by grade, subject and GEF eco-challenge: Green Thumb Challenge, National Green Week or Green Energy Challenge. Each lesson provides suggested grade levels, subjects addressed, learning standards, lesson objectives, estimated lesson times and necessary materials.

U.S. Department of Ed. Green Ribbon Program

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools will recognize schools that save energy, reduce costs, and feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, as well as protect health, foster wellness, and impact effective environmental education. The Green Ribbon award will acknowledge high levels of achievement under three areas: 1) environmental impact and energy efficiency; 2) healthy environment; and 3) environmental literacy.

Detailed information on the recognition award is available HERE.

You can also check out the ED-Green Ribbon Schools Facebook page for resource.

Whole Kids Foundation

Would you like the chance at a $2,000 to support your school garden project. Do you have the capacity to undertake a project involving school gardens. Are you a school district, nonprofit school, or a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization look no further. For further eligibility requirements click here to check out the website.

Deadline: Closed - will reopen Spring or Summer 2012

GreenWorks Grants

Project Learning Tree is providing GreenWorks! grants up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects. GreenWorks! is PLT’s service-learning program that encourages students to take action to improve the environment based on what they learn in the classroom. It blends community service with academic curriculum to link classroom learning to the real world. Students “learn by doing” through community action projects they design and implement to improve an aspect of their school or neighborhood’s environment. Since 1992, PLT has helped fund nearly 1,000 GreenWorks! projects across the country.

For more information: www.greenworks.org

Deadline: Closed

Earth Science Week Contests Celebrating Our Ever-Changing Earth

As part of Earth Science Week Oct 9-15 The American Geological Institute(AGI) is sponsoring three national contests.

-Photography Contest: You are invited to submit photos that capture evidence of long or short-term changes taking place around our planet or in your neighborhood.

-Visual Arts Contest: K-5 students are invited to submit a 2-D piece of art to illustrate the various ways air, water, land, and living things change over time.

-Essay Contest: If you are a 6-9 grade student you are invited to submit a brief essay; discussing the processes used to study environmental changes overtime, explain how the Earth’s systems interact and change our world, and how humans are affected by geologic transformation.

For More information: www.earthsciweek.org/contests

Deadline : Closed

Keep American Beautiful - Recycle bowl

This competition for preK-12 schools in the U.S. provides an opportunity for students to learn the importance of recycling with healthy competition. The four-week competition gives national and state cash prizes based on the schools pound-per-capita of recycled materials collected during the October 17th – November 12th time frame.

For more information: www.recycle-bowl.org

Contest runs from: Closed

Youth Gardens Grant

The National Gardening Association announces the Youth Garden Grants (YGG). In its 29-year history, the YGG program has helped more than 1.3 million youngsters by supporting youth gardening programs. Thanks to the generosity of The Home Depot Garden Club, 5 winners will receive gift cards valued at $1,000, and 95 winners will receive $500 gift cards, for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies specific to the needs of their program from their local Home Depot store.

For more information or to apply goto http://www.kidsgardening.org/grants/2012-youth-garden-grants-1

Deadline: Closed

Green Schools Recognition Program Presentation Slides 2011-2012

If you wish to view the presentation slides click here

Helpful Agencies

Additional Helpful Information

Department of Education’s Just for Teachers instructional- Downloadable resources available to teachers.
Alliance to Save Energy- Tools and resources to help bring energy efficiency into the classroom.
Bingham Environmental Education Foundation- BEEF supports an annual environmental education grant competition for both a University of Florida graduate student and a Florida K-12 educator of $1000 each.
Classroom Earth Grant-Classroom Earth’s 2011 Professional Development Grants will enable applicants to take one six-week online course offered by the Wildlife Conservation Society to create a strong foundation in wildlife conservation.
EPA Climate Change Emissions Calculator- How to reduce greenhouse emissions at your school.
Equal Exchange Fundraising- Raise valuable funds for important school activities, while at the same time teaching kids about where their food comes from, about sustainable and organic farming practices, and what Fair Trade really means.
Green Schools Forum- A discussion board for you to talk to other teachers and participants in the Green Schools Recognition Program. Share questions, ideas, successes, and other issues that you face along your journey of going green!
How to conduct a waste audit- Ideas from the Oregon Green Schools program detailing how to do a waste audit.
Project Learning Tree- Environmental Education Curriculum.
Recycling at Events- This PDF file offers ideas to successfully incorporate recycling programs and other green practices into your schools special events.
School District of Palm Beach County- Please follow the link to see what “green” initiatives have been taken and implemented throughout the School District of Palm Beach County.
Shoe Recycling-Hate to throw away old your old pair of tennis shoes? The PDF file offers facts about shoe recycling and information on how to acquire a free Shoes For The Cure collection bin to start recycling shoes at your school today. For Palm Beach County public school teachers please contact the Recycling and Sustainability Coordinator, Cristina Crespo at christina.crespo@palmbeachschools.org to have a free collection bin delivered to your school.
Target offers K - 12 School Field Trip Grants- Grants of $700 will be awarded to education professionals employed by an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States for visits to art, science, and cultural museums; community service or civic projects; career enrichment opportunities; and other events or activities away from the school facility. Funds may be used to cover field trip-related costs such as transportation, ticket fees, food, resource materials, and supplies.
The Go Green Initiative- A planning guide to help schools implement the national Go Green Initiative
Upcycle your school’s waste- Through TerraCycle, your Green School Team can launch a collection team or join an existing collection team to begin collecting drink pouches, yogurt cups, energy bar wrappers and chip bags. Once these materials are collected they can be sent to TerraCycle and in return TerraCycle will donate at least two cents per item to your school or charity of your choice.