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Green Team & Green ScholarsApril 8, 2013

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Green Team Establishment

• After School Club

• Administration

• Nutrition and Facilities

• SSR and composting

• Scholars Program & Intern Program

• Outreach




Green Scholars Inception• Pilot program

• 2 Scholars




GREEN SCHOLARS MISSION


The Manchester Essex Green Team

increases environmental stewardship,

teaches civic responsibility and

nurtures a passion for sustainable

living practices in order to

strengthen our community.



Green Scholars


Honors level environmental sustainability

course that integrates:

• E-STEAM

• Service-Learning

• 21st-Century Skills

• Environmental Literacy

• Project Management

• Experiential Education

• Inquiry-Based Learning.

• Leadership development



Part 1 - Scholars Project


• Projects excite interest and solve an

environmental need

• E-STEAM focused

• Scholar has an Advisor and a

Community Partner



Part 2 – Sustainability Literacy


• This Week In Scholars (TWIS)

• Films

•Monthly themes - water, land, energy,

etc…

• Monthly Behavior Change (MBC)


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• Seaside Sustainability

• Edible Schoolyards

• Plastic Bag Ban

• District Waste Management

• GreenSchools – YWIC &

Executive Team

• Mass ELP

Examples of Scholar’s Projects



Community Collaboration

Community projects

• Plastic bag ban

• Curbside composting

• Green Community – Mass DOER




Some Community Partners




Fundraising• 50/50 Raffle

• Bake sales

• Grants

• Letter campaign

• Local banks

• Institutionalizing going green




Communications

Communications Officers & Social Media

Team

• Instagram: @mersdgreenteam

• Twitter @megreenteam

• Facebook: MERSD Green Team

• 2 websites- Green Team & Scholars sites




Recent Awards

• Green Ribbon Award

• 2013 Massachusetts EEEEA

• Alliance for Climate Education Educator / Year

• PEYA Certificates & Green Difference Awards

• NEEEA Formal Educator Award

• “Green Graduation” GT/GreenSchools sash




Conferences

• R3

• New York State Recycling Conference

• National Green Schools Conference

• NAAEE

• Green Ribbon Conference

• Many more- (10+ per year)




Scholars Training- Sustaining

the Idea• The Green Team has trained over 50

educators across the nation

• Participants as far away as California

and Texas

• Professional development




Organizational Leadership

• Director

• Advisors

• Co-presidents

• Communications Officers

• Club

• Interns

• Scholars




Institutionalizing Sustainability

Important roles and collaborations within

the school

• Facilities Director

• Food Services

• MERSD Educators




Contact

[email protected]

(978)-525-6469



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