Green Actioneers - Elementary School Program

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Description: Program for elementary/middle schools, available in 2020 starting in Florida. PTAs sponsor our one-day "Edutainment" program. We start with a day in the school working with kids and teachers. At Family Night that same evening kids and parents fill out and pledge to follow our Green Actioneers Checklist with 108 actions families can take to "go green." Our Green Actioneers Handbook will be published in early 2020, and in Spring 2020 we will create our instructional video and start training Presenters from every state.

Website about this solution: http://www.greenactioneers.com

Video about this solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inTy2tIaqoY

Why I love this solution: Like Scouting and 4-H this program has the potential to be in every elementary and middle school in the USA within the decade using the nagging power of motivated kids and working on their educated and committed parents. The model was tested in 26 schools in MA, CT, NY, NJ, MD, and CO as "Climate Change is Elementary" but we are making it ecumenical with the non-controversial name "Green Actioneers" and with a handbook that every family can buy with the proceeds shared 50/50 with their kids school.

Comments

• • Dave F.
  • 2019-09-23T23:50:53.556320+00:00
  • We've got our spokesmodels, B. Green and I. Checked, who are on our brochure and our excellent artist, Jim Haynes, is creating about 3 or 4 drawings per day for the coloring book portion, which is the right hand side of every two page spread. The left side tells the parents what the item is and if it requires a purchase, where you can get it and how much it costs. The book will be bi-lingual throughout in Spanish and English.