It's time to teach our children to "think green." Alternative schools have the unique ability to integrate green-minded curriculum into the classroom. But green curriculum in schools will only work if it is encouraged and supported by your state's governor.
One such green school, a public charter school in New York, is reshaping curriculum, teaching and learning spaces to integrate the ecological, social and economic facets of sustainability into a whole-school model.
These green charter schools strive to teach required subjects in the context of environmental education. Children learn math through measuring trees and leaves and understand relative differences as they learn that elms are taller than box elders. Green public charter schools can offer courses like sustainable gardening, where the products of gardening lessons can be used as healthy snacks promoting both healthy and green living.
Tell your state's governor to support green curriculum in public schools, teaching our children to Think Green.
We took action on “Make Public Schools in Your State Go Green”!
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4:55 pm PST, Nov 21,Michael Fumarolo, Illinois
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10:39 am PST, Nov 21,Loris Caldero, Massachusetts
Eat more veggies. I'm not saying don't eat any meat by any means, but for each vegetarian meal your family eats, you can save up to 238 gallons of water (used to help animals that make the meat you eat). Cattle can produce CO2, and by cutting that down, you are going green!
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3:22 pm PST, Nov 16,Michael Popovich, Jr., Arizona
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12:22 pm PST, Nov 15,Jenny Bourgeois, California
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12:21 pm PST, Nov 15,Kenneth Knoppik, Florida
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8:28 am PST, Nov 15,Valerie Walker, Illinois
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10:49 am PST, Nov 14,Michael Gregory, New Mexico
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7:21 pm PST, Nov 13,Michelle Yates, Missouri
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11:55 am PST, Nov 13,Deborah Irwin, Colorado
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11:50 am PST, Nov 13,KRISTEN BREITWEG, Florida
WHATS WRONG W/ STARTING TO GO GREEN??? MOTHER EARTH THANKS YOU.
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11:48 am PST, Nov 13,Lauren Hotchkiss, California
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11:27 am PST, Nov 13,CAROL HENDERSON, Illinois
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10:39 am PST, Nov 13,Lois Wagner, Arizona
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3:54 am PST, Nov 13,Allyson Sites, Indiana
saving the future of the planet begins in our schools.
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3:54 pm PST, Nov 12,AnimalSpirit Martz, Indiana
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1:41 pm PST, Nov 12,Sara Neveu, New Hampshire
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5:02 pm PST, Nov 10,Dan Cappelllo, Pennsylvania
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1:11 pm PST, Nov 10,Lynda Mink, Florida
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10:33 pm PST, Nov 9,Pam Boland, Georgia
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5:30 pm PST, Nov 9,Kyle Maziuk, Connecticut
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12:00 pm PST, Nov 9,Marissa Chiappetta, Florida
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8:32 am PST, Nov 9,Kamal Prasad, California
Do we really care about our children? Prove it!
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9:08 am PST, Nov 8,Cassidy Swanson, New Hampshire
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2:07 pm PST, Nov 4,Daniel Curran, New York
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1:09 pm PST, Nov 4,Alan Martinez, Nevada
I believe this is a necessity for our schools today and not only las vegas but Nevada should be a leader in this movement.
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5:22 am PST, Nov 4,Stephan Durkel, New York
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10:23 am PST, Nov 3,Jana Titus, New York
saving the future of the planet begins in our schools. it is time to educate our children in the essentials of survival: green energy, green jobs, respect for the animals that share our planet, and respect for the wilderness habitis that support them.
