September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Anyone or any civic group, even a city or entire school distsrict, can sign up for the Go Green Initiative, there are no restrictions and there’s no cost, no fees or dues, according to the website FAQ.

Schools or groups will have to develop their own local budget to cover their expenses of a Go Green Initiative. Some schools are able to get all their needs met through donations, while other schools make money by recycling aluminum, ink cartridges, cell phones, according to the FAQ.

Any funding you raise will be used directly in your school community; you will never be asked to pay dues or fees to the Go Green Initiative.

The site also tries to answer some questions that will arise like “Will the Go Green Initiative create more work for teachers?”

Their answer: “Absolutely not! The Go Green Initiative is designed to take some of the burden off of teachers by utilizing parent volunteers to assist teachers. Unlike environmental education (EE) programs of the past, which gave little or no day-to-day support to teachers, the Go Green Initiative employs parent and student resources in the planning, scheduling and execution of EE on campus. With the Go Green Initiative, parents absorb some of the duties that would hamper teachers’ ability to spend their time and energy focusing on creative ways to align EE with the core curriculum they already must to teach. Parents can do things like write grants; schedule educational assemblies; bring in technical experts for staff training; raise funds for after-school ecology clubs…

“In schools with low parent participation, the Go Green Initiative can be shaped to fit the campus culture to overcompensate with student participation. Where there is a will, there’s a way, and Go Green schools are operating successfully in urban, rural and suburban schools.”

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