Green School resources and tools for success

Use the following tools and links to help you start or improve your Green Schools program and find resources for teaching about resource conservation in the classroom.

How to do a waste audit – A step-by-step guide to conducting school waste audits

Green School Newsletter – Current and archived issues of our newsletter

Links page – Check out the huge variety of links to information about:

• energy or water conservation
• inexpensive used art supplies
• grants for gardening projects
• on-line recycling activities for students
• state and national environmental education groups
• naturescaping and school yard habitat projects
  . . . . . and more!

Oregon DEQ education resources

• Clip Art - Various artwork depicting recycling, composting, waste prevention, and waste reduction produced by other state agencies and local governments.
• Oregon Green School Tools - An education packet for reducing, reusing and recycling at your school.
• Rethinking Recycling: An Oregon Waste Reduction Curriculum - An education curriculum for teachers teaching children in grades K-5.
• The Recycling Process After Collection - A report on where materials go and what happens to them.
• Waste Reduction Awareness Program (WRAP) - Monetary awards for schools, groups or individual students.

Fast facts - Online listing of more than 300 short facts related to waste reduction and natural resources.

Portland metro-area Field Trip Guide - Many recycling facilities in the Portland metro-area welcome school and youth group field trips. To download a copy of this guide, go to www.metro-region.org/schoolrecycling or call (503) 797-1522. The guide also lists Portland metro-area agencies and organizations that provide resources for waste reduction education.

Grants - Many local jurisdictions offer start-up and/or incentive grants to schools for waste reduction , recycling and composting projects. Contact your local coordinator to see what is available in your area. Incentive Awards are available to NEW Oregon Green Schools and to current schools that move up to Merit or Premier status.