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What is PLT?
Members of Connecticut Forest &
Park Association
Support for
What is Environmental Service-Learning?
• Community service• Learning• Service-learning
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Service-Learning Characteristics*
• Meaningful Service• Curriculum Connection • Reflection• Diversity• Youth Voice• Partnerships• Progress monitoring• Duration and intensity• Celebrate and share successes
• Others?
*As defined by the National Youth Leadership Council
What is it?
• Inspirational• Creates responsibility• Develops critical thinking skills• Grows leadership
Why become a PLT GreenSchool?
•Learning•Cost savings•Student leadership skills•Recognition•Environmental stewardship•Health
Program Components
1. Professional Development
2. Five GreenSchools! Investigations
3. Environmental Service-Learning Action Projects
PLT CT GreenSchool: Two Rivers Magnet Middle School,
East Hartford
“Their work has shown me all the things students can accomplish when they’re given leadership opportunities and a voice,” says school enrichment coordinator/Green
Rivers team advisor Christie Hazen and PLT CT Educator of the Year, 2011-2012.
More on Two Rivers as a PLT GreenSchool!
Authentic Student Voice“Our goal is to educate ourselves, our school, and do outreach
work in nearby schools and towns. We want to teach others how to conserve energy, recycle, compost, and how to protect the environment. ”
Green Rivers You Tube Video
Certification Requirements
1. Registration: www.greenschools.org
2. Professional development
3. Establish GreenSchools! Team
4. Investigate
5. Action projects
6. Results & success
Environmental Quality-Discover the connections among dust, air particles,
and asthma
Energy Investigation-Using technological tools
-School-Wide Energy Survey
tree benefits calculator
www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html
School Site investigation-Creating a school map
-Using on-line calculators to determine the value of trees
Waste & Recycling-Interview school personnel to learn about purchasing
policies
Water-Understand their place in the local and regional
watershed
Connections
“Our Green Rivers Club started as a grassroots thing, the idea of just two students. Now it involves the whole school community and many different projects. From the beginning, PLT’s GreenSchools! program has helped our students grow in skills, leadership, and environmental awareness.”
--Christie Hazen, Enrichment Coordinator, Two Rivers Magnet Middle School, East Hartford
and PLT CT Educator of the Year, 2011-2012
Small Group Discussion Questions
1. What are some possible environmental action projects that could combine community service with student learning?
2. What state or local partner organizations might you involve in PLT GreenSchools?
3. If you have an existing “Green Schools” type
program – how might you partner with them to accomplish the goals of PLT’s GreenSchools! initiative?
Thank You!
PLT GreenSchools Facilitator: ADD YOUR NAME/CONTACT INFO IF DESIRED
PLT CT Coordinator: Lori Paradis Brant
Connecticut Forest & Park Association
860-346-TREEwww.ctwoodlands.org/educ
