IT is EASY BEING (a) GREEN (SCHOOL): CFPA'S EARLY WORK ON GREEN SCHOOL PLANS WILL HELP SCHOOLS TO APPLY FOR NEWLY AVAILABLE FEDERAL GREEN RIBBON SCHOOL AWARDS

摘要

For some years, the Connecticut Forest 8c Park Association has worked with schools to become more "green," as part of a national pilot program. Now the work has paid off and Connecticut's schools are ready to apply this 2012-13 school year, if they wish, for the federal Green Ribbon School designation. Helping schools see that it is easy being green is nothing new to CFPA. Two years ago, Project Learning Tree approached CFPA to take part in a green schools pilot program in Connecticut. With our national and state PLT partners, we created a hands-on, investigation-based workshop for several local teachers and their students. These student-teacher groups formed the core of each school's Green Team.