Green Team Agenda (sample)

 

Meetings typically run from 1 to 1 ½ hours with the following topics included.  Remember to recognize past accomplishments (newspaper features, savings from specific actions, recognition given to team, etc.)

 

•    Introductions (esp. in early school year meetings)

•    Route Roster for update

•    Recognition and Celebration of Accomplishments

•    Updates on sub committees work in progress

•    Guest Speaker / Discussion on Topic ________________

•    Identify new actions and owners and record in action step signup

•    Announcements

•    Adjourn

 

 

 

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Sample Green Team Action Items and Job Descriptions for Elementary Schools

(Download as Word File:  Sample Green Team Action Items and Job Descriptions for Elementary Schools.doc)

 

Group:   {e.g., MySchool's Green Team }

Description:

Paper Reduction Team    

The team will work closely with the school community to reduce paper usage through various methods such as encouraging online newsletters, reusing paper in classrooms, printing double side, and limiting the number of copies per classroom.

 

Recycling Team   

This team will handle every aspect of recycling such as ordering recycling bins for the campus, and classrooms, promoting recycling through creative skits and editorials, and helping younger children recycle items during lunch and snack time.

Events Team   

This team will be responsible to coordinate its efforts with the recycling team to be present at every school event such as the Harvest Fair, the Auction, or Back to School Night to guide all the guests to recycle correctly and effectively.

Green Team Promotion   

This group will be in charge of creating and maintaining the roster for the Green Team, monitoring messages to Green team email list, as well as adding contact info to roster and group mailing lists.

Site Team   

The Site Team will work with various school groups such as the Student Counsel, the PTA, and teachers to coordinate efforts between the Green Team and other members of the school community and bring greater awareness and cooperation to address sustainable issues.

 

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School Green Team Roster Template

Roster Template 1.xls

 

 

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Green Team Action Step Signups  --- “Sample”

Download Word Document: Action Step Signup.doc

 

Activities in progress or volunteers needed:

 

Description	Effort?	What’s needed?	How many	Volunteers?
Create Event Guidelines	One time	Create guide, recommendations for future sustainable events, potlucks, parties, etc.	1-2	Mary
Set up school printers to default to duplex	One time	Ensure that school printers default to duplex.  Determine if other IT settings (e.g. laptop sleep or other changes can be made)	1

 

Suggestion:  This can be a list of activities team would like to work on.  You can use highlighting to draw attention to those line items where you are looking for volunteers.

 

 

Ongoing activities, owners:

Description	Effort?	What’s needed?	How many	Responsible
Maintain roster	Ongoing	Monitor messages to Green team email list. Add contact info to roster and group mailing lists.	1	Joe

 

Suggestion:  list owners of those activities that have an ongoing activity (roster, web site, etc.) in case they need to be contacted or replaced when the leave school.

 

 

Completed activities:

			Completed by?
Recycling bins for classroom	One-time	Ordered recycling bins for classroom where missing.	Caroline
Design energy audit	One time	Plan how energy audit will be conducted and train students.	Eric

Suggestion: keep track of completed activities and who worked on in case questions come up.

 

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Green Team Calendar Template

 

 

MONTH	PROJECTS	RESPONSIBILITY
August	Parent Newsletter Article	Janet
	Invitations to Staff	Bill
September	Invitations to Students	Bill
	First Green Team Meeting	Val
October
November
December	Holiday Party Greening	Kim and Jessie
January
February	Environmental Assembly	Grant, Kim, Carla
March
April	Earth Day Festivities	Jessie, Juan
May	Bike to School Week Activities	Janet
June	Recruit Replacements for Next Year
	Establish Meeting Dates for Next Year

 

{YourTeam's} Regular Meetings:

1st Monday of the Month

(3:15-4:15, Library)

 

 

 

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