How does the Go Green Initiative relate to existing school curriculum?
The Go Green Initiative is not a curriculum program; it is a foundation upon which school communities make intelligent choices about what type of environmental education (EE) curriculum best suits their needs. Over the past 30 years, hundreds of EE curriculum programs have been written. The Go Green Initiative staff can help schools identify the best EE curriculum available based upon two factors: • Which of the five principles of the Go Green Initiative does the curriculum address, e.g. generate compost, recycling, etc.; and • How well does the curriculum align to your state’s existing educational standards. For instance, if a school in California wanted to focus heavily on recycling education (the 2nd and 3rd elements of the GGI), the Go Green Initiative staff would help that school find recycling curriculum that is aligned to the California state science standards. By doing so, teachers are not teaching a superfluous lesson when they engage in recycling education in their classroom,
