Green Star School Awards Program, is a 5-Star Sustainability Accreditation for K-12 schools globally.
Each of these below categories offers accreditation for ONE Green Star, and provides the opportunity to become a 5-Green Star school, and helps demonstrate the school’s leadership in environmental sustainability.
Schools should use the check-list in the application page to ensure all required elements are implemented, and then submit the application online. Schools could adopt any methods that are good for them to implement the required areas in the check-list.
Note: The guidance we have on this site is for California schools. However, the accreditation is for any schools globally. So please use this guidance as a guideline and adopt any methodology to fulfill the required areas as listed in the application check-list.
Here are the steps for schools:
Green Star School Awards program offers experiential services learning and leadership opportunities for children.
We encourage schools globally to adopt the designated categories and benefit your school with a Green Star accreditation, and offer students the opportunity to make this world a better place for all.
Our do-it-yourself guidance can be adopted at any stage. Many schools are already doing environmental projects and activities, which we highly recommend you to continue. Utilize the guidance to help uncover additional areas.
The check-lists in the application helps to ensure that your school is able to maximize the activities in each of the award categories, and increase student participation.
Whether you are just beginning, or have already started, the program can provide structure to your efforts, and bring value and recognition to your school!
The uniqueness of our program is that it is aimed at encouraging and providing schools the recognition for adopting sustainability projects in their academic curriculum and day-to-day school activities.
Our program encourages children to be the leaders, and provides opportunities to utilize their critical thinking and problem solving skills. Children learn to observe, and gain understanding of the environmental impacts on humans and our society.
For successful implementation of any program at a school, there must be full support and participation from the Principal and at least one Teacher.
First, form a “Green Kids Team” if you do not have one already. This team is expected to lead all “Green” initiatives at school. The kids joining this team need to commit to be leaders and should represent the rest of the school.
Recommendations for the Green Kids Team member selection:
Green Champ Award Nomination:
Individual students who are exhibiting leadership in environmental stewardship at their school/community, are eligible for the Green Champ Award!
Submit nominations for Green Champ Award!
*** Nominee must be less than 17 years old ***
Watch this inspirational Speech, by 5 year old, Amita Gowda:
