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Step 1
Create a green team. Take a moment and come up with your mission statement, Re-acquaint yourself with your school, and write down the necessary changes that need to made immediately. Your green team should consist of one member from the principal's office, custodial staff, faculty and parents' board. Encourage the administrators to incorporate green practices into the school's curriculum.
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Step 2
Begin recycling. Your team must come up with a viable recycling program for your school. You can assist your school by contacting their waste removal provider, and acquiring the correct bins and signage to promote environmental recycling within the school. Helpful partners could include the school's custodial staff, as they can give suggestions on environmental topics to educate the students.
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Step 3
Save energy. Your energy-savings plan must be more than turning off lights. Contact your school's energy provider and schedule an audit to recommend areas to reduce usage. Encourage faculty and staff to use combo devices like an all-in-one scanner/fax/printer, so your only powering one device and not three. Trade out conventional light bulbs for environmentally-efficient fluorescent lights.
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Step 4
Reduce paper and food waste. The biggest source of waste for schools is the amount of paper and food thrown out in a year. Encourage all faculty members to change their margins on their documents to .75 to save reams of paper in the printing process. Also, encourage the support staff to double-side their multi-page inter-office memos. Begin a composting program in the kitchen, and encourage the cooking staff to make compost for the school's garden out of the food thrown away each day.
