Environment is the most complex topic, embracing a wide variety of explorations in the search for best sustainable solutions. Building a base for educating and sharing creates increased opportunity for corrective action and the establishment of better, if not best practices.
Global connection to peers increases the potential rate of change and our ability to asses our progress. With social entrepreneurs and scientists at the helm, there is a direct channel to communicate with our youth through school wide assemblies. Information thus disseminated reaches the educational center of our communities and engages with the energy of our youth to take action and create change.
Recycling
Recycling seems the most manageable component from this topic area for creating a signature grade level topic.
Recycling and Waste Reduction Programs
Center for Green Schools Recycling and Waste Management Video.
With a kindergarten through 6th grade foundation in service topics, successive generations will be experientially educated to determine their personal interest and possible service contributions as they grow into more independent adulthood. Their view of topics below will become an educated one. They will have networking possibilities in place with their peers nationwide and globally. They will be part of a national graduating class that worked together K – 6 at each topic level and continued to communicate through grades 7 – 12, zeroing in on their personal interest areas and building with their like-minded peers. The world becomes, quite naturally, a better place. We will grow guardians of humanitarian and environmental needs.
More Project Possibilities
Our starting point for a national checklist of projects grew quite simply from an individual collecting projects into a spreadsheet that was gradually organized by topic as it grew. It was further organized on this website with videos and links to organizations. The intention is toward a flexible model that receives outstanding projects for dissemination, and tweaking details as well as major shifts become apparent. It is truly intended to be of the people, by the people, and for the people.
The models below, as the other topics, are representative examples and possibilities for consideration and connection with others in this needful area of challenge.
Environment Topic Areas:
- Recycling
- Schools
- Food
- Christmas Trees
- Crayons
- Bicycles
- Mattresses
- Clothing/Textiles
- Technology
- Building Materials
- Larger Scope
- Industry Innovation
- Nature
- Water
- Trees
- Gardens
- Living Walls/Rooftop Gardens
- Night Sky
- Volunteering
A National Service Initiative - Starting in Kindergarten 