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Earth Force GREEN Program Global Rivers Environmental Education Network

Learn about GREEN program that empowers students to protect watersheds through inquiry-based activities. Engage in civic involvement, develop sustainable solutions, and celebrate environmental successes. Take action, make a difference! The GREEN program offers tools, resources, and teacher training to support ongoing student-led projects.

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Earth Force GREEN Program Global Rivers Environmental Education Network

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  1. Earth Force GREEN ProgramGlobal Rivers Environmental Education Network

  2. History of GREEN • GREEN began in 1989 • Dr. William B. Stapp; • University of MI, Ann Arbor • Passed to Earth Force in 1999

  3. Why GREEN? • Encourages inquiry-based learning • Promotes civic involvement • Engages the community • Focuses on youth empowerment

  4. GREEN Tools • Protect Our Watershed kits • Awareness to Action poster and activity guide • Water testing kits: dissolved 02, pH, N2, P2, turbidity, change in temperature, benthic macroinvertebrates

  5. Step 1: Watershed Inventory • Identify local watershed and water quality conditions • Identify threats, problems and resources

  6. Step 2: Selecting a Watershed Problem • Develop criteria to select an impairment or threat • Use democratic decision making that facilitates team work • Choose an impairment or threat on which to work

  7. Step 3: Researching Policy and Practices • Identify behaviors and policies related to selected problem • Identify key players in selected problem • Collect and describe facts and opinions about the problem • Develop recommendations for improving the problem

  8. Step 4: Deciding What to do • Brainstorm strategies • Use criteria to make democratic decision about what to do

  9. Step 5: Taking Action • Establish an action plan with timeline • Carry out action plan

  10. Step 6: Looking Back and Ahead • Assess the impact of the project • Decide what still needs to happen • Chronicle effort and celebrate

  11. GREEN Watershed Projects • School Lane Charter persuades board to install pervious surface • Radnor Middle School builds riparian buffer zone • Currently Bridesburg Elementary is installing a watershed mural in school

  12. GREEN Watershed Projects • Philadelphia School students publish watershed education books • Friends’ Central raises funds to repair buffer zone

  13. GREEN Teacher Trainings • Summer Institutes provide in depth training for teachers on watershed content and GREEN process • Teachers earn Act 48 credits

  14. Ongoing Teacher Support • Planning meetings • Materials • Community connections and resources • 3-6 classroom visits per year • Culminating Youth Summit for students to showcase projects

  15. GREEN: Beyond Water Quality Monitoring • Students analyze water samples, conduct balanced research, then synthesize findings to create watershed protection projects. • Teacher receive ongoing training and support from Earth Force staff

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