"You might already be teaching your students about the importance of environmental stewardship with lessons from our free K-8 curriculum. Why not bring the message closer to home by turning your classroom or school into the ultimate sustainable spot?"
This green living post (part of the Rainforest Alliance website) gives great tips on specifically 'greening up your classroom'. It's a great place to start. (There's always more to do!)
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/green-living/classroom?gclid=COb96-OkmLUCFbSnPAodx1oAGQ
The website also has lots of other green initiatives throughout their website. You may even see the Rainforest Alliance around - in coffee for instance. Research it, and maybe it will inspire you to change...then let it inspire your students!
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Rainforest Alliance:
Our Innovative Approach
The Rainforest Alliance harnesses the power of the marketplace to arrest
the major drivers of environmental destruction: timber extraction,
agricultural expansion, cattle ranching and tourism. Our work ensures
that hundreds of millions of acres of forests, farms, ranchlands and
hotel properties meet rigorous sustainability standards and that the
rights and well-being of people employed by these enterprises are
safeguarded. And by giving consumers a reliable way to identify
responsibly produced goods and services -- via the Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ seal and Rainforest Alliance Verified™ mark -- we demonstrate
that sustainable businesses thrive in our global economy.
