The document outlines initiatives by the Manchester Essex Regional School District Green Team to promote sustainability. It discusses the Green Team's mission to increase environmental stewardship. It also summarizes district programs like single-stream recycling, composting, and reducing paper usage. The document describes two Green Scholars courses that integrate STEAM skills and service learning through student projects in areas like edible schoolyards, greenhouses, and sustainable food waste management. It positions the courses as preparing students with 21st century skills to address environmental challenges. In the last slide, it invites questions about adapting the Green Scholars program to other school districts.

1. Manchester Essex Regional School District
Green Team
March 27th, 2012
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2. MERSD Green Team Mission Statement
The Green Team of Essex and Manchester
identifies and develops programs and initiatives
designed to increase stewardship, responsibility,
awareness, and passion for sustainable living
practices and the environment. Using knowledge
and skills learned in the school and community
environments, green initiatives enrich the learning
experience, strengthen communities, and teach
civic responsibility, STEAM,
and 21st- century skills.
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3. Signage
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4. District Single Stream Recycling (SSR)
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5. District Compost
On-site compost
Project
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6. Lunch at MERMHS
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7. Collection
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8. Other District-Wide Initiatives
- Curriculum connections
-Cape Ann green coalition – ―Seaside
Sustainability‖
-Kevin C’s Scholar Project (local businesses)
- Paper usage reduction 
- Greening the kitchens
- Green cleaning products
- Moving to a ZERO waste
system
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9. Courses
Green Scholars 1.0 & 2.0 Descriptions
An environmental sustainability course designed to integrate:
• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math)
• 21st-Century Skills
• Environmental Literacy
• Service-Learning
Methods of learning include dynamic educational practices,
including project management, experiential education,
community service learning (CSL) and inquiry-based learning.
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10. Green Scholars 1.0 - PHILOSOPHY
Students are inherently curious, creative and eager
to solve problems, therefore, Green Scholars 1.0
& 2.0—in collaboration with community partners
and the service learning model—cultivate
empowered, informed and progressive student
entrepreneurial leaders who will be equipped to
face 21st century environmental challenges.
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11. Green Scholars 1.0 – HOW IT WORKS
•Scholars are selected to work with individual teachers who
fill the ―Advisor‖ role.
•Advisors are teachers or staff members that have shared
interest in helping to create a more sustainable world.
•The advisor plays the role of facilitator, one that should be
careful not to provide the Scholar answers rather more
questions to excite further exploration.
•Students also identify and work with a partner in the
school/community.
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12. Green Scholar Projects
Edible Schoolyard
Social Media
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13. Green Scholar Projects
Greenhouses & Geodesic
Domes Wind Power
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14. Green Scholar Projects
Sustainable Food & DH
Waste Management
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15. Green Scholar Projects
Faculty Going Green
Sustainable Purchasing
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16. Green Scholar Projects
Green Students
Environmental
Literacy Exams
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17. Green Scholar Projects
Green Team Business
Biofuel
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18. Green Scholars 1.0 v5
Available to districts
for a nominal fee
Easily adaptable to
any high school
setting
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19. QUESTIONS?
Eric Magers
GreenTeam@mersd.org
978.525.6469
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