An overview of the growth of the world's largest environmental education program, the Go Green Initiative, founded by Jill Buck in 2002. www.gogreeninitiative.org

1. Go Green Initiative
21st Century Environmental Leadership…
Everlasting Results.

2. How the GGI Began…
Naval Officer
o
Mom
o
PTA President
o
Founder, Go Green
o
Initiative
Concern for children’s
o
health, now & in the
future
Desire to teach kids good
o
environmental behavior
Create change without
o
legislation/taxation – no
government impact

3. The Five GGI Principles
Generate compost
•
Recycle
•
Educate
•
Evaluate environmental
•
impact
Nationalize principles of
•
responsible paper
consumption

4. GGI Partners
· Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive
· National School Boards
Association
· National Recycling Coalition &
state affiliates
· National Audubon Society
Science Div.
· American Forest & Paper Assoc.
· PTA’s
· And many more…

5. Why a Schools Program?
· More people = fewer natural
resources
· Schools are a significant source of
waste generation in most
communities
· Schools can have a long-term
impact
· Schools act as a catalyst for the
rest of the community

6. What Makes the GGI
Unique…
·Child-centric
·Market Driven
·Measurable Environmental
Benefits
·Great Customer Satisfaction
·The Source of our Funding
·Media Relations

7. Market Share – 2005
· 9 states
· 170 schools
· Affecting the daily lives of
125,000 students and
9,000 teachers.

8. Market Share – 2006
· 14 states
· 270 schools
· Affecting the daily lives of
230,000 students and
14,000 teachers.

9. Market Share – 2007
· 46 states, 10 countries, 4 continents
· Over 850 schools
· Affecting the daily lives of
1,061,071 students and
75,439 teachers.

10. Market Share – 2008
· 50 states, 13 countries, 4 continents
· Over 1750 schools
· Affecting the daily lives of 1,965,252
students and 233,543 teachers.
·ON A BUDGET OF LESS THAN 2
CENTS PER STUDENT

11. Increase in # of GGI
Schools
1,753
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
850
GGI Schools
800
600
400
270
170
200
0
2005 2006 2007 2008

12. Increase in # of GGI
Students
1,965,252
2,000,000
1,800,000
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,061,071
1,000,000
GGI Students
800,000
600,000
400,000
230,000
200,000 125,000
0
2005 2006 2007 2008

13. Increase in # of GGI
Teachers
250000 233,543
200000
150000
Teachers
100000
75,439
50000
14000
9000
0
2005 2006 2007 2008

14. Overall Percentage of
Schools by Grade Level
2%
26%
Elementary
Middle
High School
55%
Post Secondary
17%

15. Overall Percentage of
Schools by School Type
4%
15%
Public
Private
Charter
81%

16. Overall Percentage of
Schools by City Type
17%
Rural
Urban
52%
Suburban
31%

17. Measurable
Environmental Impact
of GGI School Recycling
·Go Green schools conserved 2005-2008
the following:
· More than 2,600 metric tons of
greenhouse gas emissions
·25.7 million gallons of water
·33,000 barrels of oil = over 766,000
gallons of gasoline
·61.5 billion BTU’s of energy
·More than 13,450 cubic yards of
landfill space

18. Goals for 2009
· Train-the-trainer events
· Grants to schools
· Enhanced Communication
Capability
· 2009 Go Green Earth
Summit
· Translation of GGI Materials
to new languages