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Classroom Tips

  • Use materials from last year and encourage your students to do the same.
  • At end of the year, gather materials and get them ready to be reused, renewed or recycled for next year vs. trashed.
  • Look for products that use recycled paper made from high percentages of post-consumer waste.
  • Implement a second chance paper rule – encourage all to use both sides of a piece of paper.
  • Use felt on bulletin boards vs. paper as its sturdy and wont fade. You will be able to use it for many years!
  • Challenge students to have no waste days (reuse or carry out as much as possible - lunch, papers, drinks, etc.)
  • Encourage walk, bike, carpooling to school
  • Have book lists available for students that are eco related
  • Physically turn over garbage cans so to remind folks to think about what is and isn’t trash.
  • Have kids make PSAs about green initiatives to share with others students (i.e. litter-less lunch)
  • For classroom events reduce disposable food ware when possible by asking parents to use reusable plates & utensils. More info at our SMART Event Guide here.
  • Ask students to share their “green play of the day/week” – eco acts of kindness
  • Encourage students to write to Wellesley and State officials about environmental issues they have studied and care about like these students at Bates School did.
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  • About
    • Our Mission and Who We Are
  • Take Action
    • Individual Action >
      • So Much You Can Do!
      • Run For Office
      • Buildings (Home/Office) >
        • Gas
      • Transportation
      • Food
      • Landscaping
      • Solar
      • Waste >
        • Gift Wrap
        • Reduce Plastic
    • Group Action >
      • Donate
      • Volunteer
    • Global Action
    • More Action In Wellesley >
      • Other Local Organizations
      • Pollinate Wellesley >
        • Milkweed Sale
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Green Schools
    • Mission and Who We Are
    • Teachers >
      • Environmental Education
      • Green Cerify your Elementary Classroom
      • Book recommendations
      • Classroom tips
      • Posters! Walk to School. Litterless lunch
    • Parents >
      • Smart Event Guide
      • Borrow Free Supplies for Your Event!
      • School Supply list
      • End of year Locker Cleanout Tips
    • Families