How can you know what you need, before you know what you've got? School-wide or schoolyard environmental audits are one way to to take note of assets and identify missing elements for an outdoor learning program on campus. Students learn a lot by collecting and analyzing the data, which can be used to prioritize future physical improvements or student-directed projects.
Here are several types of audits. Choose one or all of them to complete. |
NWF Environmental Pathway Audits
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ecoRise Eco-Audits
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Roots & Shoots Audits
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Green School Audits and "Greenprint"
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The National Wildlife Federation offers a number of audit pathways that student teams can use to discover how sustainable their school is.
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ecoRise provides grants for conducting "eco-audits" of schools and using audit results to identify student projects.
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Community mapping and auditing is part of the Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots process for identifying and implementing projects.
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The Green Schools National Network offers a "greenprint" for becoming a more sustainable school.
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Green Schools Initiative Quiz
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EPA School Siting Guidelines
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The Green Schools Initiative offers this short assessment in quiz format, to identify
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This School Siting Guidance from EPA clarifies suitable locations for schools.
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The Council of Outdoor Learning (CoOL) is an EEA initiative that focuses on the design, development, use, and sustainability of outdoor learning environments on school campuses. CoOL provides tips and techniques for those who want to create outdoor classrooms or learning stations, hosts an annual symposium to share resources and strategies for teaching outdoors, curates a collection of outdoor learning activities that are integrated with state standards, and provides professional learning workshops, resources and webinars for teachers and non-formal educators.
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Environmental Education Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 801066 | Acworth, GA 30101 EEA does not does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in its program , activities, or employment. For more information on EEA's non-discrimination commitment click here . Grievance officer may be contacted at info@eealliance.org |
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