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MI Green School Guide

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Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

MI Green School Guide

Michigan schools can use green planning to support health, academics, environmental quality, and school operations. The MI Green School Guide helps leaders through the planning and decision-making process, because every school has different goals and needs.

5 tools for green school planning

These tools address one school at a time. We recommend scheduling 2 hours of group work time for each tool. Groups can look like parent organizations, student clubs, sustainability planning teams, and more.

  • 1. Team building tool

    Write down contact information to create project teams

  • 2. Environmental needs assessment

    Complete a survey about your school to prioritize projects

  • 3. Project catalog

    Browse projects to compare costs, priorities, and timelines

  • 4. Funding resources

    Browse funding opportunities for green school projects

  • 5. Action plan

    Use this to outline your environmental action plan for your school

Contact us

For questions about the Michigan Green Schools program, reach out to Samantha Lichtenwald at LichtenwaldS@Michigan.gov or 517-914-1257.

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