Who will be the key stakeholders or green champions in your district and what purpose will they serve?
What sustainability resources already exist that can help your school?
What case studies or sustainable best practices exist that your school can visit or use as a guide?
How will you demonstrate your commitment toward a sustainable school (e.g., mission statement, green resolution, sustainable policy adoption or green goal setting)?
How can sustainability initiatives connect to your school goals and impact student achievement?
Has your school conducted a sustainability audit (energy, water, materials and resources, purchasing, waste, )?
How will sustainability efforts be benchmarked, tracked and evaluated in your district?
What knowledge does your board of education need to support sustainability in your school and communicate to the public?
How can you integrate sustainability programs, green rating systems or environmental education, and science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) throughout your district?
How can you involve parents and other community members in your sustainability initiatives?
How can the school sustainability initiatives be in collaboration with a municipality effort?
How can the building maintenance personnel and facility managers help your school be more sustainable?
What cost, if any, will there be to your district’s sustainability efforts and what is an acceptable return on investment?
How could your district take advantage of sustainability as a lens for school improvement, staff and administration collaboration and a rich connection between the school and the community?
How could sustainability efforts help engage students and improve test scores (e.g., using the school building as a learning lab)?
What programs does your school have planned to educate for sustainability to the staff and students?
What can the district do to increase awareness about sustainability and the school’s sustainability projects?
How can students be part of the process for benchmarking, implementing and tracking sustainability in your school?
What school event or activity can your district create that will showcase and celebrate your accomplishments?