Oregon Green Schools Association

“Expenses outreach & promotion 500 office supplies 62 website fees & maintenance 100 mileage reimbursement 4 coordinator training 420 insurance 749 summit expenses 10,339 recognition awards 495 fees & dues 143 total 12,812”

“Our mission: oregon green schools is dedicated to energizing and engaging students through student-driven activities that advance their understanding and ownership of sustainability. Oregon green schools is a volunteer-driven organization headed by a working board of directors. Our board of directors plans and puts on the annual summit, oversees the regional coordinator program, works on fundraising and development, and supervises a contract administrative staff person. We partner with over 30 different organizations that provide individuals who volunteer to be regional resource coordinators. These coordinators: - provide support and direction to the teacher or other adult volunteer at each school and to the school's student green teams - actively promote the mission and goals of ogs by encouraging schools to adopt the green schools curriculum - work with schools to complete all their requirements to achieve maintain their green school status - aid schools in reaching "merit" and "premier" status, which requires instituting additional waste reduction and energy saving measures the annual oregon green schools summit is the highlight of our program. It is held annually in the spring and serves 4th to 12th grade students from across the state of oregon. The summit serves approximately 250 students and their green team leaders and offers 4 tracks of programming covering: energy conservation, water conservation, waste reduction and recycling and the green schools spotlight session where participating schools share their green team experiences in small groups. The event is held in rotating locations throughout the state. The 18th annual summit of certified oregon green schools took place at life community church in corvallis on friday, april 11, 2014. It was an amazing day of learning and networking, well attended and appreciated by all. As always, many excited and eager students and adults were in attendance and enjoyed every minute. Elementary and middle school activities and presentations spanned across two sessions. Titles included: the soil food web, with oregon tilth renewable energy jeopardy paper making & our forests reuse workshop about turning trash into peace all about oregon's bottle bill, with obrc musical instrument-making workshop with our summit edutainers, the tangled threads how to expand your green school efforts waste-themed scavenger hunt to learn about sustainability upcycling waste into wearable art, with naturally upcycled session on honey bees, with nectar bee supply and, one room full of lucky students got to grab tools and aprons and take apart computers, learning how to scrap them out properly for recycling... High school students learned about commercial-level composting, waste and recycling during a field trip to the pacific region compost facility and coffin butte landfill, led by local recycling educator and coordinator, emily phillips of republic services. The adult roundtable gave interested teachers, industry professionals and other chaperones the opportunity to share ideas and network, led by corvallis school board member, anne schuster, herself a strong sustainability leader in the area. Everyone dined together mid-day with their no-waste lunches and reusable water bottles from home, and at the end received cookies and special summit cloth napkins to use at home. The summit rounded out with an open mic session where students were invited to share what they learned at the summit and what they are doing at their school. Approximately 50 students were brave enough to speak to the entire audience. Everyone left feeling engaged and energized”