Wayne County Green Schools

Welcome to Wayne County's 11th year of the Michigan Green School program - 2017-2018 school year. Wayne County will again continue to showcase your school’s environmental leadership, while encouraging students, staff, and parents to improve energy conservation and become environmental stewards. Public Act 301 (2010), is the updated and revised P.A. 146 (2006) which encourages all public and private schools to voluntarily implement energy saving and environmental activities and become recognized as a Michigan Green School. 

The Wayne County Department of Public Services (DPS) and partner Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA) will again implement this program and recognize schools that achieve 10 or more energy saving and environmental activities in an academic year. The activities are set up in categories: Recycling, Energy Saving, Environmental Protection and Miscellaneous. A fifth category allows you to Propose Your Own Activity. This is an annual recognition, so schools must re-apply each year to remain a Wayne County Michigan Green School. All schools recognized as a Wayne County Michigan Green School will receive a large indoor/outdoor Michigan Green Schools banner and a certificate signed by the County CEO and Wayne RESA Superintendant to proudly display as your school continues to work to reduce energy costs and protect Michigan’s precious natural resources. 

Important Information
  • You must use the Wayne County Guidelines. Please note that other application forms, including those found on the Michigan Green Schools Foundation website, CANNOT be accepted.
  • The school coordinator or team leader must complete the Activity Verification Form , or similar format with proper documentation describing how the school has performed the activities.
  • Activity Verification forms should be submitted to Nancy Gregor by March 1, 2018
  • Wayne County schools can achieve the following Green School Designations, depending on the number of specified energy saving and environmental activities they complete:

Designation            Number of Points Earned      

  Green                         10 -14 points

  Emerald                      15 -19 points

  Evergreen                   20 or more points

Together, Wayne County and You can build Green Schools for a better environment!  

 

For additional information on Wayne County’s Michigan Green School program, please visit   https://www.waynecounty.com/doe/wayne-county-green-schools.htm or http://www.resa.net/greenschools

 

We look forward to working with you for another great and growing Green School year. For more information or assistance, please contact Wayne County Green Schools program coordinators:

Nancy Gregor
Wayne County Department of Public Services
3600 Commerce Court
Wayne, MI 48184
734.326.4607
ngregor@waynecounty.com

Richard Bacolor
Wayne County Mathematics and Science Center at Wayne RESA
33500 Van Born Road
Wayne, MI 48184
734.334.1348
bacolor@resa.net

Guidelines and Activity Form for 2017 - 2018

Please click HERE to apply to become a Wayne County Green School.

What is a Michigan Green School?

  • Michigan Green Schools is a non-profit 501(c)3 agency dedicated to assisting all Michigan schools - public and private - achieve environmental goals which include protecting the air, land, water and animals of our state along with world outreach through good ecological practices and the teaching of educational stewardship of students pre-kindergarten through senior high school.
  • Michigan Green Schools began as an idea from students and teachers of Hartland Consolidated School District in the fall of 2005. It was determined that the best way to help Michigan achieve environmental goals through its schools was to formulate 20 points of educational environmental activities. It was further decided that if any school in Michigan achieved ten of these points within an academic year, it could achieve official Michigan Green School status.
  • Students and teachers then proceeded to propose their bill to local Representative Joe Hune, who introduced the bill in the Michigan House in 2006. Students and teachers testified before the House Natural Resources Committee; it was forwarded to the House floor. Public Act 146 of 2006 was approved by an overwhelming majority of that body.
  • State Senator Valde Garcia then sponsored the legislation before the Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee, which voted to send the bill to the Senate floor. The Senate voted almost unanimously to approve the measure.
  • Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed the bill May 21, 2006. In the first year of the program, 18 schools participated. Last year 189 schools became official Michigan Green Schools. This academic year, over 300 schools are participating in the growing program.

CLICK HERE to see a list of Archieved Green School Awards

Resources from the Wayne County Green Schools Workshop, held at the Nankin Mills Nature Center on Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Resources

  • PDF DocumentGreen Schools Presentation

The following resources are provided by Waste Management, Inc.: