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Welcome to
Green Team 2.0: Building Your Capacity & Promoting Your Team
June 21, 2018
Heather McCall, Schools Program Director | Samantha A. McGraw, Program Manager | Laura Occhipinti, Glen Rock Borough
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Can your green team be an existing body within the municipality or school?
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YES!!!Utilize your Environmental Commission, School Wellness Council or other related committee
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Municipal Green Team Candidates
• Agricultural & Open Space
• Arts &Recreation
• Department of Public Works
• Economic Development
Helpful HintMatch action categories with departments
and roles in your municipality, district/school
• Environmental Commission
• Health and Welfare Boards
• Historic
• Planning & Zoning
• Shade Tree Commission
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District/School Green Team Candidates
Green Teams can be at the District or School level
School Board 120pts
Educators 200pts
Principal & Super. 100pts
Bus. Adm. 150pts
Muni Green Team 100pts
Phys.Ed/Health40pts
Facilities Staff 125pts
Students120pts
Tip:Consider staff stipends &
part time positions to support green team
School Nurse40pts
Food Service Provider50pts
Parent Org. 90pts
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Other Green Team Candidates
• Academic Institutions
• Civic Organizations
• Faith-Based Groups
• PTAs
• Volunteers/Interested Citizens
• Local High School Alumni home for the summer
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Tag Team Action Partners
Organizations are waiting
to be called by your Green Team!
• Rutgers Master Gardeners
• TMA’s
• Shade Tree Commission
• Muni & County Recycling Coordinator
• Professional Organizations (NJSBA, NJAPA)
• Regional Health Partners
• TCNJ Center for Community Engaged Learning
• Eagle Scouts from Local Troops looking for projects
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Green Team + Green Team
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• Community Education & Outreach
• Civic & Stewardship Activities
• Green Fair
• Green Your Green Fair/School Event
• Green Challenges
• Recycling Non-Mandated Materials
• Anti-Idling Programs
• Community Asset Mapping
• Safe Routes to School
• Waste Audit
FIND MUNICIPAL CONTACT FIND SCHOOL CONTACT
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Green Team Questionnaire Responses
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What do Green Teams Look Like?
• Different for each town
• Most had at least one municipal rep and one volunteer on the team
• Consider having “green team friends”
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Has your municipal green team undergone leadership change?
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School/District Green Team Trends
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Navigating green team leadership change
• Establish co-chairs
• Develop a plan
• Partnerships with other municipal/community groups
• Stay active byo Remembering the
cause/mission
o Having an energizing vision
o Building a winning team spirit – sample ice breakers
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Strategies to Recruit, Train & Retain Volunteers
• Recruit
oWord of mouth
o Events, farmers markets
oBring a friend
oOnline platforms (ex. Ewing Twp Volunteer Application)
oCommunity groups
oDepartment announcements/ recommendations
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Strategies to Recruit, Train & Retain Volunteers
• Train
oDevelop a “welcome packet”
• Retain
o THANK YOUR VOLUNTEERS & share credit for accomplishments
o Encourage members to find their passion
oProvide regular program content training
oMake meetings accessible
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Sharing information while working on certification
• Google Drive
• Dropbox
• Basecamp
• Slack
• Freedcamp
• Monthly meetings/calls
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Is the work of the green team promoted in town?
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School/District Green Team Promotion
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Three Bridges Elementary,Readington
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Ben Franklin Elementary, Lawrenceville
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Communication & Collaboration is Key!
• Speak regularly at Board/Council meetings & staff meetings
• Advocate for the inclusion of sustainability in District Strategic Plans, Township Master Plans, goals, resolutions and ordinances
• Hold public events
• Join other regional networking opportunities, workshops, conferences and informational forums
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How is certification shared & what are the benefits?
• Town/School pride
• Save Money/Reduce School Energy Consumption
• Increased attendance at green fairs, interest in green team work
• Preparing students for the future
• Better working relationship with town and schools
• Proposals receive more weight with municipal officials (credibility)
• Access to grants
• Contributing to the overall carbon footprint reduction goals for the state of New Jersey
• SJ/SJS action documentation is useful for other honors, certifications, and grant applications.
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Green Team “Swag”
• Business cards
• Cinch sacks/reusable bags/earth-friendly jute tote with town logo
• Coloring books about recycling
• Hats
• Poster displays
• Recycled pens w/logo
• Recycled rubber jar grippers
• Reusable water bottles
• Table skirt w/logo
• Window cling
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Establishing your green team as a 501©(3) nonprofit
• Things to considero How will this benefit your cause?
o How will you raise your money?
o Will it be a membership or non-membership organization?
o Who will be on your Board of Directors/Trustees?
o Who will run the non-profit – volunteers or staff?
o Restrictions on lobbying activities
o Barred from political campaign activities
o SCHOOLS- Does your district have an existing Education Foundation?
• Visit The Center for Nonprofits for more information
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New Jersey Non-Profits
Go Green Galloway (GGG)
• Formed 2008 after Galloway signed Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, non-profit formed 2012
• GGG has
• GGG and town work on certification
• GGG members do not upload to certification application
• GGG fundraises for its own events, applies for SJ grants
• Better control over how funds used
• Businesses more readily step up to sponsor GGG efforts
Sustainable Cherry Hill (SCH)
• Formed in 2008 after residents asked town to sign Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement
• Separate SCH and Green Team
• SCH holds events that earn SJ points
• SCH members do not upload to certification application
• SCH receives no financial support from town, does it’s own fundraising
• Able to work w/town on festivals
• Challenges w/diverging agendas/priorities
• Potentially unstable environment vs. continuous Township leadership
Sustainable Lawrence (SL)
• Formed 2006 from community sustainability conversations
• Separate SL and green team
• SL has received some reimbursements from the town
• Able to work w/town on events and overall collaboration
Sustainable Princeton (SP)
• Formed 2009 when Princeton Twp. And borough provided funding for part-time Sustainability Coordinator – officially launched 2012
• SP serves as town’s green team
• SP has staffed positions and they upload to the certification application
• Receives $30,000 annually from town to perform statement of work that includes sustainability initiatives of municipality
• Have office in municipal building
• Ability to help town apply and receive SJ grants and seek additional funding
• Limits degree sustainability can be embedded into work culture of town
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Non-Profit Questions?
• Sustainable Cherry Hillo Edward Cohen, [email protected], 609-217-1412
• Sustainable Princetono Christine Symington, [email protected],
609-454-4757
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General Program Questions
• Sustainable Jerseyo Maureen Jones, [email protected], 609-771-2938
• Sustainable Jersey for Schoolso Veronique Lambert, [email protected], 609-771-3427
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Current Annual Sustainable Jersey Municipal Sponsors
Grants Program Underwriters
Program Underwriters
Corporate Sponsors
PLATINUM
SILVER
BRONZE
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Current Annual Sustainable Jersey for Schools Sponsors
Founding Sponsor
Founding Sponsor
Founding Sponsor
BRONZE
PLATINUM
Small Grants Underwriters
Sustainable Jersey for Schools Underwriters
Corporate Sponsors
GOLD SILVER
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Our 2018 Sustainability Sessions were made possible in part with of the support of the following sponsors:
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