Strategic guidance brings green schools tools and support to high-needs communities
The Client: Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA)
The Challenge: In 2019, MEEA was awarded a grant to expand the Missouri Green Schools program – which helps schools track progress and earn recognition for achievements in health, sustainability, and learning – with a special emphasis on high-needs schools. MEEA needed a strategic advisor to successfully grow the impact of its statewide program. Familiar with IBE’s experience in green schools and creation of the Whole School Sustainability Framework, the Center for Green Schools (CGS) connected MEEA with IBE.
Our Approach: Working closely with MEEA and CGS, IBE helped guide partners, including Americorps, in using the Whole School Sustainability Framework to develop messaging, training materials, and case studies about successful green schools. IBE also helped bridge connections between MEAA, the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools, and the Green Schools Alliance.
Key Outcomes
- Applied the Whole School Sustainability Framework at the state level
- Strengthened relationships between like-minded organizations working to promote green schools
Deliverables
- Whole School Sustainability messaging
- “The Promise of Healthy Green Schools for Missouri” presentation
