Greening Schoolyards Advocacy Toolkit
Make the case for green schoolyards in your community.
We surveyed educators from around the world, held focus groups, and received live feedback to develop this advocacy toolkit. These tools and resources will help you and your allies confidently “make the case” for green schoolyards, whether the audience is your school board, superintendent, principal, teachers, parents or community members.
Toolkit Components
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Green Schoolyards for Better Health and Learning Slide Deck
Use some or all of these slides to make the case for green schoolyards in your community. Each slide includes presenter notes.
Benefits of Green Schoolyards Handout
Print and share this 1-page handout to help your community understand the benefits of green schoolyards.
Green Schoolyards Process Handout
Green schoolyard programs are complex. Multiple factors should be considered beyond advocating for and installing them.
Green Schoolyards Infographics
These four infographics focus on specific benefits of green schoolyards, supported by peer-reviewed research.
Community Needs Assessment
Use this tool to identify existing support, policies and allies you may already in your district and community.
Toolkit Summary Print Out
This pdf includes the information shared on this webpage and can serve as a “cover letter” should you choose to print advocacy toolkits to share.
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Hundreds of partners have pledged support for a national green schoolyards agenda and are working to bring the benefits of green schoolyards to all U.S. communities by 2050.
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