Changing the future
As all educators know, children can carry the lessons they learn at school to their homes and make a very real difference in the attitude and conduct of other family members. That’s why the children you teach are so important to this campaign and why PalmettoPride continually offers new resources to help reach the youth of our state. Consider inviting PalmettoPride or a KSCB affiliate to your school to speak on the importance of litter prevention! Contact education@palmettopride.org for more information.
Litter Lessons
PalmettoPride, in partnership with Greenleaf Education, has developed Litter Lessons – a FREE curriculum resource for grades K-12 that increases awareness of the problem, while providing students with ways to be part of the solution. All lessons meet the current SCDOE curriculum standards.
PalmettoPride Decomposition Statistics
We offer two downloadable documents featuring decomposition statistics. If you’d like to make a hands-on visual for your classroom, please download here. Educators may borrow PalmettoPride’s set on a first come, first serve basis. Simply print the document on to sticky label paper or use glue in order to stick the printouts on to foam or cardboard. Have your students match the piece of litter with the appropriate time it takes to decompose. For a matching game for your students, please download here.
Green Step Schools
Green Step Schools is an environmental education and action initiative that recognizes schools in South Carolina who take annual sustainable steps toward becoming more environmentally responsible. Schools can participate in various PalmettoPride or Keep South Carolina Beautiful programs to win Green Steps awards. Keep the Midlands Beautiful, Sonoco Recycling, and DHEC’s Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling established Green Steps Schools in 2003 as part of South Carolina’s “Resource Conservation Challenge.”