Green Ambassador Program
Welcome to the Green Ambassador Program! Coordinated by the City of Huntsville’s Green Team, in partnership with corporate sponsors, our goal is to motivate, educate and incentivize local youth to adopt sustainable environmental practices.
The Green Ambassador Program is open to K-12th grade students, teachers and administrators in the Huntsville community who are interested in supporting future sustainability practices through experiential education. Through this initiative, Huntsville’s youth can work with their teachers and sponsors to communicate, coordinate and collaborate on student-led sustainability ideas.
HOW IT WORKS
Approved Green Ambassador teams may earn points for each lesson or activity aligning with the program’s mission. At the end of the academic year, Green Team will host an awards ceremony to provide prizes, cash awards and gift cards to teams with the most points or who demonstrated exemplary performance. Top schools may also be referred to the Alabama State Department of Education for its Green Ribbon Award Program.
GETTING STARTED
- Complete the Green Ambassador application.
GREEN AMBASSADOR APPLICATION
- Choose Green Ambassadors. School participation can be organized through an after-school club, classroom, grade-wide or school-wide club. Once a school has identified its Green Ambassadors and a core team is solidified, Green Team will provide Green Team kits upon request.|
- Decide what programs to implement. Each Green Ambassador team will outline a plan they believe will be most successful. It may include programs such as teaching lessons outside or incorporating environmental education into the lesson plan. Teachers could also choose to utilize materials in our online toolkit. Schools may choose to run recycling programs, community or school-wide cleanup events, as well as recycled art shows. Mentors and coaches from the Green Team Ambassador Committee are available throughout the program year to assist with starting and maintaining programs.
- Send proof of programming and receive points. Teams should document and submit monthly progress updates by sending photos of student events, programs, or education sessions, along with a brief description of the activity. Green Team will assign a point value to each activity completed. At the end of February, we will count all the points and each school will receive prizes based upon participation.
GREEN AMBASSADOR ACTIVITY POINT SUBMISSION FORM
- Green Ambassador Awards Ceremony. Green Team will celebrate participants’ success at an annual awards ceremony. At least two representatives from each school’s Green Ambassador Program must attend the awards ceremony to claim prizes and award money.
Mission: To motivate, educate and engage students, teachers and administrators in the Huntsville area about sustainability, STEM focused environment education and agriculture.
Purpose: To inspire our youth to take leadership roles in protecting the environment.
Vision: To ensure that Huntsville’s student population is educated and equipped to engage meaningfully in society as ambassadors for the environment.
What Are We Looking For?
Education Programming that fits in our three categories
Sustainability/Conservation:
- Clean environment
- Water protection
- Energy Conservation
- Tree canopy
- Reduce/Reuse/Recycle
STEM Focused Environmental Education:
- Waste to Energy field experiences
- Hays Nature Preserve field experiences
- Huntsville Botanical Garden field experiences
- EnviroScape activities
- Alabama Water Watch activities
- Solar Energy Projects
Agriculture/Gardening:
- Community Gardens/Urban Gardens
- Keystone/Pollinator plants
- Invasive and native plants