Green Dot School

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Latvijas Zaļais punkts believes that we should learn about environmental conservation, saving resources and green life-style in many different ways – at school, at home together with the family and through meetings with like-minded people at special events. Irrespective of the type of education you chose, what matters is to use the newly acquired knowledge and skills in practice. Only then the green life-style can become an integral component of your daily life. The priority of the “Green Dot School” is to disseminate practical skills useful at school and in everyday life.

The environmental education programme „Green Dot School” has been running for 10 years. More than 1/3 of all comprehensive schools and preschools in Latvia have participated in its projects. Every year more new participants are joining the „Green Dot School” projects.

The programme „Green Dot School” has several objectives:

• increase the knowledge of school children on ecologic issues;
• strengthen the sense of responsibility for the environment;
• promote environmentally friendly lifestyle, thus saving non-renewable natural resources that are used for the production of packaging, electric and electronic equipment and goods harmful to the environment, e.g. batteries;
• develop children and youth’s own initiative in practicing green life-style and promoting it among their peers.

How to become a „Green Dot School”?

Any local educational institution that wants to use the teaching materials prepared by Latvijas Zaļais punkts may join the programme „Green Dot School.” To become ar Green Dot School, a representative of the school has to fill out an e-registration form (available only in Latvian) or contact us by e-mail (rita@zalais.lv).