• provide an opportunity to address environmental issues that are relevant to the school community,
• inform the school community about the state of the school’s environment and the environmental impact of the school on its surroundings,
• identify aspects of the school’s environment that are not usually addressed,
• help the school community to prioritise its needs re-environmental management,
• facilitate the drawing up of an environmental action plan, and
• provide the tools necessary for monitoring the school’s progress re the implementation of the action plan.

     he download contains an environmental review checklist spanning the main areas
     of environmental concern. The school can either adopt them as they are or adapt them to its particular needs or even add new areas of concern.
(a) The selection of the items to be reviewed can be facilitated by asking staff and students: “What do you like and dislike about your school?”
(b) Children, with the help of adults, can gather the information presented in the checklist from the school grounds. To facilitate the review process, it might be a good idea to assign different areas of the school to different ‘reviewers’.
(c) The data gathered is compiled into a report that is circulated among the school community.
(d) The committee meets to discuss the report in detail, to identify priorities and to plan for the next phase of the programme – the Action Plan.

Download resource sheet and checklist