Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Suellen Reed and the Indiana Department of Education have made it a priority to “go green” in 2008 and encourage schools across the state to do the same.

Learn Green, Live Green is a year-long initiative designed to help educators, students, parents and community members discover practical, cost-effective ways to model environmentally-responsible behavior both inside and outside of the classroom. The Learn Green, Live Green concept fits naturally with Indiana’s academic standards, local school curricula and student learning goals at each grade level, but local participation is completely voluntary.

Each month in 2008, the Indiana Department of Education will spotlight a different aspect of the issue while offering a variety of online resources, including tips, facts and figures, school projects, reading materials, highlights from Indiana schools and even an online forum to share ideas with Hoosiers across the state.
     
To begin, we ask that you calculate your ecological footprint by visiting this site. Click on the link to left and begin calculating. Throughout the year, you can see if these efforts have helped bring down your ecological footprint.
    
We hope you will Learn Green, Live Green in 2008 and for years to come. Please bookmark this Web page to keep up on all the latest ways you, your school and your community can live more environmentally friendly.