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Non-Toxic Products

Level Two: Finding and Sharing Information

To receive the Level Two award for Non-Toxic Products, your Green Flag Team must:

1. Learn about the issue:

  • Complete the Level II Non-Toxic Products Survey to get an in-depth look at the cleaning products and practices in use at your school. Be sure to work with the maintenance and facilities staff, school administration and any environmental committees or organizations.
  • Research your school or districts cleaning supplies purchasing policy, if there is one.

2. Share what you’ve learned

  • Make presentations to educate and motivate the community. Good places to have a presentation are classes, assemblies, and after-school events. See Presentation Examples for more ideas.

3. Complete one Classroom Activity

4. Send all documentation to the Green Flag Coordinator

  • Send the Level II survey and documentation or a brief description of the presentations and classroom activity to the CHEJ Green Flag School coordinator.

5. Promote and Celebrate your Non-Toxic Products Policy!

  • Promote and Celebrate your new policy, and spread information regarding non-toxic products throughout the school community:

6. Rewards for Level Two:

  • Four free Green Flag T-shirts (more can be ordered for $13.50 each).
  • A description of the activities of your Green Flag team will be posted on the Green Flag website .

Track Your Progress

The "Track Your Progress" charts are a new feature of the Green Flag School Program. The progress sheet is an online tracking page which lists each step in the program, and includes a space for the user to enter their activity for that step. They may do this online, hit enter once they have finished, and it is then sent to us to keep in your file. If you prefer, you may print out the progress sheets, fill them in by hand, and send them in to the Green Flag School Coordinator. We hope that this will help you document your teams progress and see how many steps you have to go until you win your Green Flag Patch. Check it out by clicking on Track Your Progress!

 Non-Toxic Products Resources

 

The Green Flag Program is a project of the national Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign,

 coordinated by the Center for Health Environment and Justice.