Green Schools in Israel: Multiple Rationales and Multiple Action Plans

Tali Tal

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0_13

Green Schools in Israel: Multiple Rationales and Multiple Action Plans

Tali Tal

Education in Science and Technology

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Green schools in Israel are recognized as such by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) according to a list of criteria related to the management of the school – e.g., reducing material consumption, recycling, energy efficiency, and to its environmental education (EE) curriculum. However, these requirements do not necessarily mean that a school will be viewed as a “Green School” by a random visitor. Some of the schools run an extensive school-based EE curriculum, and act accordingly. Others are satisfied with the Green Certificate, and since further or continuous evaluation is rare, those school continue to the “next agenda item” and the “Green” remains mainly on the surface. In this chapter, I will discuss this duality, the ways NGOs and the MEP contribute to both deep and shallow approaches, and I will present one case study of an exemplary green school.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education
Pages	227-244
Number of pages	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46820-0_13
State	Published - 2020

Publication series

Name	International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Education for Sustainability
Government ministries
Green Schools
Transformative education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Green Schools in Israel: Multiple Rationales and Multiple Action Plans

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