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What is Roots & Shoots?
“Roots & Shoots provides kids with a framework for organizing and achieving meaningful projects that connect their minds, hearts and hands as they promote care and concern for animals, people and the planet. Youth are empowered by the Roots & Shoots model—Knowledge, Compassion, Action—which teaches them they are capable of improving the status quo. Given the overwhelming global crises we face, this contextual framework and genuine youth empowerment is crucial for youth to develop a constructive, participatory and hopeful world view.”
Stan Cross, Director of Education, Environmental Leadership Center, Warren Wilson College, North Carolina
The mission of ROOTS & SHOOTS is to "foster respect and compassion for all living things, to promote understanding of all cultures and beliefs and to inspire each individual to take action to make the world a better place for people, animals and the environment". (http://www.rootsandshoots.org/aboutus/mission)
Click on any teacher’s website below to see how GES teachers are using the Roots & Shoots program in their classrooms!
Fourth Grade
Third Grade
Second Grade
First Grade
Specialists
Click here for more information on the international Roots and Shoots program.
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