The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta have been chosen to be one of 30 Girl Scout organizations to lead Girl Scouts of the USA's Community Action Project: Forever Green. Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta was selected for the education program they are creating during the construction of their new Girl Scout Service and Business Centers in Cobb County. The Business Center is hoping to receive a Silver LEED Certification and the pre-existing building that will house the Service Center has been remodeled with green materials. The organization has also created a "Green Team" to develop green programming for the new facilities, including an Environmental Patch for scouts to and a podcast virtual tour of the new buildings to feature information about the green methods used in their construction. The program will be monitored by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Forever Green is designed to encourage Girl Scouts to use their skills to help the environment by working with schools and communities to improve air quality, energy use, water use, waste management and use of green space.
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