GreenNotes
Growing Calm: How a Green Team Moss Mural Transformed a School Cafeteria
Cafeterias are vibrant gathering places where children interact, socialize, and share moments of genuine connection over lunch. The room hums with laughter, traded snacks, and the easy rhythm of friendship. Yet alongside that energy comes the flip side: scraping...
What I Learned This Spring About Building With Young People
Ileana Albareda, GSNN’s Executive Director, shares 5 lessons for sustainability and education leaders on student agency, AI in education, youth leadership, and future-ready schools.
Fayetteville Public Schools Builds Momentum for Sustainability Through Community Leadership
A sustainability plan becomes more powerful when a whole community helps bring it to life. That spirit shaped the 2nd annual Sustainability Leadership Summit at Fayetteville Public Schools on May 5 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Students, teachers, parents,...
Fayette County Public Schools Is Turning Student Voice Into Sustainability Leadership
Fayette County Public Schools’ inaugural Student Sustainability Symposium placed students at the center of sustainability action, giving them a meaningful role in sharing progress, co-leading work, and shaping district goals.
How a School Composting Program Is Changing Student Habits
At Eisenhower Elementary School in Boulder Valley School District, a simple idea is helping students rethink their everyday habits and their impact. Through the Cafeteria to Farm Compost Cup Competition, students are taking the lead in improving waste practices at...
The 50 x 2030: Executive Leadership for Sustainable Schools (ELSS) Initiative
Green Schools National Network is at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting today and tomorrow! We are excited to be involved in this change-making conference. Every guest brings with them a commitment to create a better world, and our organization is no...
GSNN Joins Changemakers at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
Green Schools National Network is honored to be invited to this year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City, from September 23rd-24th! This event will be a super-conference of change-makers, leaders, and visionaries coming together to find...
P4BL: Linking Phenomena-Based, Place-Based, Project-Based, and Problem-Based Pedagogy to Deepen Learning
By: Gerald Lieberman, Ph.D. , Jennifer Seydel, Ph.D. In a world with many critical issues in the news, teachers and students sometimes struggle to find meaning in the content they are expected to teach and learn. The Student Climate Strike, protests related to gun...
Purposeful Learning: The Intersection of Place-Based, Project-Based, and Problem-Based Learning
By: Jennifer Seydel, Ph.D. Green, healthy, and sustainable schools have a common set of practices that distinguish them from traditional schools. For each issue of the Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly, we pick one of these commonalities and use a magnifying lens to...
Four Strategies to Ensure District Leadership Buy-in for Green School Practices
Becoming a green school or district is a multi-year process that requires planning, collaboration, and lots of hard work. The most important step in this process, by far, is securing buy-in from your district’s leadership team. Their support and involvement are...