Feb 19, 2019
By. Josh Douds, Centreville Elementary School At first sight, Centreville Elementary School (CES), located in Fairfax County, Virginia, is your typical brick and mortar school building. However, upon further inspection one discovers a school filled with innovative...
Feb 19, 2019
By. David DenHartog, Green Schools National Network Inspired by Dr. Lisa Kensler’s book, Leadership for Green Schools (2018), a new online course dedicated to sustainability and green, healthy practices is being developed for K-12 school leaders. The course is being...
Feb 19, 2019
By. Jay Greenlinger, Oak Park Unified School District Sustainability is embedded in the way we do things at Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD). Our solar arrays provide more than 80% of our electricity, and our kitchens create scratch cooked meals. We have...
Feb 19, 2019
By. Patricia Armstrong Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #101, Winter 2013 – 2014. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Feb 19, 2019
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
Feb 14, 2019
Seydel: ‘We’re dealing with age-old problems, but our climate has already moved on’ By. Olivia Buccieri, editor-in-chief, Oak Park Talon This story was published by the Oak Park Talon on January 30, 2019 and is re-posted here with their permission. You can read...
Jan 15, 2019
By. Michelle Laurie and Ally Teper, Marin School of Environmental Leadership “In middle school, I would have never dreamed that I’d be running my own business at 16. I never expected myself to be doing the things I’ve done until much later in life actually. It’s all...
Jan 15, 2019
By. Alison Ward, Boise High School It was warm by early afternoon, seventh period, the final trip to the farm for the year. The admittedly acrid smell had receded fivefold into the last warmth of autumn, but the compost pile still needed work. “Well, at least you...
Jan 15, 2019
By. Melissa Plucinski and Robb Freeman, Prairie Crossing Charter School In the spring of 2017, an idea sprouted during a first/second-grade team meeting at Prairie Crossing Charter School, located in Grayslake, Illinois. The teachers were hoping to repurpose their...
Jan 15, 2019
By. Jane Murphy, M.A., Assistant Head of Mulberry School Mulberry School, a private school in Los Gatos, California that serves approximately 200 students, was founded in 1963 with strong progressive roots and a philosophically based experiential approach to learning....
