Nov 13, 2018
By. Ryder Delaloye, Curriculum Director, Whitefish School District The community of Whitefish, Montana, which sits in the shadow of Glacier National Park, is situated in one of the largest wilderness areas in the continental United States. Mountain ranges...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Greg Christian and Marnie Record, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners A 2012 food waste study at a Boston middle school determined that 26.1% of the total food budget ended up in the garbage. If translated nationally for school lunches, roughly...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Tom Yohemas Reprinted with permission from Teaching Teens about Climate Change, Green Teacher, 2017, 80pp. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Nov 13, 2018
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...
Nov 1, 2018
By. Tina Nilsen-Hodges It’s day one of the first-ever Green Schools Catalyst Leaders Fall Summit at Conserve School in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. A cold October rain is pelting my umbrella as I gingerly position my sit-upon just off the forest trail. Clutching my...
Oct 16, 2018
By. Gretchen Hooker, Program Manager, Biomimicry Institute When two students in Kirstin Bullington’s clean energy engineering class decided to take on the challenge of designing a more efficient solar panel, they looked to a seemingly unlikely source for...
Oct 16, 2018
By. David Schwenker, Principal at Wake STEM Early College High School At Wake STEM Early College High School (Wake STEM ECHS) in Wake County, North Carolina the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering provide the...
Oct 16, 2018
By. Cynthia Burt, Associate Principal, Tesla STEM High School Tesla STEM High School, located in Redmond, Washington within the Lake Washington School District, aims to inspire, educate, and innovate students, preparing them to enter higher education STEM...
Oct 16, 2018
By. Dr. Jimmie Cave and Lauren Kelly, The STEM Academy at Bartlett, and Peter Ulrich, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Opening its doors in 2013, The STEM Academy at Bartlett is a public school in Savannah, Georgia that provides an innovative and rigorous...
Oct 16, 2018
By. Nicole Grucky, Project Coordinator, Strategic Energy Innovations Kearny High School’s School of Engineering, Innovation, and Design (EID) in San Diego, California has partnered with environmental nonprofit Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) since 2013 to...