Old School, New School

Jun 13, 2014

Do you want to know how to train decision-makers on how to use EPA’s School Siting Guidelines? Join others in training on Friday, June 14, from 10 am-2:30 pm Eastern, via videoconference, for a special ‘train the trainer’ workshop, Old School, New School, This Place, That Place: An Introduction to Utilizing the EPA School Siting Guidelines.

Green Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony

Jun 13, 2014

Congratulations to all the winners. Our future looks green from here! ED Green Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony 2013 (16 photos) See more photos here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/sets/72157633924170353/

Testing the waters – literally!

Jun 13, 2014

Our diehard director Jim McGrath is busy planning our 4th annual Green Schools National Conference, set for next March in Sacramento, so he’s busy checking out the local scenery and lining up pre-conference excursions. One of them will offer a chance to kayak the...

UC Davis Prof Daniel Sperling Wins Prestigious Blue Planet Prize

Jun 13, 2014

  Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, is one of two recipients of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize. The prize, announced today by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Tokyo, has been described as...

Solutions Summit: Moving Toward Zero Waste in Schools

Jun 13, 2014

At our 2013 Green Schools National Conference, we scheduled several work sessions – we called them “Solutions Summits” — designed to create action plans targeting several key issues: healthy food in schools, the impact of the physical environment on student...

Next Generation Science Standards and Environmental Education Webinar

Mar 21, 2014

The Next Generation Science Standards and Environmental Education Webinar (http://www.seer.org/Webinars/3-17-14NWF.wmv) Note: The webinar is approximately 2 hours long so the file may take several minutes to download to your computer. The Next Generation Science...