Over the last several years, teachers have been shifting their classes outdoors in response to safety protocols spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been beneficial for student health and well-being for sure but learning outside could be so much more if it...
Andra Yeghoian and Amy Frame The climate crisis is well underway and humans need to act fast to adapt to existing threats and mitigate the crisis before it spirals into global chaos (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 Reports, 2018 – 2022). The...
Portland Public Schools (PPS) is a recognized leader in racial equity and sustainability, so it’s no surprise that the Oregon school district is also emerging as a leader in climate justice. The initial push was largely driven by student leaders who demanded a greater...
Joel Tolman and Amy Champagne, Common Ground High School (New Haven, Connecticut) This is the third blog in a Q&A blog series that features GSNN partners describing best practices and lessons learned on topics tied to each of the impact systems in the GreenPrint....
Curriculum and instruction that prepares students to be sustainability champions is the life-blood of healthy, equitable, and sustainable schools. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill, textbook-based curriculum. In these schools the curriculum is hands-on, minds-on, and...
