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Mitigating Climate Change through Food: How to Serve Climate-Friendly Meals in K-12 Schools

May 31, 2022

Nora Stewart, Friends of the Earth As the climate crisis intensifies, the need to make healthier and climate-friendly food choices is more urgent than ever. How? Changing what’s on school menus is a great place to start! School food is a daily source of nourishment...

Q&A with a Network Partner: Supporting a Diverse and Inclusive School Community at Centreville Elementary School

May 26, 2022

Josh Douds, Jennifer Killingsworth, and Rachel Forte, Centreville Elementary School (Centreville, Virginia) Throughout the upcoming months, we will be running a Q&A blog series that features GSNN partners describing best practices and lessons learned on topics...

Fostering Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning at Zuni High School

May 19, 2022

Zuni High School and Twin Buttes Cyber Academy SEL Curriculum Writers (Zuni, New Mexico) Zuni Pueblo, located in southwestern New Mexico, is home to the proud people of the Zuni or A:Shiwi, as we refer to ourselves. Archaeological findings and oral stories suggest...

Q&A with a Network Partner: A Focus on Health and Wellness Supports the Entire School Community at Encinitas Union School District

May 12, 2022

Andree Grey, Superintendent, Encinitas Union School District (Encinitas, California) Throughout the upcoming months, we will be running a Q&A blog series that features GSNN partners describing best practices and lessons learned on topics tied to each of the impact...

Practices that Shape Health, Equity, and Sustainability Mindsets: An Introduction to the GreenPrint’s Culture and Climate System

May 5, 2022

Walk into a healthy, equitable, and sustainable school and you will immediately notice something “in the air,” a certain quality or feeling that you just can’t put your finger on. That certain something is the school’s culture and climate. A school’s culture is deeply...

Tips and Ideas for Integrating Climate Literacy Across the Core Subjects

Apr 28, 2022

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 need...

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Mitigating Climate Change through Food: How to Serve Climate-Friendly Meals in K-12 Schools

Q&A with a Network Partner: Supporting a Diverse and Inclusive School Community at Centreville Elementary School

Fostering Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning at Zuni High School

Q&A with a Network Partner: A Focus on Health and Wellness Supports the Entire School Community at Encinitas Union School District

Practices that Shape Health, Equity, and Sustainability Mindsets: An Introduction to the GreenPrint’s Culture and Climate System

Tips and Ideas for Integrating Climate Literacy Across the Core Subjects