GreenNotes

By. Adrienne Wiggins I don’t think anyone would disagree with the statement, “Families want what is best for their children.”  Why then, do some schools continue to have family engagement problems when research consistently shows the benefits of family engagement...

By. Skylar Primm If there’s one thing I’ve learned in nine years of teaching at High Marq Environmental Charter School in Montello, Wisconsin, it’s this: It takes a community to build a sustainable school. A handful of teachers can certainly try to do it all, but...

By. Ansley Eichhorn “We are scholars, we are stewards, we are volunteers, we are Ivy.” This is the motto at Ivy Academy, an environmentally themed grade 6-12 public charter school located in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, just outside of Chattanooga. A 2013 U.S. Department...

By. Eleva Potter Situated on 12,000 acres of land in northern Wisconsin with access to eight lakes and 20 miles of trail, Conserve School is an idyllic place for young people who are looking to make a deep connection with nature. The private, nonprofit boarding school...

Events and Competitions 2020 Green Schools Conference and Expo The eleventh annual Green Schools Conference and Expo will be held at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon, March 2 – 4, 2020. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from and network with...

This article about the March 2020 Virginia Beach City Public Schools site seminar is authored by Tim Cole, Sustainability Officer for Virginia Beach City Public Schools This coming April, Pharrell Williams will host the second annual Something In The Water (SITW)...

By. Dr. Andrée Grey There’s no question that real work and research makes for more engaging learning. That’s never more obvious than when we put students at the center of a problem in a place that evokes curiosity and creativity for fieldwork. In Encinitas Union...

By. Hillary Wackman How can you care about what you don’t know? This is a fundamental question for K-12 educators who hope to foster stewardship of the natural world in an already packed curriculum. At the School of Environmental Studies (SES), we operate with the...

By. Amy Meuers, National Youth Leadership Council Despite recent civic action by young people, a June 2018 report by the Democracy Project doesn't shed a positive light on the state of our Union. Democracy is facing its most significant challenge of recent years....

By. Jennifer Gaddis and Melissa Terry John Dewey, the famed Progressive Era educator, was convinced that food held the potential to teach children about more than just nutrition. He saw school gardens as a pedagogically powerful platform for connecting children to...

Events and Competitions 2020 Green Schools Conference and Expo The eleventh annual Green Schools Conference and Expo will be held at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon, March 2 – 4, 2020. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from and network with...