GreenNotes
Clean, Green Yellow School Bus Machines: A District’s Quest to Adopt a Propane-Fueled Fleet
By. Nathan Graf San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD), located in San Antonio, Texas, operates around 145 daily school bus routes that serve almost 50,000 students. The diesel exhaust emitted by school buses that travel these routes each day is problematic...
From Our Executive Director: Equity and Justice Lead to Sustainability
To our community, Recent events have forced us to face that racism, police brutality, and systemic inequities continue to prevail. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others are symptoms of the unsustainable nature of our...
Biodiesel Fuels Real-World Learning at Rockwood Summit High School
By. Darrin Peters It was early in the spring semester of 2009. I was teaching a unit on hydrocarbons in my Organic Chemistry class at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton, Missouri. During a class discussion about hydrocarbons as a fuel source for vehicles, I...
Safe Routes to School: Making Green Transportation to School the Easy and Safe Choice
By. Emily Houser Green school advocates who aim to implement green, healthy, and sustainable practices at schools to accelerate student achievement can adopt principles and practices of Safe Routes to School to encourage green, healthy transportation to and from...
Get H(app)y! Outdoors: Tech Tools to Connect with the Natural World
Technology can be a powerful tool to teach young people about the natural world. When used responsibly, it can spark curiosity and wonder in the youngest of users and a drive to be better stewards of the planet in older children and adolescents. The shift to virtual...
Freaky Friday: How COVID-19 is Shaping One Michigan High School Senior’s Present and Future
By. Morgan Walker It was a normal Friday until it wasn’t. An announcement was made over the intercom that we would be moving to online classes for two weeks and that we would return to class after spring break. My friends and I joked around, saying that Friday would...
A Journey to Plant 1,000 Trees
By. Evan Nied Planting the Seed It may sound strange, but my motivation for starting Planting Shade was not a tree, but a hurricane. In September 2018, I, like many others around the country, was following news of the numerous hurricanes that were threatening...
The Three P’s: How High School Students are Reinventing the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability in Business
By. Naomi Asimow, TTriss Williams Renard, and Katie Rogers Youth around the world are asking big questions about how to make the world a better place. At the Marin School of Environmental Leadership (MarinSEL) in California, juniors in the Sustainable Enterprises...
Fun and Educational Outdoor Learning Experiences for Students and Their Families
The move to virtual learning means students are spending more time in front of computer screens. Why not break up screen time with a little family green time? While visiting some of our favorite outdoor spaces and places may not be possible right now, there’s plenty...
A Reel-y Authentic Food Truck
By. Daisy Sharrock and Liz Perry Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #110, Summer 2016. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.