GreenNotes
Whitefish School District Strives for Net-Zero through Center for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship
By. Ryder Delaloye, Curriculum Director, Whitefish School District The community of Whitefish, Montana, which sits in the shadow of Glacier National Park, is situated in one of the largest wilderness areas in the continental United States. Mountain ranges...
The Three Pillars of Success for Achieving Net-Zero in the Cafeteria
By. Greg Christian and Marnie Record, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners A 2012 food waste study at a Boston middle school determined that 26.1% of the total food budget ended up in the garbage. If translated nationally for school lunches, roughly...
What Cool Schools Can Do
By. Tom Yohemas Reprinted with permission from Teaching Teens about Climate Change, Green Teacher, 2017, 80pp. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Professional Development, Resources, Grants, and Awards for November
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
Experiencing the Generative Power of Networks at the 2018 Green Schools Catalyst Leaders Fall Summit
By. Tina Nilsen-Hodges It’s day one of the first-ever Green Schools Catalyst Leaders Fall Summit at Conserve School in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. A cold October rain is pelting my umbrella as I gingerly position my sit-upon just off the forest trail. Clutching my...
Learning to Think in Wild New Ways with the Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge
By. Gretchen Hooker, Program Manager, Biomimicry Institute When two students in Kirstin Bullington’s clean energy engineering class decided to take on the challenge of designing a more efficient solar panel, they looked to a seemingly unlikely source for...
NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering – An Anchor for STEM Education
By. David Schwenker, Principal at Wake STEM Early College High School At Wake STEM Early College High School (Wake STEM ECHS) in Wake County, North Carolina the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering provide the foundation for...
Empowering Students to Change the World with the Grand Challenges for Engineering
By. Cynthia Burt, Associate Principal, Tesla STEM High School Tesla STEM High School, located in Redmond, Washington within the Lake Washington School District, aims to inspire, educate, and innovate students, preparing them to enter higher education STEM...
Using Grand Challenges as a Framework to Change the World
By. Dr. Jimmie Cave and Lauren Kelly, The STEM Academy at Bartlett, and Peter Ulrich, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools Opening its doors in 2013, The STEM Academy at Bartlett is a public school in Savannah, Georgia that provides an innovative and rigorous...
Kearny High School Has Sustainability at Core of Engineering, Innovation, and Design Track
By. Nicole Grucky, Project Coordinator, Strategic Energy Innovations Kearny High School’s School of Engineering, Innovation, and Design (EID) in San Diego, California has partnered with environmental nonprofit Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) since 2013 to...
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