GreenNotes
Boulder Valley School District: Creating Healthy Habitats for Learning
By. Dr. Sam Messier and Kiffany Lychock, Boulder Valley School District (Colorado) Sustainability is an important value for the community served by the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD), and the district is committed to employing sustainable practices in...
Strengthening College and Career Readiness with Civic Engagement
By. Susan Santone, Founder and Executive Director of Creative Change Educational Solutions The Common Core State Standards (developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers) are voluntary...
The Green Way to Get Smart
By Anne Vilen, EL Education Educators and policymakers alike acknowledge that sustainability education is good for the planet, but there is less consensus on how developing informed environmental advocates impacts achievement. EL Education schools—a network of...
Place-Based Education and Authentic Student Achievement
By. Stephen Sugg, Housing Assistance Council (Washington D.C.) It was 2002. President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Law and schools across the country, especially those serving low-income students, adjusted accordingly. Curriculum...
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Professional Development, Resources, and Grants for August
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Professional Development, Resources, and Grants for August Professional Development Climate Change Communication for Environmental Educators Online Course...
Debunking Common Myths Behind U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
Five years ago, I was tasked with developing what came to be called U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS). You may have heard of it. The recognition award is now known for honoring sustainable schools annually. What is a “green” or...
Leckie Elementary School Students Get Hip to Urban Agriculture
We all know that the Zombie Apocalypse is a fictitious depiction of humanity returning in the worst karmic form. Or do we? What would we do? Would we know how to start again or how to survive? Albeit dramatic, at Leckie Elementary School in Washington DC, we...
GSNN Assembles Editorial Board, Lays Foundation for Launch of Quarterly Publication
At the Green Schools National Network (GSNN), we believe in sharing the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to make every school a green, healthy, and sustainable school. One way we have been doing this has been through our monthly, topic-driven newsletter,...
Fund for Teachers Provides Opportunities to Expand Educators’ Horizons and Impact Student Engagement
By. Carrie Pillsbury, Director of Communications for Fund for Teachers Students are inundated with “reduce, reuse, recycle” to the point that environmental education is beginning to sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher. What that teacher (and her classroom)...
How Students Get to School Matters
Every day, we make decisions about how we get from point A to point B. Sometimes those decisions are pretty straightforward. For example, if I am traveling to West Virginia for work, I will either drive or take a plane. Other times, not so much. Recently, I...