GreenNotes
Space to Grow: Making Chicago Schools Healthier, One Schoolyard at a Time
By Rochelle Davis, President and CEO of Healthy Schools Campaign, and Jaime Zaplatosch, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement for Openlands What once was a sea of crumbling asphalt and broken benches at Chicago’s Morrill Elementary School on the...
The Outdoor Classroom as a Sustainability Education Tool: The Case for University Leadership in Education for Sustainability through Outdoor Classroom Design and Use
By. Charlene Briggs, Adjunct Professor, Temple University When I first meet my students, I like to ask them about their relationship with nature. How much time did they spend outside as a child? Did they climb trees, catch frogs, and disappear into the woods...
Moving Learning Outdoors: Embracing Schoolyards as 21st Century Classrooms
By. Herb Broda, Emeritus Professor of Education at Ashland University We were deep into the measurement unit. Although feet and yards were easy to visualize, the concept of an acre was troublesome. Oh, I dutifully wrote on the board that an acre equals 4,840...
Celebrate the Joy and Wonder of Schoolyards this May
By. Sharon Gamson Danks, CEO of Green Schoolyards America and co-founder of the International School Grounds Alliance **This article was originally published as a blog post for the Children & Nature Network in May 2014 and has been updated for the May 2016...
Continuing Education: What the Green Schools Conference and Expo Taught Me about Green Schoolyards
By. Carolyn Kolstad, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Schoolyard Habitat Program Coordinator A voice that pulls at your heartstrings can move you into action. “When a child gets to eat a fresh tomato that they’ve grown, a kid who’s never had a tomato,...
The School of Nature: Greening Our Schools May Be the Real Cutting Edge of Education
Originally published on childrenandnature.org. Reprinted with permission from the Children & Nature Network website. © Children & Nature Network 2016 About the Author Richard Louv is Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Children & Nature Network,...
The Field of Dreams (and Other Outdoor Classroom Myths)
By. Karan Wood Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #79, Summer 2006. Learn more about Green Teacher’s non-profit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Events, Resources, Professional Development, and Grants for May
Events Educator Climate and Conservation Colloquium (Ec3) (www.greenschoolsalliance.org/about-ec3-and-green) Ec3 is a one-of-a kind professional development opportunity for educators and sustainability coordinators offered by the Green Schools Alliance in partnership...
Are you a Green Star?
Help us identify YOU! Do you see yourself featured in any of these photos from the 2016 Green Schools Conference & Expo? If you do, let us know because we think you look fabulous and would like to use the images on our website and future...
GSNN’s Board Boasts a Fifth Green Ribbon
The U.S. Department of Education announced the recipients of this year’s Green Ribbon Schools awards on April 22, 2016. As usual, the honorees represent some of the best of the best schools and districts across this country that are working to reduce their...