GreenNotes
Facing the Future: Global Sustainability Curriculum Empowers Students to Tackle 21st Century Challenges
By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer With interest in environmental and sustainability education on the rise, there is an increasing demand for high quality curriculum that can be easily implemented in the K-12 classroom. With so many options now available it...
Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation: Preparing Today’s Students for a Complex Future
By. Holly H. Moskow, Director of Communications and Development for Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) was founded in 2003 with the mission to deliver sustainability education to students in...
The Essential Elements of Education for Sustainability (EfS): Editorial Introduction from the Guest Editor
By. Jaimie Cloud, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education Reprinted with permission from Jaimie Cloud. This article first appeared in the Journal of Sustainability Education, Volume 6, May 2014.
Visualizing More Sustainable Futures
By. David Hicks Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #99, Spring 2013. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Events, Resources, Professional Development, and Grants for April
Events 12th Annual National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) (www.neefusa.org/greening-stem/environmental-education-week) The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)’s 12th annual National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) is taking...
Green California Summit: 10 Years and Growing
The 2016 Green California Summit comes to the Sacramento Convention Center April 21-22. The tenth anniversary of this unique annual event comes at a time when California’s aggressive efforts to combat climate change and, at the same time, grow a vibrant economy have...
Green Schools National Network and U.S. Green Building Council Announce 2016 Best of Green Schools Honorees
Recipients of the inaugural awards represent the best environmental efforts in schools across U.S. PITTSBURGH – April 4, 2016 – Environmental champions from across the country – including individuals, schools, programs and events – have been named the first-ever...
Announcing the Winners of Best of Green Schools 2016!
This year’s Green Schools Conference and Expo was memorable for many reasons. One highlight in particular, for me, was the presentation of the Best of Green Schools 2016 awards during the conference’s opening and closing plenaries . This is the first year that the...
GSNN’s New Membership Program
https://youtu.be/lEneuJF62Zs The success of the green schools movement is due in large part to the relationships formed through formal and informal networks of schools, districts, advocates, and thought leaders, all dedicated to a common vision: that all schools and...
Project Hero: Empowering Student Action in the Classroom
By. Leesa Carter-Jones, Executive Director, Captain Planet Foundation When kids first learn about the idea of endangered species they have an immediate, empathetic response. Hands shoot into the air and they say, “Animals are in danger of dying and going...