GreenNotes
A New Dream for Food in Our Schools
By Greg Christian, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners, and Karen Dittrich, Creatif Leaf Marketing Let us imagine a school where students enjoy eating meals that are prepared from scratch using fresh ingredients from the school garden and local farms, where...
Previewing the Solution Summits at the 2016 Green Schools Conference and Expo
By. Jenny Wiedower and Anisa Baldwin Metzger, U.S. Green Building Council, Center for Green Schools The Green Schools Conference and Expo, which will be held from March 31 – April 1, 2016, brings together thought leaders and champions of green schools,...
Growing Student Leaders: The Green Schools Conference and Expo’s Student Summit Inspires the Next Generation of Environmental Stewards
By. Charles Orgbon III, Founder of Greening Forward Every day, young people all over the United States spend somewhere between 6 and 7 hours at school, or about 29% of their 24-hour days. This means that our young people are spending 140 hours a month or 1,680...
One More Generation: Two Students Empower Youth to Make a Difference for the Environment
By. Carter and Olivia Ries, Founders of One More Generation My brother and I started our own non-profit organization called One More Generation (OMG) back in 2009 when we learned that so many animals were in danger of becoming extinct. Shortly after starting...
Take the Green Challenge
By. Naomi Dietzel Hershiser Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #107, Fall 2015. Learn more about Green Teacher’s non-profit magazine and books at www.greenteacher.com.
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Events, Professional Development, and Grants for March
Events Green Schools Conference and Expo (http://greenschoolsconference.org/) Last chance to secure your spot at the 6th annual Green Schools Conference and Expo! Join fellow green schools advocates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 31-April 1, 2016 to learn from...
Healthy Schools: Researching the Effects of an Innovative Middle School Renovation on Student Performance
By. Peter King and Jason Benedict, King + King Architects Walk into any elementary or middle school in 2016 and it is likely to look much the same as it did decades ago -‐ single grade classrooms with desks in rows and the teacher at the front of the room...
Reading Riding and Retrofit Program Improves Sustainability in Schools
Gearing Up for the 2016 Green Schools Conference and Expo…Pittsburgh Here We Come!
From its humble beginnings over six years ago, the Green Schools Conference and Expo has grown and evolved into one of the most transformative events I have ever been a part of. Yet, some things have remained the same: the energy and enthusiasm of the participants,...
The Food Connection
By Karen Dittrich, Creatif Leaf Marketing Food not only nourishes the body and mind, but it can also be used as a catalyst to create sustainable school communities where students gain knowledge about healthy sustainable living throughout the school grounds, which...