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Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Richmond, VA: A Student-Driven Effort to Reduce Cafeteria Waste Sees Early Success
By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer Who would have thought that LEGOs and composting could have something in common? At Good Shepherd Episcopal School in Richmond, VA, students on the LEGO Robotics team recognized a need for a composting program in their...
Taking the Confusion Out of Recycling
By Mitch Hedlund, Founder and Executive Director of Recycle Across America “Recycling is the most important thing we can do as a society. It’s a home grown job growth program, an environmental program, an energy conservation program, a water conservation program,...
Recycle Across America Recycling Tool Kit
Reprinted with permission from Recycle Across America. Learn more about Recycle Across America and its initiatives at www.recycleacrossamerica.org.
Zero Waste for Schools
How to develop a realistic waste reduction program in schools By Kary Schumpert and Cyndra Dietz TAKE A LOOK BEHIND MOST SCHOOLS and you’ll see dumpsters full of classroom paper, plastic bags, discarded cafeteria food, milk cartons and paper towels. Day-to-day...
Zero-Waste Solutions Summit, Coordinated by Keep America Beautiful, Helps Create Zero-Waste Schools
Keep America Beautiful, the nation’s leading nonprofit that envisions a country where every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live, coordinated the fourth “Zero-Waste Solutions Summit” as part of the 2015 Green Schools National Conference. The event,...
Trash On Your Back® Challenge: “Creating Our Zero-Waste World Together” – It’s Possible!
By. Diana Dehm, Founder of Trash On Your Back® and host of Sustainability News & Entertainment Radio “Carry your Trash On Your Back® for one week and I guarantee you’ll laugh, meet new friends, and change the way you consume. Join us in this grass roots...
Jaimie Cloud Wants YOU to Say No to Waste!
The more people I educate for sustainability, the more I am convinced that it is not our values that need adjusting, it is our thinking. I don’t meet too many people with unjust values. I meet educators, students, community members, and people who work in non-profit...
GSNN Educator’s Toolbox: Events, Resources, Professional Development, and Grants for December
Events Education Summit: How can we build community resilience through education? How can we build community resilience through education? Join other educators and students at an Education Summit focused on this question. The Education Summit is on April 6, 2016, day...
Green Schools…It Takes a Village to Sustain a Movement!
Building a movement is not easy and it does not happen overnight. It requires each of us to step outside of our comfort zones to make change happen. As I reflect back on the early years of the Green Schools National Network, I continue to be amazed at what we have...
Growing the Green Schools Movement Together: Green Schools National Network and the U. S. Green Building Council
By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer The Green Schools National Conference has come a long way since its inception in 2010. Conference attendance has risen from 900 in 2010 to over 1200 in 2015; programming has expanded to include a Student Summit as well as a series...
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