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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer Advancing sustainability and environmental literacy at the state level can be a challenge. Expand this work across several states and the stakes become higher. With so many stakeholders and interests in play, can meaningful,...

By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer California has a long history of embracing environmental and outdoor education in its schools, from its Education and the Environment Initiative to its Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights. While there has been much progress,...

By. Cyndy Merse, GSNN Content Writer Developing meaningful, place-based outdoor curriculum can be a challenge for teachers. Many are faced with few resources, little time, high achievement demands, and little to no experience with environmental and outdoor education....