GreenNotes

Writer and futurist Alvin Toffler once famously noted, “You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” We’ve kept big things in mind as we have been dreaming about the future of the Green...

Rob Shumer, University of Minnesota Recently the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Rockefeller Foundation, and Cities of Service announced 10 cities selected to pilot Resilience AmeriCorps.  The 10 Resilience AmeriCorps cities will receive...

Harborside Academy is a grade 6-12 charter school in Kenosha, Wisconsin with a joint focus on character and academics. The school is guided by the Expeditionary Learning (EL) model which combines rigorous academic content and real world projects, or learning...

Society is obsessed with food. From farmers’ markets and farm to table restaurants to celebrity chefs and cookbooks galore, it is clear that the United States loves to eat. But do we really know the story of our food? Food insecurity and food deserts are real concerns...

CWI Summer WEST Institute participants down in the" river bed”, exploring the Los Angeles River revitalization project, July 2015.   Integrating service-learning into curricula is not an easy task.   To address service-learning in a meaningful way can require...

  Events Green Apple Day of Service This year’s Green Apple Day of Service is September 26th. Check out www.greenapple.org for event registration details, project ideas, planning and promotional resources, and events happening in your area.    ...

The month of August is often known as the “dog days of summer.” For parents and their students, August is also that time when thoughts turn to back to school and the long list of supplies needed to start the school year off on the right foot. Shopping for school...

It’s mid-July, and as sunny summer days stretch on, teachers, principals, facilities managers, business officers and others involved in K-12 schools are already looking ahead to fall. The school year may start after Labor Day in most communities, but the planning...

A message from the Green Schools National Network Executive Director As we race to the end of another academic year, many people not familiar with how highly functioning schools work imagine that teachers and administrators soon will be skipping out of the building...

At the Indian River School District, we’re used to figuring things out on our own. That is, until we heard about the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge.     We joined the program because it motivated us to aim for the goal of reducing...

A message from the Green Schools National Network Executive Director I recently received an email from young parents who had a three-year-old and a baby on the way. They were in the market for their first home, and while exploring the local housing market, they hoped...

Another Green Schools National Conference has come and gone, but the enthusiasm and energy remain. Our fifth annual event was a true team effort, thanks to the many partners who helped make our time in Virginia Beach a remarkable gathering. Top of the list is the GSNN...