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Green Bronx Machine
The Green Bronx Machine’s Stephen Ritz is making a return visit to Green schools National conference. Check out his latest and greatest green creations, and learn more about his urban farming revolution.
Zero Waste – Solutions Summit Report
During the 2013 Green Schools National Conference a solution summit was held to define the most barriers to schools in becoming zero waste and to brainstorm the best solutions to overcome those barriers. In the end, we had 5 overarching categories of...
TRASH ON YOUR BACK® 5 DAY CHALLENGE
Sustainability News & Entertainment®'s TRASH ON YOUR BACK® 5 DAY CHALLENGE was founded by Diana Dehm & inspired by MIT/Dartmouth College to innovate & motivate, and ask the simple question..."What is my personal trash impact on the planet?" Mission To...
Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy
Jim McGrath, CEO for the Green Schools National Network met with Geoff Grimmer, Director of VSSA during his recent visit in Colorado. VSSA is an amazing model for having No Child Left Inside. Students participate in daily outdoor physical activity that is integrated...
Investing in Communities, Transforming Lives
VMDO Architects transformed two mid-century school buildings into a modern learning campus for K-5 students with the aim to address the growing concern of student health and well being. By designing the school from a holistic perspective that includes the dining...
Solutions Summit: Moving Toward Zero Waste in Schools
At our 2013 Green Schools National Conference, we scheduled several work sessions – we called them “Solutions Summits” -- designed to create action plans targeting several key issues: healthy food in schools, the impact of the physical environment on student...
Scholarships Available for July Professional Development! Act now!
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore “G-WOW Changing Climate, Changing Culture Teacher Institute”, July 15-18, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center and surrounding national forest, Apostle Islands, and tribal communities....
Joining us in Sacramento? Time to register!
Registration is open for our 4th annual Green Schools National Conference, set for March 27-29, 2014 in beautiful Sacramento, CA. Just follow this link -- https://nationalgreenschools.org/2014/registration/ -- and learn all about our registration specials,...
Loving the questions, living our way to the answers
By Susan Gottfried, Ph.D. Executive Director, Evergreen Community Charter School Chief Communications Officer, Green Schools National Network We spend our careers in education searching for answers, but should we instead focus on the questions? Leah...
UC Davis Prof Daniel Sperling Wins Prestigious Blue Planet Prize
Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, is one of two recipients of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize. The prize, announced today by the Asahi Glass Foundation of Tokyo, has been described as...