GreenNotes
We Learn Here and Where We Learn Matters
Watch the USGBC Center for Green Schools video "We Learn Here and Where We Learn Matters" more info...
Testing the waters – literally!
Our diehard director Jim McGrath is busy planning our 4th annual Green Schools National Conference, set for next March in Sacramento, so he’s busy checking out the local scenery and lining up pre-conference excursions. One of them will offer a chance to kayak the...
Green Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to all the winners. Our future looks green from here! ED Green Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony 2013 (16 photos) See more photos here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/sets/72157633924170353/
Testing the waters – literally!
Our diehard director Jim McGrath is busy planning our 4th annual Green Schools National Conference, set for next March in Sacramento, so he's busy checking out the local scenery and lining up pre-conference excursions. One of them will offer a chance to kayak the...
Old School, New School
Do you want to know how to train decision-makers on how to use EPA’s School Siting Guidelines? Join others in training on Friday, June 14, from 10 am-2:30 pm Eastern, via videoconference, for a special ‘train the trainer’ workshop, Old School, New School, This Place, That Place: An Introduction to Utilizing the EPA School Siting Guidelines.
Attention, Midwesterners!
Green Festival returns to Chicago's Navy Pier this weekend, May 18-19. The largest, most diverse and most trusted place for learning, shopping, networking and having fun will feature organic, vegetarian and vegan food courts; the Sierra Club Green Cinema; eco-fashion...
Kids in the great outdoors!
To help reconnect today's children to the outdoors, National Wildlife Federation assists schools in developing outdoor classrooms called Schoolyard Habitats®, where educators and students learn how to attract and support local wildlife. Learn how to connect your...
We’re off to see the School Garden Wizard!
Here's a great resource for school garden planners who need a little 'magic' to make those gardens grow. more info...
Telling the story
Rachel Gutter of the Center for Green Schools at USGBC and Stephen Ritz of the Green Bronx Machine (one of our 2013 conference speakers) were featured on the TODAY show last month, talkin' green. more info...
How to Take an Eco-Friendly Adventure
Making summer travel plans? Check this out, from our friends at Nat Geo. more info...