GreenNotes
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...
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...