By. Naomi Hershiser, Dean of Environmental Learning, Prairie Crossing Charter School (Illinois) Second graders pull carrots from the soil, comparing sizes and shapes with each other as they unearth the orange...
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Space to Grow: Making Chicago Schools Healthier, One Schoolyard at a Time
By Rochelle Davis, President and CEO of Healthy Schools Campaign, and Jaime Zaplatosch, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement for Openlands What once was a sea of crumbling asphalt and broken...
Continuing Education: What the Green Schools Conference and Expo Taught Me about Green Schoolyards
By. Carolyn Kolstad, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Schoolyard Habitat Program Coordinator A voice that pulls at your heartstrings can move you into action. “When a child gets to eat a fresh tomato that...
The School of Nature: Greening Our Schools May Be the Real Cutting Edge of Education
Originally published on childrenandnature.org. Reprinted with permission from the Children & Nature Network website. © Children & Nature Network 2016 About the Author Richard Louv is Co-Founder and...
The Green Schools Conference and Expo Sparks Youthful Inspiration through its Student Summit
By. Kayla Zhu, National Youth Council Member at Greening Forward and a 2016 Student Summit Attendee As a young environmental activist, you might be wondering how to expand your resources. What steps can you take...
Green Schools National Network and U.S. Green Building Council Announce 2016 Best of Green Schools Honorees
Recipients of the inaugural awards represent the best environmental efforts in schools across U.S.  PITTSBURGH – April 4, 2016 – Environmental champions from across the country  – including individuals, schools,...
Announcing the Winners of Best of Green Schools 2016!
This year’s Green Schools Conference and Expo was memorable for many reasons. One highlight in particular, for me, was the presentation of the Best of Green Schools 2016 awards during the conference’s opening and...
LEEDing by Example: Conference Keynote has Passion for Green, Healthy, and Sustainable Schools
Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is not a stranger to the ins and outs and daily challenges faced by schools. His wife, Cathy, a third grade teacher in the Syracuse, NY...
Previewing the Solution Summits at the 2016 Green Schools Conference and Expo
By. Jenny Wiedower and Anisa Baldwin Metzger, U.S. Green Building Council, Center for Green Schools The Green Schools Conference and Expo, which will be held from March 31 – April 1, 2016, brings together...