National Recycling Day is November 15. If your school or district doesn’t have a recycling program, now’s a great time to start! If your school or district has an established program and you want to take your recycling game up a notch, here are three fun ways to do so...
Over the last several years, teachers have been shifting their classes outdoors in response to safety protocols spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been beneficial for student health and well-being for sure but learning outside could be so much more if it...
Andra Yeghoian and Amy Frame The climate crisis is well underway and humans need to act fast to adapt to existing threats and mitigate the crisis before it spirals into global chaos (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 Reports, 2018 – 2022). The...
Portland Public Schools (PPS) is a recognized leader in racial equity and sustainability, so it’s no surprise that the Oregon school district is also emerging as a leader in climate justice. The initial push was largely driven by student leaders who demanded a greater...
Joel Tolman and Amy Champagne, Common Ground High School (New Haven, Connecticut) This is the third blog in a Q&A blog series that features GSNN partners describing best practices and lessons learned on topics tied to each of the impact systems in the GreenPrint....
Naomi D. Hershiser, Dean of Sustainability, Prairie Crossing Charter School (Grayslake, Illinois) Phenomena-, place-, project- and problem-based learning (4PBL) is an engaging pedagogy that integrates core academic content with education for sustainability while...
Curriculum and instruction that prepares students to be sustainability champions is the life-blood of healthy, equitable, and sustainable schools. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill, textbook-based curriculum. In these schools the curriculum is hands-on, minds-on, and...
Are you ready for an adventure? Green Schools National Network is teaming up with the Wangari Maathai Institute at the University of Nairobi, the Wangari Maathai Foundation, and the Green Belt Movement to host Exploring the Legacy of Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace...
Best of the Blog: Healthy School Environments, Equity are Top Topics in 2021 Another topsy-turvy year of pandemic schooling is almost in the books. As 2021 draws to a close, we look back at some of the most popular topics on the Green Schools National Network (GSNN)...
Global climate change is accelerating, and humans are to blame. That’s the conclusion of a stark new report released on August 9 by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report goes on to state that it’s still possible to meet the targets...
