News and Updates
GSA Stories
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We hope you enjoyed participating in the Green Cup Recycle Challenge and that you will take just a few minutes to share your thoughts about it. Read more > -
Posted May 12, 2012. The Student Climate and Conservation Congress (Sc3) connects young people with nature, educates them to conserve resources and protect the environment for future generations. Read more > -
The Green Schools Alliance and the National Conservation Training Center are seeking exceptional student environmental leaders in grades 9 -12, and 10 exceptional school faculty or staff for a week of conservation training and inspiration, June 24 - 29, 2012. Read more > -
Posted April 30, 2012. The need for global environmental education (EE), starting with the very youngest children, is urgent. Read more > -
The Castilleja Green Team cordially invites you to attend the first ever GSA Northern California Green Conference. Read more > -
Posted March 20, 2012. On April 2nd, thousands of students, in schools from CT to CA, will "recycle right" for four weeks during the 2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge, a student-driven recycling competition for K-12 schools. Read more >
Green Cup Challenge™
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The 2012 Winning Green Cup Challenge Student Videos are announced. The votes are in . . . 2,755 people voted for their favorites, 524 left comments, 100s shared the videos with their friends. Georgia's Marist School is one of the winners . . . Read more > -
Posted May 15, 2012. Pioneer Academy, Pre-K – 4th grade in Queens, NY - wins 2012 Green Cup Recycle Challenge, achieving "Recycling Champion" status by earning the highest score - 106 points - and correctly sorting 96% of its recycling and trash bins. Read more > -
Posted May 14, 2012. In just 4 weeks, sustainability coordinators (students, teachers, custodial staff) from 103 schools worked to conserve 687,110kWh of electricity and prevent over 1 million pounds of emissions. Read more > -
Posted Feb. 23, 2012. GCC National Video Context winner, Marist School, is highlighted in Grist for Energy Efficiency: "High school boys record green rap video." 2,755 votes later, Georgia's Marist School is top choice. Read more > -
Students Prevent Over 1.5 Million Pounds of CO2 Emissions.The Pennington School in New Jersey even held candlelight dinners in an effort to reduce its electricity use. Read more > -
Posted Feb. 22, 2012. Together, GCC Schools saved 1,031,148 KWh of electricity for the 4th year in a row, equal to annual CO2 emissions from 139 passenger vehicles. If these savings were extended for a full academic year, it would translate to 1,400 cars. Read more >
Green Schools
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the Zayed Future Energy Prize announced a new category, the Global High School Prize, to be awarded for the first time during the Prize’s 5th annual Awards Ceremony in Abu Dhabi, UAE in January 2013. The Global High School Prize will be awarded up to US$100,000 to each of the five High Schools selected from different regions (Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania). Read more > -
Posted May 8, 2012. Green Track at Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School demonstrate their renewable energy projects at the Greenmarket NYC Read more > -
In an effort to "shine a light on solar energy," Roland Park Country School staged a "Solarbration" on April 22 to pay tribute to Earth Day and the school's own stewardship of the environment. Read more > -
GSA member Hewitt hosts Audubon's Women in Conservation Spring panel on April 20, connecting high schoolers to prominent women conservationists. Read more > -
Posted March 31, 2012. ROCKPORT, Maine — When Eliot Grigo, a junior, walks down the halls of Camden Hills Regional High School, his classmates always ask him, “That wind turbine thing, is that happening?” . . . Read more > -
84% of the 210 U.S. organizations recently recognized in the Environmental Protection Agency's 2011 ENERGY STAR Leaders program are listed in the "K-12 education category. Read more >
Related News
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Architects are tackling the problems of the concrete jungle with ambitious schemes using green technology to grow forests in the sky. Read more >
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