News and Updates
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GSA Stories
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Eric Estroff, Pace Academy student was honored along with oceanographer and Sc3 keynote speaker Sylvia Earle. Read more > -
Besant Hill School of Happy Valley hosts the 4th Annual Green Schools Alliance Regional Conference. Read more > -
I'm in West Virginia spending a week with 100 super bright-green high school students at the Student Climate and Conservation Congress for my annual renewal of hope. Read more > -
CJ Joseph is only a high school junior, but she's already trying to make a difference; in honor of Earth Day, she penned a song about the importance of recycling. Read more > -
The third annual Sc3 Congress concluded on June 30. Students were energized and engaged. Read more > -
The Department of Education joined the GSA, a nationwide coalition of schools working to build a sustainable future . . . Read more >
Green Cup Challenge™
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Green Cup Challenge Video Voting is now underway. There are 27 great videos to choose from. Everyone can vote - students, teachers, parents, friends, friends of friends, etc. Click here to VOTE Read more > -
Students in more than 116 schools across the U.S. are competing to reduce their electricity consumption by participating in the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge® (GCC) during peak winter energy usage, January 18 to February 15. Read more > -
"Saving energy translates into saving money. It's terrific to be able to make that linkage tangible. We were thrilled that some of the schools' savings was able to be returned to those schools to reinvest into more green programs," said John Shea, CEO Division of School Facilities, DOE. Read more > -
Actor Matthew Modine, well-known environmental activist and founder of bicycleforaday.org, spoke at Brooklyn's PS442 last Wednesday. His mission? To help inspire a group of middle school students who were about to be part of a remarkable green initiative. Read more > -
Martin Luther King Jr. High School Campus won the top prize of $25,000 for reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 35.1%… Read more > -
Berkshire School has stepped up with the intention of being a leader among independent schools towards addressing the issue of Global Climate Change. Berkshire School is the first secondary school in the country to partner with Clean Air-Cool Planet (the region's leading organization dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to global warming). Read more >
Green Schools
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Far Hills Country Day School, a Pre-K through 8th grade private coeducational school, has created a school recycling program that has an unparalleled level of student involvement as well as the support and dedication of school administrators, faculty and staff, custodial staff and interested parents. Read more > -
The U.S. DOE announced on 12/5/11 that 33 states and the District of Columbia have submitted intents to nominate schools for the new Green Ribbon Schools awards program launched this past September. Read more > -
Program Will Honor Schools for Excellence in Environmental Education, Sustainable Facilities and Healthy Practices Read more > -
The school's use of solar panels, known as photovoltaic systems, is the latest method by which it can be more energy efficient amid a growing enthusiasm nationwide for reducing carbon footprints. The sheen off the slick state-of-the-art technology is juxtaposed to the 1915 structure, assembled with muted red brick and limestone quoins. Read more > -
Avon Old Farms School celebrated the newly installed 205kW solar array, the largest of any private school in Connecticut and all of New England, with its student body, faculty, staff, and its Board of Directors on Friday. The array was dedicated in honor of the life and legacy of past faculty member Michael Stradley, who was instrumental in the project's implementation. Read more > -
A Midland education is regenerative in that we balance consumption with production of food and energy. Midland’s refurbished, state-of-the-art kitchen receives the bounty of our 8-acre organic garden and our pastures for grass-fed cattle. Midland’s cooks can prepare on site or refrigerate and freeze the organic produce and beef to spread this garden’s bounty across every season. Read more >
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