News and Updates
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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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GSA member Hewitt hosts Audubon's Women in Conservation Spring panel on April 20, connecting high schoolers to prominent women conservationists. Read more >
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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 >
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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 >
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Seuss environmental tale, "The Lorax," was being turned into a movie, but when a visit to the film's website uncovered not one mention of trees, the students headed to Change.org and got enough signatures to change Universal's website. Read more >
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Planting can be related to a wide variety of scholastic programs-it is not confined to any given subject, purpose or age level. Provided by the NYSDEC's Planting for Knowledge - School Seedling Program. Read more >
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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 >
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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 >
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Program Will Honor Schools for Excellence in Environmental Education, Sustainable Facilities and Healthy Practices Read more >
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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 >
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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 >
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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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In honor of Earth Day, we celebrate a few things: we celebrate Dr. Seuss and his classic book, The Lorax, published in 1971; we celebrate the Green Schools Alliance (GSA); we celebrate the NYC Private Schools that have signed The Green Schools Climate Commitment; we celebrate the individual leaders of the GSA New York Steering Committee; we celebrate the NYC Private Schools that have made a significant commitment to the GSA by hosting GSA events during the past two years; finally, we celebrate NYC Public Schools and Department of Education. Read more >
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The ECO has landed – Enviro-conscious crusader Francesca Olivieri, owner of sage baby in NYC, tells you how to get more green into your life, now and forever. Read more >
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Approximately the size of a soccer field, the garden was designed to interact with this pre-K - 9/G School’s curriculum, which encourages students to think critically and take intellectual risks, while developing local and global community involvement. Read more >
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The rocket will provide rich soil for RCS's new vegetable garden and excess compost will be distributed to the Bedford community. Read more >
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David Patnaude, Riverdale’s Director of Plant & Sustainability, was instrumental in making the decision to go with the alternative organic option to crumb rubber. Read more >
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The Allen-Stevenson School announces that it has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings -- the first primary school in the nation to receive this prestigious award. Read more >
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 >
Seuss environmental tale, "The Lorax," was being turned into a movie, but when a visit to the film's website uncovered not one mention of trees, the students headed to Change.org and got enough signatures to change Universal's website. Read more >
Planting can be related to a wide variety of scholastic programs-it is not confined to any given subject, purpose or age level. Provided by the NYSDEC's Planting for Knowledge - School Seedling Program. Read more >
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 >
In honor of Earth Day, we celebrate a few things: we celebrate Dr. Seuss and his classic book, The Lorax, published in 1971; we celebrate the Green Schools Alliance (GSA); we celebrate the NYC Private Schools that have signed The Green Schools Climate Commitment; we celebrate the individual leaders of the GSA New York Steering Committee; we celebrate the NYC Private Schools that have made a significant commitment to the GSA by hosting GSA events during the past two years; finally, we celebrate NYC Public Schools and Department of Education. Read more >
The ECO has landed – Enviro-conscious crusader Francesca Olivieri, owner of sage baby in NYC, tells you how to get more green into your life, now and forever. Read more >
Approximately the size of a soccer field, the garden was designed to interact with this pre-K - 9/G School’s curriculum, which encourages students to think critically and take intellectual risks, while developing local and global community involvement. Read more >
The rocket will provide rich soil for RCS's new vegetable garden and excess compost will be distributed to the Bedford community. Read more >
David Patnaude, Riverdale’s Director of Plant & Sustainability, was instrumental in making the decision to go with the alternative organic option to crumb rubber. Read more >
The Allen-Stevenson School announces that it has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings -- the first primary school in the nation to receive this prestigious award. Read more >
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