Margaret Howard Watson

Founder and President, Green Schools Alliance (GSA)

Margaret (Peg) Watson launched the GSA in 2007, in partnership with GSA Charter Members, in order to bring schools together to share their sustainability experience, expertise and best practices as 21st century learning labs for the next generation. An architect, and one of the country's original green building materials experts, Peg was one of 60 national experts invited to participate in the 1993 Greening of the White House Initiative. In 1994, she created GEO: Global Environmental Options through which she developed and implemented Greening initiatives for the National Parks (Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Denali) and the U.S.- Japan NGO Charrette for post-earthquake Kobe. Through GSA, her recent efforts have focused on programs that are building a secure and sustainable future, including the Student Climate & Conservation Congress (Sc3) in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and an Sc3 Global Conservation Corps. Architect, environmentalist, writer, speaker and mother, Margaret has a BA from Smith College, an MArch from Columbia University, and studied at the Institute For Architecture & Urban Studies (IAUS).