]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/green-schools Blog Articles Tagged with 'green-schools' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150130?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Imagine a future where government spending went to creating a low-carbon economy, powered by green collar workers and publicly-purposed investments. Instead of government spending that bails out auto industry CEOs and investment bankers on Wall Stre... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/150130?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:12:44 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149201?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools It may have slipped by your news reader during the dog days of summer, but don't think for a second that the AFT's recent adoption of a green schools and colleges resolution is anything less than a landmark event; because with 1,400,000 members the A... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/149201?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:32:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148622?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools If you're as interested in seeing our schools cutting energy costs and their total carbon footprint as Sen. Clinton and the United States Green Building Council are then there's no doubt you'll want to get involved with their upcoming series of webin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/148622?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:18:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144927?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Five green schools to serve low-income children in Los Angeles, California will be constructed with grant money from Global Green, a California-based non-profit organization that addresses environmental issues and supports sustainable building. Two ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144927?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:19:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144809?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Photo credit: Global GreenGlobal Green, Hollywood's favorite environmental non-profit, is showing they have the substance to back the style: last week, they launched their pilot program to create five green schools serving low income children in the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/144809?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:25:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143849?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools One thing we've found is that universities aren't the only education systems interested in integrating sustainability into the classroom. Elementary schools are working to bring these messages to the K-12 crowd, too. One example, recently brought to... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143849?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:40:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/143169?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools There is a story on the GreenerBuildings website that the US Conference of Mayors has formed the Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools, which will work with the US Green Building Council toward the goal of making the nation's schools environmentally ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/143169?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:21:51 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/143829?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools There is a story on the GreenerBuildings website that the US Conference of Mayors has formed the Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools, which will work with the US Green Building Council toward the goal of making the nation's schools environmentally ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/143829?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:21:51 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142664?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools It's charming to go green at Ladera Elementary School, and that's because the teachers and staff have put together a smart group of incentives to encourage students to live greener lives.As just our first great example, the Southern California school... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142664?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:00:38 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142313?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools If you're a high school student with a passion for the environment and a way with words then we've got a contest that's right up your alley. But you'd better hurry because the deadline for the Weather Channel's high school essay contest is just days ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142313?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:12:26 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140977?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools The days of the week have taken on entirely new meanings at our Go Green Initiative School of the Week, Westmount Elementary School in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada. Plain old Tuesdays became Trash-Free Tuesdays and mundane Wednesdays are dubbed Walk o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140977?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:47:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/140120?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools TheDailyGreen.com announced its top 10 list of the greenest colleges in the U.S. today.These green schools have implemented programs that cover a host of green initiatives, such as recycling, composting, offsetting emissions, organic gardening, carbo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/140120?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:39:56 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139563?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools While the grammatically inclined may be wondering where the apostrophe went in the name of the Go Green Initiative's school of the week way back when it was founded, but the simple truth is that they're doing amazing things to help educate kids about... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/139563?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:24:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138760?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Image courtesy of Teacher Magazine The CBS and Ecozone Green Schools Initiative launched last Wednesday, October 1st in Miami. The initiative features a Green My School Contest in which the grand prize is a $250,000 green makeover for the winni... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/138760?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:00:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137123?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools When you hear that our Go Green Initiative School of the Week is located in Groton, NY and has a terrific lunch scrap recycling program called Rot-N-Groton, you know they've got both a sense of humor and a knack for getting students involved in cool ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137123?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:38:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137623?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools When you hear that our Go Green Initiative School of the Week is located in Groton, NY and has a terrific lunch scrap recycling program called Rot-N-Groton, you know they've got both a sense of humor and a knack for getting students involved in cool ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/137623?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:38:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/135505?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools As students at Fox Middle School are taking the world by storm with the school's ongoing program dubbed Storming the World with Character, they're working hard to show their friends and neighbors how environmentally savvy they can be. And some of t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/135505?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:36:36 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/132047?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools If you're looking for the place where committed teachers, parents, administrators government officials and a whole host of other school related and not-so-school related personnel get together to compare best practices and stimulate their nerve endin... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/132047?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:05:51 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131405?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Despite the fact that there's often so many things stacked against kids growing up in the inner-city, there's one young eco-hero that's defying the odds and making an incredible difference while helping to shed a bit of light on how successful stude... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131405?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131217?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools The College Sustainability Report Card 2009 is almost upon academia. It's that dreaded time--when all those green-talking universities who haven't put in the due legwork have to forge their parent's signatures; when environmentally unfriendly college... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131217?rsstype=tag&tag=green-schools Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:23:01 -0400