Energy Efficiency Dashboard Wins Award
For the 2nd year in a row, QA Graphics’ Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard was named the best Energy Conservation product by Environmental Design + Construction and Sustainable Facility magazines’ annual Readers Choice Awards.
Beyond the Bake Sale...New Solar Fundraising for Schools
Sungevity, a Diamond-certified solar installer based in Oakland, California, is partnering with public and independent schools in California, Arizona and Colorado to raise money for schools while helping school communities go solar.
National Healthy Schools Day Helps Clear the Air - And You Can, Too!
Today we celebrate healthy and green indoor school environments on the 10th anniversary of National Healthy Schools Day. And the air needs clearing: the EPA has estimated that half of all U.S. schools have indoor air problems. Your school can take these simple low-cost or free steps to improve indoor air at school.
State Green School Programs and Networks Offer Help and Recognition
Cities, states, even the federal government are powering up the green schools movement. A dozen different states now have green schools recognition programs or green schools networks providing lots of resources to help schools go green.
Update: Green Dream Contest Winners Make Haste to Reduce Waste
The winners of our Green Dream Contest -- King Chavez Academy in San Diego and Berkeley High School -- have made exciting progress in just a few months. Berkeley High School’s Green Team undertook a school-wide garbage audit as one of its first actions towards reducing its waste. King Chavez Preparatory Academy is taking their waste reduction efforts to the next level, recycling more types of materials.
Schools of the Future Task Force Delivers Policy Recommendations
State Superintendent Tom Torlakson asked his Schools of the Future task force to make recommendations on innovative ways to create California schools that not only enhance achievement of all students, but are also centers of the community, and models of sustainability and efficiency. The task force has released its policy recommendations, and the future looks bright.