Green Education

Students Prevent Over 1.5 Million Pounds of CO2 Emissions. Winners of the 2012 Green Cup Challenge Announced

Veronique Pittman | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: K-12 Education, Environment, Competition, Sustainability, Energy Conservation, Climate Change, Green Education, Green Schools, Students, Green News
Veronique Pittman

Given that there are 132,600 schools in the U.S. alone, the GCC demonstrates that the potential benefits of a national school-based resource conservation movement are enormous.

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Students Cut Energy Use By Up to 17%

Veronique Pittman | Posted 04.09.2012

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Veronique Pittman

Preventable energy waste costs Americans hundreds of billions of dollars a year and studies have shown that most Americans continue to live in denial about their energy consumption. But students are turning that around.

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Students And Schools Go Green

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Student Environmentalism, Eco Friendly Schools, Eco Student, Green Living, Green Education, Green Student, Students, Eco School, Green Back to School, Back to School, Video, Green News

With back-to-school time in full swing, many American students are returning to schools that are increasingly focusing on going green. Both American u...

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Green Schools for Every Child in This Generation

Rick Fedrizzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Fedrizzi

Imagine a future where children wake up excited to go to school. Imagine that when they get to school, they are met with clean fresh air, classrooms ...

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Making a Daily Difference, One School at a Time

Steve Fleischli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Fleischli

If every child is given the opportunity to think each day about how to live in a more environmentally friendly way, then we can all grow to be better stewards of the planet.

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Green School Nation

Jayni Chase | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jayni Chase

Join us in making America a Green School Nation. We are working to create an oasis of learning about the very things that we depend on to give and sustain our lives -- air, water and soil to grow our food.

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This Week in the Classroom: K-12 Teachers Seeking Cash for Clunker-Free Instruction

Melanie Duppins | Posted 11.17.2011

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Melanie Duppins

At DonorsChoose.org, over $70,000 in alternative energy materials have been delivered to public schools in the past 3 years to help teachers educated about energy and the fuel of the future.

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"The Story Of Stuff" Video About Consumption Sweeps Nation's Classrooms (VIDEO)

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who would have thought that a video about how a linear process can't exist on a real, limited planet would be popular with the kids? According to the ...

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Solar Box Cooker Instructions: Educational Green Project

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The easiest, most sensible, and most affordable solar powered oven I have ever heard of was recently a winner of the FT Climate Change Challenge. Jon ...

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Free Bikes For Students Who Pledge Not To Drive

New York Times | Katie Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

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BIDDEFORD, Me. -- When Kylie Galliani started at the University of New England in August, she was given a key to her dorm, a class schedule and someth...

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