Green Schools

Green Schools: Is Your Child's School Flunking the Environment?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green


You'd think schools would be role models for good behavior now wouldn't you? Oh sure they might talk a good game about the importance of recycling pap...

From Waste To Wonder: Greening Our Schools

GreenBiz | Marc Gunther, June 15, 2009 | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green


About a year and a half ago, Ron Wilcox, the superintendent of schools in Madison County, North Carolina, had a big problem. Electricity bills for the...

House Approves $6.4 Billion For Green Schools

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.14.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a multiyear school construction bill with the ambitious goals of producing hundreds of thousands of jo...

GREEN FEES: College Students Demand To Pay Their Own Way To Renewables

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Green Inc. reports that college students are asking for tuition increases and less beer. OK, maybe just tuition increases, but it still seems unlikely...

90 Percent Of Parents Opt Out Of School's Paper Handouts

Mother Nature Network | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green


Of the school's 520 students, less than 10% opted to receive paper handouts, either because they prefer that form or more likely because they don't ha...

Celine Cousteau: Environmentalism Should Be Taught In Schools

Indagare | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green


It must be eco-school day. This morning, we wrote about a contest for America's Greenest School and 5 Green Tips For Students, and now we come across ...

Greenest School Contest And 5 Tips For Students

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green


Celebrating the people who watch out for their kids, for other peoples' kids AND for the environment, there is now a contest for "America's Greenest S...

House Approves $20 Billion For Green Schools

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green


WASHINGTON -- The House on Wednesday committed more than $20 billion over the next five years to help states build and renovate schools to make them m...

Green Schools 101

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living


Olivia Zaleski

Green schools are inarguably the right decision for our children and the environment. Though up-front costs are higher, green buildings http://www.epa...