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The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, a non-profit organization and leader in the field of education for sustainability is, for the first time, making their EfS Standards and Performance Indicators available for free as a download.

National Action Plan to Be Used by Local Governments as a Framework to Develop and Implement Green Schools Initiatives Across the Nation

Green Education & Industry Fair for Teens to be held in Ohio.

QA Graphics is hosting a free webinar to show organizations how an educational display can be used to further promote environmental education and improve a building’s resource consumption.

Schools can increase their sustainable efforts with an educational display that shows how sustainable features work and display the school’s real-time utility data so that students can see how their actions impact the school’s water & energy use.

QA Graphics names Nichols School as the winner of their Showcase Your School’s Green Efforts contest. QA Graphics is awarding Nichols with an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard to educate students about the school’s sustainable initiatives.

As part of QA Graphics’ Showcase Your School’s Green Efforts contest, they are rewarding two schools for their sustainable efforts by providing them with an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard. Cast your vote for the most sustainable school!

The School District of Palm Beach County is committed to providing a healthful learning and working environment for students and staff

The national Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) has released the Operations Report Card (ORC), a new, low-cost, online tool to benchmark current building performances and recommend improvements for existing school buildings.

QA Graphics is calling for entries from schools, asking them to share what steps have been taken to green their school. The contest will award 2 schools with an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard to showcase the schools’ green initiatives.

Garden Montessori School earns green certification after successfully meeting and exceeding green school's league audit requirements.

The EPA's ENERGY STAR® program recognized The Monarch School's new green building with the coveted "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR" (DEES) designation. The exemplary building scored 86 out of 100 and ranks among the top 14% of buildings in the US.

Todd Paternoster, Solar Thermal Training Manager at Silicon Solar Inc, was invited to the 5th grade students at Sidney Elementary School, where they had just started a new unit on renewable energy and ecological conservation.

Repak launches schools carbon calculator with the Green-Schools office of An Taisce

Salt Lake City cleaning retailer donates a cleaning machine to a Utah family with SCID

The SCORE and CitySmart Programs are now responsible for over 20 megawatts of electric demand reduction in Texas school districts, colleges and universities, and local governments.