• Training and Tools for Educators
    NatureBridge

    NatureBridge provides hands-on, inquiry-based programs for children and teens at national park locations across the country. The organization’s website includes an educators webpage that offers classroom resources organized around five areas of study; tips and resources for incorporating nature into classroom lessons; and professional development workshops that provide skills to create hands-on science and environmental education curricula for students.

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  • Introduction to Sustainability
    Creative Change

    Creative Change is a national educational consulting firm based in southeast Michigan. Districts and universities turn to us when their curriculum isn’t working – when achievement is low, inequalities persist, or it’s time for fresh thinking. We provide professional development, curriculum, and consulting to help educators across grades and disciplines reframe instruction around sustainability and social justice. Our work integrates project- and place-based learning and culturally responsive...

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  • Professional Development Opportunities
    Community Works Institute

    Community Works Institute (CWI) supports and promotes exemplary teaching strategies and practices for K-16 educators and community programs that support students in becoming caring, responsible, and active members of their communities. CWI offers a variety of professional development opportunities for K-16 and community-based educators in the United States and internationally, including on-site training, retreats, coaching, and consulting. Their signature offering is a series of summer...

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  • AskNature
    Biomimicry Institute

    The Biomimicry Institute is the world’s leading nonprofit dedicated to innovation inspired by nature. Biomimicry offers an exciting project-based approach that helps teachers blend STEM and environmental education in creative, hands-on lessons students love. The Biomimicry Institute helps educators and organizations bring biomimicry into their teaching by providing curriculum and training, networking opportunities, and content development support. Learn more about our services and visit the...

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  • Fayette County Public Schools E=USE^2 Report
    Fayette County Public Schools

    "E=USE^2 = Education Leads to Understanding Sustainability, Energy and the Environment This plan was created to empower students to create change through enduring improved sustainability by equipping school and community stakeholders with the tools and knowledge to preserve our natural and fiscal resources.

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  • San Antonio ISD Buildings, Grounds, and Equipment Management
    San Antonio Independent School District

    The purpose of this policy is to ensure that every effort is made in the District to conserve energy and natural resources, as well as to reduce the costs assoicated with the consumption of these resources.

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  • Virginia Beach Emissions Reduction Plan
    Virginia Beach City Public Schools

    In 2011, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) published its first Greenhouse Gas Inventory. In an effort to understand and reveal the magnitude of various emission sources within the operational control of VBCPS, this inventory catalogued emissions from calendar years 2006-2010, and was analyzed from a variety of perspectives. This Emissions Reduction Plan is the next step in the effort to reduce the Division's emissions to zero.

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  • NYC Board of Education Resolution
    NYC Board of Education

    Resolution calling upon New York State Department of Education to include lessons on climate change in K-12 schools' curriculum.

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  • Horry County Schools Energy Management Checklist for Unoccupied Buildings
    Horry County Schools

    A guide for energy savings during the summer and other off-periods during the school year.

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  • National Youth Gardening Symposium
    American Horticultural Society

    Every year, the National Children and Youth Garden Symposium brings together ducators, landscape architects and desingers, staff at botanic gardens, non-profits, and mroe from around the country who are all working to egange children with gardens and the natural world that surrounds them.

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  • School Health Publications
    National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

    The NACDD website offers a variety of resources to improve school health and well-being. Included are toolkits, policy outlines, and model programs.

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  • International Society of Sustainability Professionals
    International Society of Sustainability Professionals

    Empowering professionals to advance sustainability in organizations and communities around the globe. The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) is the world's leading professional association of sustainability professionals.

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  • Landscape Architecture Case Study Briefs
    Landscape Architecture Foundation

    The Landscape Performance Series Case Study Briefs are a searchable database of over 100 exemplary built projects with quantified environmental, economic and social benefits.

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  • Virginia Beach City Public Schools Sustainable Purchasing Best Practices Guide
    Virginia Beach City Public Schools

    This guide from Virginia Beach City Public Schools aims to manage the procurement of essential goods and services by developing and maintaining the most efficient, cost-effective processes.

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  • District of Columbia Public Schools Green Purchasing Guide
    District of Columbia Public Schools

    DC public schools are committed to procuring quality goods and services in a timely manner and reasonable cost to support sustainability goals.

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  • Job Description: Sustainability Program Specialist
    Sante Fe Public Schools

    The Sustainability Specialist focuses on collaborating, developing, and implementing the District Sustainability Plan as well as energy efficiency and waste management projects.

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  • Job Description: Director of Energy & Sustainability
    Detroit Public Schools

    Sample job description for a Director of Sustainability position. The Director manages sustainability programs and assesses impact while balancing district objectives.

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  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
    Virginia Beach City Public Schools

    This report summarizes the process used to develop the green house gas inventory, reports on the findings of the inventory, and outline the next steps for VBCPS to take on their path to carbon neutrality.

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  • School Board Advocacy Toolkit
    USGBC: Center for Green Schools

    Use this document as a reference guide when you want to approach your local school baord about a school sustainability issue. It's formatted to follow basic steps you might take in an advocacy effort.

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  • Teaching Green Buildings: Five Theoretical Perspectives
    University of Missouri

    This report draws on research to discuss 5 potential roles for Teaching Green Buidlings (TGBs): symbol, science museum, 3D textbook, call to action, and place.

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  • Comprehensive Maintenance Plan
    Hartford Public Schools

    Hartford's comp. plan is a tool to develop and improve the facilities maintenance program. The incuded analysis and conclusions serve as guidelines of priorities for capital improvement program.

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  • Why Sustainability Makes Good Economic Sense
    Association of School Business Officials International

    The deisre to build schools that addressed indoor air quality andnatural daylight evolved into national recignition for sustianability. Sustainability is more than socially responsible, it's the smart way to run a business.

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  • Water Access Policy
    Boston Public Schools

    This BPS policy requires (1) water be available at no cost whenever meals are served, (2) BPS implement a transparent plan to ensure the ongoing assessment of drinking water quality and reporting the status of water access.

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  • K-12 Cohort Call: Transportation Fleet Conversion
    Better Buildings Challenge: The US Dept. of Energy

    This 2017 webinar covers fuel cell buses in the US, the Clean Cities Program's alternative school bus case studies, and VW Settlement funds.

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  • Green Cleaning Policy
    Baltimore School District

    Baltimore implemented a green cleaning policy to ensure clean, safe, and healthy environments for students, staff, and the community at large.

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  • Guide to Improving School Employee Wellness
    National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

    This guide provides a suggested process and resources for building or expanding an effective employee wellness initiative.

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  • Sustainable Design Guidelines
    Poudre School District

    Larimer County, Colorado, schools created a comprehensive guide to going green. This 90 page plan applies to the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing structures.

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