The public, replacement school is being built on Fort Huachuca, the Army’s leading intelligence training facility at 155 Carter Avenue, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 85670. The new Colonel Smith Middle School will be the first Net Zero Energy Building in Arizona and 12th in the nation. The $17M school will generate more energy than it consumes [...]
The U.S. Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools, working in conjunction with its founding sponsor, United Technologies Corp., today released its inaugural Best of Green Schools 2011 list recognizing school administrators and government leaders in 10 categories for their efforts to create sustainable learning environments. Recipient schools and regions from across the nation – [...]
The Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summits, being held concurrently at the Pasadena Convention Center October 17-18, have announced their 2011 Leadership Award Recipients. The awards will be presented at a Summit reception on October 17. The summits comprise the nation’s most significant K-14 event focused on building, running and teaching in high performance [...]
Over the past four years, the Lexus Eco Challenge, an educational program and contest, has inspired and empowered more than 20,000 middle and high school students to learn about the environment and take action to improve it. For their efforts, more than $3 million has been awarded to students, teachers and schools across the nation. [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admiistration’s (NOAA) Teacher at Sea (TAS) program’s 2011 Field Season is underway. The TAS program is to give teachers a clearer insight into our ocean planet, a greater understanding of maritime work and studies, and to increase their level of environmental literacy by fostering an interdisciplinary research experience.
Veolia Environmental Services in Tasmania have launched an exciting competition for school-aged children to design Veolia’s very own recycling education vehicle. The competition is open to children in grades 1-6 and marks the expansion of Veolia’s school-based education and training services. Entrants are asked to create a unique design for Veolia’s newest educational van which [...]
Union County and Honeywell this week are hosting the third annual Green Boot Camp, an interactive workshop focused on best practice instruction methods for teaching energy, sustainability and environmental concepts. As part of the five-day event, 40 middle school teachers from across North America have gathered to explore the roots of green technology, sustainable living [...]
I am going to reveal something quite shocking given the current political climate in the United States. A bi-partisan (yes that’s right, both parties) bill was introduced today to support the surging environmental education movement, improve student achievement, and prepare students for jobs in the growing green economy. A coalition of business, education, environmental and [...]
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) today announced the winners of its 10th annual Igniting Creative Energy (ICE) Challenge. ICE is a national competition that encourages kindergarten through 12th grade students to develop creative actions and ideas about energy efficiency.