Green Schools
Inspiring Solutions for a Better World
Green Schools Checklist
Environmental Actions for Schools to Consider
http://www.greenschools.net/
Alternative Education Resource Organization
educationrevolution.org/
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. AERO is considered by many to be the primary hub of communications and support for educational alternatives around the world.
Avatar EPC
avatarepc.com
Contributing to the Creation of an Enlightened Planetary Civilization.
Avatar is the most powerful, purest self-development program available. It is a series of experiential exercises that enables you to rediscover your self and align your consciousness with what you want to achieve. You will experience your own unique insights and revelations. ItÆs you finding out about you.
Avatar is a nine-day self-empowerment training delivered by a world-wide network of licensed Avatar Masters. Over 50,000 graduates from 65 countries, are enjoying the benefits of Avatar*.
Buckminster Fuller Institute
bfi.org
The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a diverse group of individuals committed to a sustainable future. Founded in 1983 and inspired by the design science principles pioneered by the late Buckminster Fuller, BFI has served as an information resource to students, educators, authors, designers and concerned citizens working to advance humanity’s options for success.
Christa McAulliffe Academy
cmacademy.org
Christa McAuliffe Academy is an accredited global private school, dedicated to bringing first-class learning experiences to learners of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and circumstances through innovative use of technology.
Clearwater School
clearwaterschool.com/
What happens when children direct their own learning? They become creative confident capable people. The Seattle Sudbury Valley School for ages 4-19 years old.
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
gsmit.org
How would you like to have a waterfall in your classroom, or 750 white-tailed deer, or a million blooming wildflowers,or the largest collection of log buildings in the East?
You can have all of these resources and more when your class spends a week at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, a year -round environmental education center in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Hudson Valley Sudbury School
hudsonvalleyschool.org
(West Hurley, NY) - The Hudson Valley Sudbury School will open September 2002 in Woodstock, NY, based on Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts.
Keystone High School
keystonehighschool.com
Keystone High School is an independent, innovative fully accredited and privately licensed online and correspondence high school.
Landmark Education
landmarkforum.com
amazing communication forum which takes us on a weekend long ride through our childhood and characters that we use to help us though life for the purpose of realizing the journey we are on in an expident manner. after the first forum is the advanced forum and the n the SELP or self expression and leadership program. these three forums compose to curriculum for living.
eventually we will all attend all of them (or some form thereof), how soon depending on how much acceptance or resistance we have. some have a greater need, but ultimately these programs are a fast invaluable way for us all to acheive some sort of social enlightenment and move on from being stuck in old ways of being, and confront our past in order to activate the present. Presented in a positive way, with a slight twing toward the spiritual.
Lyric
lyric.org/
LYRIC brings LGBTQQ youth together to build a peer-based community that empowers them to end isolation; create a progressive queer youth voice; increase well-being and self-esteem; and change the communities in which they live. LYRIC accomplishes this by offering peer-based education, advocacy, recreation, information, and leadership opportunities.
National Outdoor Leadership School
nols.edu
NOLS, the premier teacher of outdoor skills and leadership, offers courses 10 days to full semesters in the world's most spectacular wilderness classrooms.
New Dimensions School
newdimensionschool.org/
(Burke County, North Carolina) - A community based charter school which uses children's interests and assets to promote a "love of learning" in every student. Our curriculum builds on the curriculum that was developed and evaluated by Project Spectrum and is based on Howard Gardner's theory of Mulitiple Intelligence. We also offer students the option of participating in English/Spanish immersion classes. There are four locations, building to pre K-5.
North Star Center
northstarteens.org
(Amherst, MA) – Supporting unschooling teens and their families since 1995. North Star is a resource center open 5 days a week and has helped hundreds of teenagers make the transition from schooling to unschooling. North Star provides services for families and activities for teens which help make teen unschooling a practical choice for any interested family. Former North Star members can be found at Ivy League colleges, running successful businesses, traveling the world, and involved in a variety of other meaningful pursuits.
Paradise Cove Outrigger
paradiseoutrigger.org
The purpose of Paradise Cove Outrigger is to serve the public by providing environmental and cultural education and a unique connection to Santa Monica Bay through the use of Hawaiian-style outrigger canoes. PCO organized the Malibu Outrigger Challenge, a corporate challenge event where local businesses put four-person teams in competition using Hawaiian-style outrigger canoes. This event raised funds for the Malibu Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and helped raise awareness relative to water quality issues in Santa Monica Bay.
Play Mountain Place
playmountain.org
Play Mountain Place was founded in Los Angeles by Phyllis Fleishman in 1949, to further the philosophy of self-motivated learning. For over fifty years, Play Mountain has encouraged children to discover the joys of creativity and learning on their own schedule, at their own pace.
Puget Sound Community School
pscs.org
The Puget Sound Community School's web page is an example of how one school is making use of the World Wide Web. It not only includes links to other educational resources, but includes links to student and staff home pages, the school newsletter, and is used to disseminate information to enrolled students and their families. PSCS believes the best education ensures the freedom of students of all ages to think for themselves and to control their own destinies, structuring their time and activities as they best see fit.
Ross School
ross.org
The Ross School is an independent, coeducational school whose mission in this era of monumental change is to prepare children for meaningful lives and leadership in the global community.
Traditionally, the educational environment has remained isolated from mainstream society; for example, up until recently, the most advanced technology in the classroom was the light bulb. Now digital technology is creating an interactivity which places the individual at the center of instantaneous global communication. This holds huge potential for education. At the Ross School, we are using technology to create a new kind of classroom that integrates our children into a whole world of teachers, scholars and international peers. In moving forward, we are interested in gleaning the best from the past while charting a course whose object is the future.
Schumacher College
schumachercollege.org.uk
an international centre for ecological studies which welcomes course participants from all over the world, from a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The College runs short residential courses on ecological issues, led by teachers and writers with an international reputation. It also runs a one-year MSc in Holistic Science.
Second Foundation School
sfs.pvt.k12.mn.us/index.html
Minneapolis, MN - A small, independent school where students learn at their own pace in their own way.
Stonesoup School
stonesoupschool.org
Crescent City, Florida - Stonesoup School was founded in 1971,
and is the oldest alternative school in Florida. It was established to offer a supportive boarding school environment where students could explore their own interests, both academic and non-academic, at their own pace and level.
Summerhill
www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
- Most are probably familiar with Summerhill. If not, here is a snippet from the introduction on their homepage, "Summerhill School is unique. It is a progressive, co-educational residential school, founded by A. S. Neill in 1921; in his own words, it is a 'free school'. This does not mean, alas, that it is state funded. The freedom Neill was referring to was the personal freedom of the children in his charge. Summerhill is first and foremost a place where children can be free."
Sunrise Center, Inc.
sunrise-center.org
Caring for our planet, offering workshops such as:
Caring for Our Planet, Caring for Ourselves: Personal Sustainability"
A Very Special meeting place Available To rent. The Sunrise center has a wonderful 550 Square foot rrom avaiable.
The Circle School
circleschool.org
From their philosophy statement, "We believe in the wisdom of each person to know what's best for him or her. We believe that in maturing we grow toward that wisdom discovering, accepting, and becoming ourselves. When we talk of 'wholeness' we mean the fullest expression of that wisdom inour lives. We believe that we can best support the maturing of persons by modeling the highest values we know, and offering exposure, resources, and guidance in the exercise of body, mind, and spirit."
The Community School
thecommunityschool.org
The Community School has been approved as a Private Secondary School by the Department of Educational and Cultural Services since 1974. The school is located in the small town of Camden, Maine (USA). The school has two main programs: The Residential Program, which focuses on high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 20, and the Passages Program, which focuses on parents between the ages of 15 and 20 who have not yet completed their highschool education.
The Free School
albanyfreeschool.com/
For a long time our unofficial motto has been: "Never a dull moment, always a dull roar." But perhaps we should also borrow the Stork Family School in the Ukraine's motto, "First love, then teach." For we have always placed the greatest emphasis on the fostering of loving, caring relationships. Observant visitors frequently comment on how closely connected the students seem, how carefully they look out for each other. The visitors note the brightness in the kids' eyes, the spontaneous joy, the natural exuberance. This is how children appear who are secure in knowing they are loved, and who are free at all times to return that love.
The Hoboken Charter School
www.hobokencs.org
"a preK-12 school deeply committed to community building and democratic citizenship through its program of service learning." Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
The Meeting School
www.meetingschool.org/
(Rindge, NH) - The Meeting School is an alternative boarding school for high school aged students with a Quaker philosophy. Located in Rindge, New Hampshire, USA.
The Met
metcenter.org
(Providence, RI) - A small high school in which each student has an individualized curriculum and all students are involved in internships in the real world. There are several Met Schools located through Providence.
The New School
thenewschool.com
(Newark, DE) - Education for the courageous, inquisitive, and independent-minded. The New School is a coeducational, private, day school in Newark, Delaware, USA, enrolling children ages 6 to 19 who are willing to take responsibility for their own actions and education. The New School is a liberty-based school democratically governed by its students and staff. Learning is self directed, animated by interest and grounded in personal responsibility.
The New School of Monmouth County
the-new-school.com
is a small, private, ungraded elementary school in Holmdel, New Jersey. It is a family school with innovative teachers and much parent involvement. Up to 20 students are enrolled in each of three "family" age groups: with sometimes a 4 year age range. The emphasis is on each child as an individual learning how to learn, and how to be a responsible member of the group in an informal, non-competitive atmosphere.
The New School of Northern Virginia
www.nsnva.pvt.k12.va.us/
The New School of Northern Virginia is a small, holistic school that seeks to educate the whole child for the twenty-first century. The New School's student body is inclusive, co-educational,and reflective of the diversity and richness of the Northern Virginia community.Our school seeks students and families who support our philosophy, who feel that the school can make a significant contribution to their child's growth, and who can contribute to the life of the school.
The Sudbury Valley School
sudval.org
The fundamental premises of the school are simple: that all people are curious by nature; that the most efficient, long-lasting, and profound learning takes place when started and pursued by the learner; that all people are creative if they are allowed to develop their unique talents; that age-mixing among students promotes growth in all members of the group; and that freedom is essential to the development of personal responsibility.
Waldorf Schools
waldorfeducation.org
Waldorf education was conceived by Rudolf Steiner. He believed that modern Western society had placed too much emphasis on external, matrialistic values, at the expense of the imaginative, creative innermost spirit of the human being.
The Green Schools Initiative was founded in 2004 by parent-environmentalists who were shocked by how un-environmental their kids’ schools were and mobilized to improve the environmental health and ecological sustainability of schools in the U.S. We believe it is essential to protect children’s health – at school and in the world beyond school – and we work to catalyze and support “green” actions by kids, teachers, parents, and policymakers to:
* Eliminate toxics
* Use resources sustainably
* Create green spaces and buildings
* Serve healthy food, and teach stewardship
* Use resources sustainably
* Create green spaces and buildings
* Serve healthy food, and teach stewardship
Green Education Foundation
Green Education Foundation believes that what is healthy for the environment is also healthy for kids and youth, and their goal is to promote and enhance environmental education in children and youth, and to make progress in achieving a more sustainable world.
Earthday Network
Earth Day Network's successful history of working with teachers, PTAs, students and school administrators has led us to develop a long term, national campaign on green schools.
Green Schools
Green-Schools is an international environmental education programme and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole-school action for the environment
Alliance to Save Energy - Green Schools
http://ase.org/section/program/greenschl
The Green Schools program helps schools use energy efficiently through changes in the behavior of building users and changes in operational and maintenance routines. Through these basic changes in attitudes and behaviors Green Schools has achieved up to 25% savings in one year for an individual school.
Green Schools: An Investment in our Children's Future
Alliance to Save Energy - Green Schools
http://ase.org/section/program/greenschl
The Green Schools program helps schools use energy efficiently through changes in the behavior of building users and changes in operational and maintenance routines. Through these basic changes in attitudes and behaviors Green Schools has achieved up to 25% savings in one year for an individual school.
Green Schools: An Investment in our Children's Future
Green School Buildings
Green schools cost less to operate, freeing up resources to truly improve students education. Their carefully planned acoustics and abundant daylight make it easier and more comfortable for students to learn. Their clean indoor air cuts down sick days and gives our children a head start for a healthy, prosperous future. And their innovative design provides a wealth of hands-on learning opportunities.
GreenSchools
Welcome to greenschools. greenschools is 501(c) 3 Charitable Organization, whose mission is to create Greener & Healthier learning environments through education and awareness. We make the connections between having healthy bodies and a healthy planet.
The Green Schools Alliance
The GSA started because ONE little boy wanted to celebrate Earth Day in his first grade class at Allen-Stevenson, and because ONE mother wanted to make EVERY day Earth Day for her son.
Alternative Education Resource Organization
educationrevolution.org/
The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by education expert Jerry Mintz to advance learner-centered approaches to education. AERO is considered by many to be the primary hub of communications and support for educational alternatives around the world.
Avatar EPC
avatarepc.com
Contributing to the Creation of an Enlightened Planetary Civilization.
Avatar is the most powerful, purest self-development program available. It is a series of experiential exercises that enables you to rediscover your self and align your consciousness with what you want to achieve. You will experience your own unique insights and revelations. ItÆs you finding out about you.
Avatar is a nine-day self-empowerment training delivered by a world-wide network of licensed Avatar Masters. Over 50,000 graduates from 65 countries, are enjoying the benefits of Avatar*.
Buckminster Fuller Institute
bfi.org
The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a diverse group of individuals committed to a sustainable future. Founded in 1983 and inspired by the design science principles pioneered by the late Buckminster Fuller, BFI has served as an information resource to students, educators, authors, designers and concerned citizens working to advance humanity’s options for success.
Christa McAulliffe Academy
cmacademy.org
Christa McAuliffe Academy is an accredited global private school, dedicated to bringing first-class learning experiences to learners of all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and circumstances through innovative use of technology.
Clearwater School
clearwaterschool.com/
What happens when children direct their own learning? They become creative confident capable people. The Seattle Sudbury Valley School for ages 4-19 years old.
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
gsmit.org
How would you like to have a waterfall in your classroom, or 750 white-tailed deer, or a million blooming wildflowers,or the largest collection of log buildings in the East?
You can have all of these resources and more when your class spends a week at Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, a year -round environmental education center in the heart of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Hudson Valley Sudbury School
hudsonvalleyschool.org
(West Hurley, NY) - The Hudson Valley Sudbury School will open September 2002 in Woodstock, NY, based on Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts.
Keystone High School
keystonehighschool.com
Keystone High School is an independent, innovative fully accredited and privately licensed online and correspondence high school.
Landmark Education
landmarkforum.com
amazing communication forum which takes us on a weekend long ride through our childhood and characters that we use to help us though life for the purpose of realizing the journey we are on in an expident manner. after the first forum is the advanced forum and the n the SELP or self expression and leadership program. these three forums compose to curriculum for living.
eventually we will all attend all of them (or some form thereof), how soon depending on how much acceptance or resistance we have. some have a greater need, but ultimately these programs are a fast invaluable way for us all to acheive some sort of social enlightenment and move on from being stuck in old ways of being, and confront our past in order to activate the present. Presented in a positive way, with a slight twing toward the spiritual.
Lyric
lyric.org/
LYRIC brings LGBTQQ youth together to build a peer-based community that empowers them to end isolation; create a progressive queer youth voice; increase well-being and self-esteem; and change the communities in which they live. LYRIC accomplishes this by offering peer-based education, advocacy, recreation, information, and leadership opportunities.
National Outdoor Leadership School
nols.edu
NOLS, the premier teacher of outdoor skills and leadership, offers courses 10 days to full semesters in the world's most spectacular wilderness classrooms.
New Dimensions School
newdimensionschool.org/
(Burke County, North Carolina) - A community based charter school which uses children's interests and assets to promote a "love of learning" in every student. Our curriculum builds on the curriculum that was developed and evaluated by Project Spectrum and is based on Howard Gardner's theory of Mulitiple Intelligence. We also offer students the option of participating in English/Spanish immersion classes. There are four locations, building to pre K-5.
North Star Center
northstarteens.org
(Amherst, MA) – Supporting unschooling teens and their families since 1995. North Star is a resource center open 5 days a week and has helped hundreds of teenagers make the transition from schooling to unschooling. North Star provides services for families and activities for teens which help make teen unschooling a practical choice for any interested family. Former North Star members can be found at Ivy League colleges, running successful businesses, traveling the world, and involved in a variety of other meaningful pursuits.
Paradise Cove Outrigger
paradiseoutrigger.org
The purpose of Paradise Cove Outrigger is to serve the public by providing environmental and cultural education and a unique connection to Santa Monica Bay through the use of Hawaiian-style outrigger canoes. PCO organized the Malibu Outrigger Challenge, a corporate challenge event where local businesses put four-person teams in competition using Hawaiian-style outrigger canoes. This event raised funds for the Malibu Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and helped raise awareness relative to water quality issues in Santa Monica Bay.
Play Mountain Place
playmountain.org
Play Mountain Place was founded in Los Angeles by Phyllis Fleishman in 1949, to further the philosophy of self-motivated learning. For over fifty years, Play Mountain has encouraged children to discover the joys of creativity and learning on their own schedule, at their own pace.
Puget Sound Community School
pscs.org
The Puget Sound Community School's web page is an example of how one school is making use of the World Wide Web. It not only includes links to other educational resources, but includes links to student and staff home pages, the school newsletter, and is used to disseminate information to enrolled students and their families. PSCS believes the best education ensures the freedom of students of all ages to think for themselves and to control their own destinies, structuring their time and activities as they best see fit.
Ross School
ross.org
The Ross School is an independent, coeducational school whose mission in this era of monumental change is to prepare children for meaningful lives and leadership in the global community.
Traditionally, the educational environment has remained isolated from mainstream society; for example, up until recently, the most advanced technology in the classroom was the light bulb. Now digital technology is creating an interactivity which places the individual at the center of instantaneous global communication. This holds huge potential for education. At the Ross School, we are using technology to create a new kind of classroom that integrates our children into a whole world of teachers, scholars and international peers. In moving forward, we are interested in gleaning the best from the past while charting a course whose object is the future.
Schumacher College
schumachercollege.org.uk
an international centre for ecological studies which welcomes course participants from all over the world, from a wide range of ages and backgrounds. The College runs short residential courses on ecological issues, led by teachers and writers with an international reputation. It also runs a one-year MSc in Holistic Science.
Second Foundation School
sfs.pvt.k12.mn.us/index.html
Minneapolis, MN - A small, independent school where students learn at their own pace in their own way.
Stonesoup School
stonesoupschool.org
Crescent City, Florida - Stonesoup School was founded in 1971,
and is the oldest alternative school in Florida. It was established to offer a supportive boarding school environment where students could explore their own interests, both academic and non-academic, at their own pace and level.
Summerhill
www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
- Most are probably familiar with Summerhill. If not, here is a snippet from the introduction on their homepage, "Summerhill School is unique. It is a progressive, co-educational residential school, founded by A. S. Neill in 1921; in his own words, it is a 'free school'. This does not mean, alas, that it is state funded. The freedom Neill was referring to was the personal freedom of the children in his charge. Summerhill is first and foremost a place where children can be free."
Sunrise Center, Inc.
sunrise-center.org
Caring for our planet, offering workshops such as:
Caring for Our Planet, Caring for Ourselves: Personal Sustainability"
A Very Special meeting place Available To rent. The Sunrise center has a wonderful 550 Square foot rrom avaiable.
The Circle School
circleschool.org
From their philosophy statement, "We believe in the wisdom of each person to know what's best for him or her. We believe that in maturing we grow toward that wisdom discovering, accepting, and becoming ourselves. When we talk of 'wholeness' we mean the fullest expression of that wisdom inour lives. We believe that we can best support the maturing of persons by modeling the highest values we know, and offering exposure, resources, and guidance in the exercise of body, mind, and spirit."
The Community School
thecommunityschool.org
The Community School has been approved as a Private Secondary School by the Department of Educational and Cultural Services since 1974. The school is located in the small town of Camden, Maine (USA). The school has two main programs: The Residential Program, which focuses on high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 20, and the Passages Program, which focuses on parents between the ages of 15 and 20 who have not yet completed their highschool education.
The Free School
albanyfreeschool.com/
For a long time our unofficial motto has been: "Never a dull moment, always a dull roar." But perhaps we should also borrow the Stork Family School in the Ukraine's motto, "First love, then teach." For we have always placed the greatest emphasis on the fostering of loving, caring relationships. Observant visitors frequently comment on how closely connected the students seem, how carefully they look out for each other. The visitors note the brightness in the kids' eyes, the spontaneous joy, the natural exuberance. This is how children appear who are secure in knowing they are loved, and who are free at all times to return that love.
The Hoboken Charter School
www.hobokencs.org
"a preK-12 school deeply committed to community building and democratic citizenship through its program of service learning." Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
The Meeting School
www.meetingschool.org/
(Rindge, NH) - The Meeting School is an alternative boarding school for high school aged students with a Quaker philosophy. Located in Rindge, New Hampshire, USA.
The Met
metcenter.org
(Providence, RI) - A small high school in which each student has an individualized curriculum and all students are involved in internships in the real world. There are several Met Schools located through Providence.
The New School
thenewschool.com
(Newark, DE) - Education for the courageous, inquisitive, and independent-minded. The New School is a coeducational, private, day school in Newark, Delaware, USA, enrolling children ages 6 to 19 who are willing to take responsibility for their own actions and education. The New School is a liberty-based school democratically governed by its students and staff. Learning is self directed, animated by interest and grounded in personal responsibility.
The New School of Monmouth County
the-new-school.com
is a small, private, ungraded elementary school in Holmdel, New Jersey. It is a family school with innovative teachers and much parent involvement. Up to 20 students are enrolled in each of three "family" age groups: with sometimes a 4 year age range. The emphasis is on each child as an individual learning how to learn, and how to be a responsible member of the group in an informal, non-competitive atmosphere.
The New School of Northern Virginia
www.nsnva.pvt.k12.va.us/
The New School of Northern Virginia is a small, holistic school that seeks to educate the whole child for the twenty-first century. The New School's student body is inclusive, co-educational,and reflective of the diversity and richness of the Northern Virginia community.Our school seeks students and families who support our philosophy, who feel that the school can make a significant contribution to their child's growth, and who can contribute to the life of the school.
The Sudbury Valley School
sudval.org
The fundamental premises of the school are simple: that all people are curious by nature; that the most efficient, long-lasting, and profound learning takes place when started and pursued by the learner; that all people are creative if they are allowed to develop their unique talents; that age-mixing among students promotes growth in all members of the group; and that freedom is essential to the development of personal responsibility.
Waldorf Schools
waldorfeducation.org
Waldorf education was conceived by Rudolf Steiner. He believed that modern Western society had placed too much emphasis on external, matrialistic values, at the expense of the imaginative, creative innermost spirit of the human being.
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