Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Back to School with Green Apple Day of Service
mygreenapple.org/events
There are so many ways to get others involved in your passion for greener schools. Schedule an assembly on climate change with the Alliance for Climate Education. http://www.acespace.org
Have our Green Schools Band perform and get school personnel and students motivated to make a difference this year....
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Youth United for Environmental Turnaround by Margie McNally
Inspired by the youth and adults at the conference, she joined the newly formed Massachusetts Power Shift and planned a climate conference for hundreds of students and community members. She then helped the group transform into a network of student climate advocates pushing for legislative and social change to address climate change.
Convening: for engaged leadership and a common visionConnecting: to coordinate training, align services, increase capacitySustaining: to develop resources and public awarenessMeasuring and evaluating: for quality and impact
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Furniture for Schools by Margie McNally
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http://greenspec.buildinggreen.com/blogs/five-steps-choosing-healthier-greener-furniture
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Factory Farming Awareness by Margie McNally
Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
4th Annual Green Difference Awards
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Green Schools Summit Event
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
NEW AMBASSADOR PROFILE
Name: Carol Bowe
School:Boston Latin School
Grade: 11
Biography: I started working with my school's environmental group, BLS YouthCAN, when I was in 8th grade. Then in 2009 we began work on a green roof at BLS. However, it was much more than that. It wasn't simply a green roof for our students. The plan is that it will be equipped with outdoor classrooms, wind turbines, solar panels, and even a greenhouse. I will be a place where students can learn and students from any school can come and check it out. We would also put data collected on the roof on our website (blsyouthcan.org) so anyone can learn from it. We have been fundraising and giving presentations about it ever since. For example just recently we presented to the mayor and the city, which was really exciting because we are now pushing this project further. We've even had design charrettes to tweak our original plans. It has been a long process but in the end it will all be worth it!
Youth CAN is what lead me to green schools and the student ambassador program. I began last year and I am so excited that I have had this opportunity. It has lead me to learn much and discover many opportunities. One of the most exciting for me was meeting Eco Orchards at a green schools event. I had always been really upset that we were recycling and trying to cut down our waste at school yet we still had styrofoam lunch trays. They are recycled by the city but it was still not good for the environment. We purchased an order of compostable trays from Eco Orchards for a two day trial. I am hoping that this leads to further use of these and eventually a complete switch from styrofoam. I am very excited to be working in the student ambassadors program!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Think Before You Idle .... by Margie McNally
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Ambassadors learn about Sustainable Design by Margie McNally
Being an environmental design professional, this was one of my favorite Green Schools events...
On Saturday, March 3rd Ambassadors representing Wilmington High School and The Bridge School in Lexington met at the brand new Boston Society of Architects offices and gallery in Boston to learn about sustainable design. Polly Carpenter from Learning By Design in Massachusetts presented to the students the principles of sustainable design including the use of renewable resources like bamboo.Of course sustainable design is that and so much more...It's about preserving natural resources like energy, water, land and trees and about giving back to the earth so that future generations will not run out..it's about doing no harm and creating healthful and healing environments for all.
We all had the chance to participate in a thought provoking design activity by creating a weather proof shelter out of one single piece of paper. Students and adults had to become resourceful with few tools being allowed in the process...It produced some interesting results as one can imagine. Attendees toured the gallery as well.
Learning By Design in Massachusetts is a K-12 architecture and design education program. They will be part of an event July 9-20 at The Museum Institute for Teaching Science for elementary and middle school educators exploring how science inspires engineering...you can visit the website at www.mits.org