greenschools

The 15th Annual Secretary’s Awards for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education

Green Schools "Environmental Education" program has been selected to receive a Certificate of Honor under the Secretary’s Award Program for Excellence.

Friday, April 24th at 10:30 a.m.

Great Hall – State House, Boston

These awards honor individual schools, teachers and students across the Commonwealth who have distinguished themselves in energy and environmental education initiatives.

GO RED SOX! GO MTA!

greenschools recently partnered with the Massachusetts Teacher Association. We couldn't happier about this partnership and hope to bring environmental education and awareness to teachers across the state of MA.

Executive Director/Founder of greenschools, Robin Organ, and Educator + Green Team Advisor from Wilmington High School, Terresa Pietro, will be recognized for their Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Education this Saturday, April 18th at the RED SOX game. Go Sox!

MTA LINK: http://www.massteacher.org/

Energy Audit Program (EAP) Grants

Learn how to receive GRANTS for an Energy Audit Program [EAP] for your community. Sponsored by The Department of Energy Resources.

The EAP provides technical assistance to cities, towns, regional school districts and wastewater/water districts to identify capital improvements to reduce energy costs.

School Indoor Air Quality issue?

If your school is having an Indoor Air Quality issue, please contact the Center for Environmental Health [Dept. of Public Health]

Contact Information:
Mike Feeney
(617) 624-5757
email: mike.feeney@state.ma.us
CEH website address at www.state.ma.us/dph/ceh

Bridge School Award announced

Congratulations to the Bridge School [Lexington] Eco Bridge Commmittee!

The Eco Bridge Committee was recently recognized by the greenschools organization for their outstanding green contributions and efforts in their school community. Keep up the good work!

Free Green Cleaning Audit by Casey EMI

greenschools has partnered with Casey EMI to help our schools GO GREEN!

Contact Craig Smith as Casey EMI to get your school a FREE GREEN CLEANING AUDIT! Don't miss out on this FREE opportunity for your school!

Please contact Craig Smith directly at: 800-333-4385 x345

MA Audubon Recognizes Robin Organ

Robin Organ, Executive Director and Founder of greenschools, has won Conservation Teacher of The Year. More info.

Center for Women & Enterprise Recognized greenschools/Robin Organ

The Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) recently recognized Executive Director/Founder, Robin Organ, as a Woman of Achievement in the state of MA. [Sept. 19th at CWE in Worcester]

upcoming events

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08/21-22/2009 | Boston, MA (Boston City Hall Plaza)

Boston Green Fest 2009

Boston GreenFest 2009 is a unique event that will bring people of all ages and all cultures from across Boston and the surrounding areas to Boston City Hall Plaza to learn, connect and celebrate what it means to be healthy & sustainable in our lives and living spaces. Boston GreenFest's message is that we must start now to heal our world and it begins with each individual in each school and in each neighborhood. There will be a series of special features including ongoing entertainment on three stages, a GreenFilmFest, Time Tunnel, One Gallon Challenge, Project Recycled Runway, interactive workshops and exhibits, organic and local food, and lots of children’s activities. The festival will be on Friday and Saturday, August 21-22.

Visit http://www.bostongreenfest.org.

10/2/2009 | Milford, MA (Double Tree Hotel)

Wellness Summit 2009-2010

This annual event organized by the MIAA/Partners in Prevention program is for students, teachers and administrators looking to learn/model how to live a healthy lifestyle in today's challenging world.

Partners in Prevention seeks to serve as a clearing house and a conduit to offer opportunities for improved information dissemination and service delivery. They are committed to providing mechanisms and structures that support improved services to youth. We strive to celebrate youth who make positive lifestyle choices.