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Uniting Schools at Green California Schools Summit

green schoolsK-12 school administrators, teachers, board members, facilities managers, and other school community members are meeting in Pasadena next week for an innovative three-day conference on green schools in California. The conference, the Green California Schools Summit, reflects the Golden State’s leadership in sustainable K-12 school buildings and programs. The conference will be held at the Pasedena Conference Center on December 4-6.

According to the conference website, “This groundbreaking event will focus on the strategies, technologies, and services that will ensure that new and existing public schools are models of sustainability and provide a healthy learning environment for students.”

There are a plethora of breakout sessions, focusing on several strands, including design and construction, financing options, operations, and creating a “green” culture. Along with the sessions, keynote speakers include actor/activist Ed Begley, Jr., scientist/inventor/entertainer Bill Nye, and activists Laurie David and Cambria Gordon, who recently authored the children’s book on global warming, The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. There is also a sold-out exhibit hall featuring over 150 products and services to make your school more green and a model green school demonstration building, which was built by Bouma Construction.

I’ll be interviewing Mike Hall, chief marketing officer for Borrego Solar Systems, Inc, a company that’s worked extensively with California schools on implementing solar power into their energy systems. Hall’s participating in a panel at the summit on building and financing solar power systems in schools.

If you’re a member of a California school community, are a school official, or a green teacher, you might want to visit the conference next week (although it is a little pricey if you are footing the bill yourself). You can check out registration information here or call 323-936-7125.

[This post was written by Kelli Best-Oliver]

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  1. Eco Child’s Play » Blog Archive says:
    December 3, 2007 at 11:23 am

    […] Last week, I talked about the Green California Schools Summit happening this week in Pasedena. This week, I interviewed one of the panelists who’ll be speaking. Mike Hall is the Chief Marketing Officer at Borrego Solar, a California-based solar integrator that works extensively on solar installations in schools. […]

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  2. Green Options Turns One : Eco Child’s Play says:
    February 4, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    […] What better lens to view that change through than environmental education? Despite No Child Left Behind’s (how can I put this delicately?) marginalization of non-core classes such as environmental education and fine arts, teachers and schools all over the country are finding ways to incorporate sustainability and the environment into their curriculum. The No Child Left Inside Act, designed to give support to environmental education is in committee in both the House and the Senate. Schools are creating gardens, whole foods programs in cafeterias, recycling programs, and worm bins. Districts are choosing to incorporate sustainability into school design and construct LEED-certified buildings, and California hosted the very first Green Schools Summit. […]

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