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GLOBAL SOURCE EDUCATION
Enriching K-12 Education for the 21st Century
Sustainable Schools Project
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The Sustainable School Project is a Professional Development Program that will transform K-12 ecologies by reviewing school resources and operation. Through this process, the school community can be renewed from curriculum to landscape.
Breidablik Elementary teacher Gail Davis outlines plans for a sustainable school campus (photo by Kathryn Keve)
The Sustainable Schools Project aims to prepare schools and their communities for the future by re-imagining and re-designing classroom, school, and community ecologies to be contributors to abundance, health, vitality, and long-term durability. We seek to empower individual schools and districts to play an active role in evaluating their local needs and resources and developing projects and priorities for sustainable practices as part of classroom curricular activities.
How can a school curriculum inform and affect a school’s ecological footprint?
In collaboration with Jonathan Scherch and Ed Mikel from Antioch University Seattle, we are launching this project to help teachers and students transform their schools into sustainable living and learning centers that conserve energy and accommodate climate transitions with competence and confidence.
About the Sustainable Schools Project
Pilot Schools
Professional Development
Resources & References
Recent Developments
A team from our Sustainable Schools Project at Breidablik Elementary (Poulsbo, WA) was invited to present at the Annual EEAW Conference, November 20, in Wenatchee, WA. Global Source Project Director, Jon Garfunkel, Antioch University project advisor, Jonathan Scherch, and Breidablik Elementary teacher, Gail Davis presented: “A Journey Towards Becoming a Sustainable School”, which focused on the origins of this pilot project and lessons learned during our first two phases of development and growth. For more information on the EEAW Annual Conference, visit: http://www.eeaw.org/. |
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Global Source Education is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
serving elementary and secondary education in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
info@GlobalSourceNetwork.org • (206) 780-5797
PO Box 11316, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
©1999-2008 Global Source Education
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