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April 2012 News
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Featured Business Members
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Green Schools Attended the 1st White House Summit on Environmental Education
On behalf of an invitation from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Green Schools recently attended the 1st White House Summit on Environmental Education.
Executive Director, Robin Organ, proudly represented Green Schools, Inc. at the table and looks forward to bringing more environmental opportunities to our Students and Schools Nation-wide.
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Green Schools Receives Kids First Award
|  Green Schools received the Kids First Award from BuyerZone's First Annual Review: The 20 Under 20 Awards. The twenty award winners have gone above and beyond in terms of customer service, innovation, philanthropy, measurable results, customer experience, and customer engagement. Many of these small companies represent the core values of BuyerZone, which include welcoming innovation and change, donating time and money to organizations that we care about, and prizing teamwork and collaboration.
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Student Ambassadors Honored at Celtics Game
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16 of our Student Ambassadors will be honored at the Celtics game on April 26th in recognition of their Outstanding Contributions to the Green Schools Organization and the Schools that we serve.
Thank you TD Bank!
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Green Schools' Newest Member School
|  Harmony School of Nature & Athletics
Dallas, TX |
Next Step Living
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Next Step Living is a residential energy efficiency company, providing home energy diagnostics and improvements to the greater New England area. Next Step Living is a socially-conscious, environmentally focused, results-driven organization dedicated towards helping its customers lower their energy bills, increase the comfort of their homes, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Next Step Living run its business one home at a time, but also realizes the only way to ensure lasting change is to make a large scale impact. Through collaborative efforts with major utilities, communities, and employers, Next Step Living strives to help bring social, economic, and environmental change to cities and towns across the country.
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Earth Day 2012
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Save the Date: Earth Day is April 22nd!
Help your Schools & Communities make
The Green Difference Earth Day & Every Day!
Learn about Earth Day 2012, which will take place around the earth on April 22, 2012. Attend a local event, join a campaign and pledge your Act of Green.
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Greening America's Schools
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We're pleased to introduce Paul Chapman's new book, "Greening America's Schools." The book, launched recently at a Town Hall on Sustainability at the 2012 National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference in Seattle, is a road map for fostering sustainable schools in the 21st century. It highlights dozens of independent and public K-12 U.S. schools that are leading the way.
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National Healthy Schools Day is April 24th
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Promote Healthy Schools: Celebrate!
Whether you are at the beginning states of assessing school indoor environments or have an established Indoor Air/Environmental Quality program, create a local activity that educates others and celebrates healthy indoor environments in schools.
Make sure you register your activity so Healthy Schools Network can help you with publicity and recognition.
This year, show your community or state how US EPA's tools are helping you promote healthy indoor environments for all children and staff.
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2012 Wildlife Conservation Professional Development Teacher Grants
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Middle and high school teachers!
Apply for grant funding to take an online wildlife conservation course through the Wildlife Conservation Society. CEC's available through Adams State College accreditation at no extra cost.
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Green Difference Awards Winners
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Congratulations Green Difference Awards Winners & Green Schools Student Ambassadors of 2012!- Abby Kelley Foster Charter School
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
- Andover High School
- Beverly High School
- City of Lowell Recycling Coordinator, Gunther Wellenstein
- Foxborough Regional Charter School
- Stonehill College, Bridget Meigs
- Manchester Essex Regional School District, Green Scholars Advisors
- Mansfield High School, Project Teammate
- Newton North High School, Greengineers
- South Shore Public Charter School
- Touchstone Community School
- Town of Milton, William Ritchie
- Wellesley Middle School Green Team
- Wellesley High School
- White Oaks Elementary School, Rosalie Tubre
- Gill-Montague Regional School District
- Wellesley High School, Eva Loh & Juyon Lee [Certificate of Recognition]
- W. Bridgewater Middle/Sr. High School, Ashley Faghan [Certificate of Recognition]
- W. Bridgewater Middle/Sr. High School, Mitchell Manning [Certificate of Recognition]
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Save the Date...
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04/24/2012 | USA (National Events Being Held Across the Country)
National Healthy Schools Day
04/28/2012 | Healthy Kids Day | Foxboro, MA
Invensys Foxboro Branch [YMCA]: 10-1pm
05/04/2012 | The Green Difference Awards | Boston, MA
The MA State House
05/11/2012 | Green Schools Trivia Night | Dedham, MA
A Fundraiser for Green Schools - VFW Post 2017, Dedham, MA
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Sincerely,
Robin Organ
Founder and Executive Director
Green Schools
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