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IS YOUR SCHOOL A LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVISM? 

ITS TIME TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT THINGS YOU DO!

Green Schools continues to recognize Outstanding GREEN work being done in our Schools at: The Green Difference Awards.

This annual event will take place at The MA State House in the spring [Date TBD]

Green Difference Makers can be: Principals, Teachers, Advisors, Schools, Students, or School Groups/Clubs.  

Nomination forms are due February 20,2013

Download a Nomination Form Now

Have you visited Beverly High School recently? If you haven't you're in for a treat when you stop in next. In early 2009 the Town of Beverly broke ground to construct a modern, energy-efficient, state of the art educational facility. Within a shorter than expected timeframe and a less than budgeted cost the school was quickly erected. Now it stands as a tribute to good environmental design for the region.

At a ceremony hosted by the Collaborative for high Performance Schools on November 15, 2012 representatives from Beverly were recognized for their achievements. The footprint for the school has been reduced significantly while simultaneously creating meeting space for Beverly residents. The building's roof reflects light while its exterior is lighted with lights that minimize light pollution. Its heating and cooling systems exceed the Massachusetts Building Energy Code by some thirty percent. Meanwhile existing photovoltaic cells and a wind turbine were left undisturbed. In fact these energy producers were complemented with an additional 83-Kwh rooftop photovoltaic system.

The school boasts a dedicated recycling room and specialized windows throughout the school that permit natural light to enter classrooms. During warmer months the windows may be shaded with specialized awnings. Even the air quality within the building has been improved with the use of walk-off mats, low VOC emitting materials and high efficiency HVAC filters.

Green Schools congratulates the city of Beverly for all they've achieved. Go Panthers!

Green Schools awarded Beverly High School with a Green Difference Award in March 2012.

We look forward to collaborating with school staff, students, and administration to continue the green trend by complementing it with Environmental Education and Community Action.

The Northeast Recycling Council has launched the Reuse Marketplace, a free regional network to find, sell, trade, or give away reusable and surplus items that would otherwise be disposed as trash.  This is an excellent resource for businesses, institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations to reduce their waste disposal and save money. This project was supported by MassDEP, several other Northeast states, and private business sponsors.  For more information, please see the attached announcement and press release from NERC. 

To learn more and to join, please visit www.reusemarketplace.org 

The Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability, inaugurated by The Rockefeller Foundation, The Bette Midler Family Trust, and MillionTreesNYC, is an annual $10,000 cash award granted to one female and one male New York City public high school senior. The award was established in honor of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004), a visionary environmentalist, and founder of the Green Belt Movement, a tree-planting campaign to promote sustainable development, woman's empowerment, and democracy in Kenya.

Deadline for submissions is January 4, 2013 (5pm). 

Visit MAS to view the complete application form and requirements.  

The Theme for this years competition is Water: The Source of Life

The International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. Some 3 million entries from children in more than 150 countries have been received since the competition's inception in 1991. 

The theme of the 22nd painting competition will be "Water: The Source of Life" and children will have until 28 February 2013 to submit their entries.  

Visit UNEP for more details

The Massachusetts High Demand Scholarship Program was created by the Massachusetts Legislature to support economic growth and development. The purpose is to encourage degree completion in high demand disciplines that will help address the workforce needs of the Commonwealth by providing scholarship assistance to support the educational costs of students pursuing such programs of study.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2013 

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Connect your chemistry lesson to the season!

Watch a COOL video that tracks formation of snowflakes from their origins in bits of dust in clouds that become droplets of water falling to Earth. 

CSEd Week 2012 was held December 9 to 15, 2012.  The week was a highly distributed celebration of the impact of computing and the need for 

computer science education.

Kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) education has fallen woefully behind in preparing students with the fundamental computer science knowledge and skills they need for 21st century careers.

Computer Science is:

• Computing
• Computer Engineering
• Informatics
• Information Technology
• Software Engineering
• Information Systems

Designed to encourage students to excel in science and math and to pursue careers in those fields, the National Science Bowl brings together thousands of middle and high school students from across the country to compete on a range of science disciplines in a fast-paced, Jeopardy-style format. 

To register for their respective regional competitions in the upcoming Science Bowl, teams should go to the National Science Bowl website. In addition to basic registration information, the website also provides information on how teams can prepare and what they can expect in the upcoming regional events

Do you want to bring an environmental sustainability program to your school that requires neither a classroom nor funding?