2007 Earth Summit

Summit Highlights

• National environmental education experts share proven methods of incorporating “green” concepts into the classroom without adding instructional minutes
  
  

Steven K. Ssenyonjo, Founder of Child2Youth in Uganda, will speak about “The Go Green Initiative in Uganda: Protecting the Health of Africa’s Next Generation.”
• Subject matter experts in energy management and recycling discuss partnerships that can make any campus a role model in stewardship
  
  
• Federal, state and local government officials conduct “town hall” meetings to answer questions about programs available to schools at no cost
  
  
• International speakers talk about the effect the Go Green Initiative is having in Africa and Mexico, and what U.S. schools can learn from them
  
  
• Go Green Initiative “veterans” reveal their methods for acquiring funding, grants and other creative ways to finance their Go Green Goals
  
  
• Exhibits featuring the latest products and services to help you make your school “green”
  
  
• Click here to see our latest Summit Schedule update
  
  

Summit Headliners

• Faber Dewar, star of The Learning Channel’s very popular series, Trading Spaces, and owner of Zero Impact Packaging and LiveH2O,  will give a presentation entitled “Take that Plastic and Shove it! Cost-effective and Environmentally Preferable Alternatives.”







• Michael Levine, called by USA Today, "one of Hollywood's brightest and most respected executives," has been responsible for public relations campaigns for, among others, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Charlton Heston, Linda Evans, Jon Voight, Suzanne Somers, Demi Moore and Michael J. Fox. Michael will give a presentation and Q&A entitled: “Bringing the Go Green Initiative Home: Using the Media and Messaging to Persuade Your Community to “go green.”






• Darlene Ayers-Johnson, Presidential appointee, Senior Advisor to the Pacific Rim Regional Administrator and Governor’s appointee, Commission on the Status of Women, will speak on “How to Create a Healthy Learning Environment for Children: LEED certification for Schools.”






• Edwin Pinero, the White House’s Federal Environmental Executive, will conduct a town hall session on “How the Federal Government supports schools that “Go Green”.

Who should attend?

The 2006 Go Green Earth Summit played host to participants from 14 states and the District of Columbia. Participants represented the following community stakeholders:

Environmental and Education Experts Agree…

The Go Green Initiative is the Industry Leader

The Go Green Initiative has been carefully evaluated and endorsed by the National School Boards Association, National Recycling Coalition, 8 State PTA boards, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Resource Recovery Association, the Recycling Alliance of Texas, the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling, and many more.

The Go Green Initiative is the nation’s fastest growing fully comprehensive environmental action plan for schools. By promoting environmental stewardship on campuses from elementary schools through universities, Go Green works to involve families, businesses and local governments in the common goal of protecting human health through environmental stewardship. Since its inception in July 2002, the Go Green Initiative has been implemented in 39 states and over 650 schools, along with schools in Europe, Mexico, and Africa. There are currently over 1 million students and teachers in registered Go Green schools.

In addition, our ever-growing board of directors are some of the most respected names in the industry. Click here for complete list of our Board of Directors.

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