Teacher Mini Grants: Outstanding Teachers that Bring Climate Literacy to Classrooms

What are Teacher Mini Grants? GGI began Teacher Mini Grants in collaboration with Pleasanton Unified School District. These awards celebrate and incentivize teachers who incorporate sustainability or environment literacy in their classroom. So far this school year, we’ve funded 17 teacher grant applicants and look forward to granting 50+ additional awards in the district. Here are…

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A Deep Dive: The Local Leaders of the 21st Century©

What is the Local Leaders Club?  The Go Green Initiative’s Local Leaders of the 21st Century© program is a network of high school extracurricular clubs dedicated to advancing sustainability in their schools and communities. With GGI guidance and mentorship, Local Leaders take action in community engagement, public policy, and advocacy leadership to address global environmental issues on…

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2022 CUBE Conference, District Green Teams, and Student Leadership: The Haps at the GGI

GGI CEO, Jill Buck recently attended the 2022 CUBE conference with an expert panel to discuss school sustainability. From District Green Teams to student leadership, they discussed long-term solutions for issues such as environmental toxins and consumption of natural resources.    Here is a snapshot of the discussion (click here to watch online!): District Green Teams The role…

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Air Quality: Funding, Improvements, and Environmental Equity

The Center for Green Schools (CGS) recently published a report of how school districts across the country plan to invest American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds (ARP-ESSER or ESSER III) to manage air quality and upgrade facilities.   The Study  The Center for Green Schools looked at district planned investments for 4 categories:  …

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Clean/Renewable Energy: What it is and How Schools can Achieve It.

At GGI one of our main focus areas is conserving energy and incorporating renewable or using clean energy. Ultimately, our vision is that every school is a zero net energy school (i.e. the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the…

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