Student Blog: Amador Local Leaders Alumni Panel
On November 7th, 2022, the Amador Local Leaders club organized an Alumni Panel over Zoom, featuring multiple generations of past Amador Local Leaders members. Local Leaders chose to host the event for current Amador students and Local Leaders members to see how their involvement in Local Leaders translates into their life after high school, whether…
Read MoreEnvironmental Equity: Closing the Opportunity Gap in Urban Schools
As the one year anniversary of Environmental Equity: Closing the Opportunity Gap in Urban Schools approaches, it is time to properly celebrate the importance for our work. This book showcase sustainability work in schools through 3 parts: What is sustainability in a school? What can schools do to improve outcomes for kids immediately? Case Studies…
Read MoreGreen School Conference
The annual Green Schools Conference (GSC) is coming up and the Go Green Initiative is participating! From February 27 – March 1, 2023 various schools, districts, and organizations working to make green schools a reality are coming together! Register by January 13 to take advantage of early bird rates GSC promotes people who lead, operate,…
Read MoreNovember 15 is America Recycles Day
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: The Important of Reducing Waste in Schools November 15th is America Recycles Day and at The Go Green Initiative, one of our focus areas is reducing solid waste in schools. As we continue to create waste in landfills, we are limiting resources for future generations while creating more greenhouse gasses. …
Read More6 Ways Schools Can Conserve Water
At the Go Green Initiative, we believe that conserving water conserves energy and because water is a finite resource reducing unnecessary consumption is essential. According to the EPA, less than 1% of the water on Earth can be used by people. Allocating resources to desalination of water can become intensive and wasteful water practices cause further…
Read MoreRockefeller Foundation Recognizes Camden’s Arlethia Brown for Improving School Nutrition
This Sunday, October 16th is World Food Day, and there is no better time to celebrate GGI’s client Camden City School District and their strides to provide students access to healthy, nutritious food. The Rockefeller Foundation showed support for Camden’s very own Arlethia Brown, Senior Director of School Nutrition, applauding her for her work with…
Read MoreGGI Welcomes New Staff Member, Rahul Maharaj!
The Go Green Initiative is proud to announce the addition of Rahul Maharaj, our newest program coordinator! Rahul Maharaj is currently studying at California State East Bay towards a degree in Political Science, Pre-Law. Rahul previously worked as a Constituent Service Representative for the District Office of Congressman Eric Swalwell, where he handled…
Read MoreZero Emissions Day
Today on September 21, 2022, the world celebrates Zero Emissions Day! Zero Emissions Day is an international day of action to promote clean air and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon emissions). According to the United Nations, “The energy sector is the source of around three-quarters of greenhouse gas emissions today and holds…
Read MoreTennyson High School Shares Recipe for Success at NCRA School Committee Webinar
The next Northern California Recycling Association Schools Committee webinar will be extra special! Our favorite students and teachers at Tennyson High School in Hayward Unified School District will be presenting on how they’re helping their district to take action on waste-related greenhouse gas emissions. Join us this Thursday, September 15, at 3:30pm to learn…
Read MoreInternational Day of Clean Air
GGI wants to wish everyone a Happy International Day of Clean Air! The United Nations has dubbed September 7th as the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, an environmental holiday to remind us of, “the importance of, and urgent need to, raise public awareness at all levels and to promote and facilitate actions…
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