Cultivating Hope on Earth Day – Student Climate Leadership
It’s our favorite day of the year! This Earth Day, we’re inspired by student climate leadership from East Coast to West. A Message of Hope From our Board President “It is hard to believe that our first Earth Day occurred in 1970, over half a century ago. In those days, the pressing environmental problems and…
Read MorePleasanton USD Green Teams tackle greenhouse gas emissions!
We’re celebrating spectacular sorting in our innovation district! Pleasanton USD Green Teams are back on campus and reducing their schools’ methane emissions! We visited Hearst, Mohr, and Valley View elementary schools to hear their unique recipes for contamination-free recycling and compost. All three sites make use of bin monitors to minimize waste contamination and maximize…
Read MoreCome Join Us! Official Screening of “Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton”
The Go Green Initiative is proud to announce the event of the year: please join us for the official screening of “Hometown Water: The Lifeline of Pleasanton.” You may be wondering – a documentary about water, how interesting can it be? Let me assure you, watching this documentary stirs up more excitement and anticipation…
Read MoreLocal Leaders Meet the Green Bronx Machine
A Brief Background This year, our Local Leaders at STEM Academy are working tirelessly to improve food access in their community by building tower gardens and obtaining Solar Powered Heating for their greenhouse (which is currently unusable during the winter months). After their meeting with Mr. Ritz earlier in the year, our Local Leaders were…
Read MoreFirst-Ever Local Leaders National Summit ’22
This past Saturday, on Feb. 26th, Local Leaders from across the nation, gathered together (via GoogleMeet), to participate in the first-ever Local Leaders of the 21st Century National Summit. Never have Local Leaders clubs met, learned with, and collaborated together in this way. All Local Leaders clubs, and even some that are not yet officially…
Read MoreSTEM Academy Local Leaders At A Glance
One year ago, STEM Academy welcomed the creation of their greenhouse – a place to grow fresh fruits and vegetables for their school and community that live in a food desert. However, there is a major issue: During the winter months, the greenhouse is completely unusable due to freezing temperatures. To mend this, STEM Academy…
Read MoreA Look Into West Side High Local Leaders
Even with the circumstances steadily improving due to vaccine distribution and boosted immunities, school districts and their constituents are still being negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a stalled supply chain. Based in the food desert of Newark (NJ), West Side High School and their broader Newark School District, are facing these…
Read MoreJoin us at the Green Schools Conference!
The Go Green Initiative is looking forward to the 2021 Green Schools Conference (GSC), taking place virtually June 28-29, and we hope to see you there! GSC convenes annually, connecting participants from around the world to further the vision of sustainable, healthy schools. GSC brings together all of the players involved in making green schools…
Read MoreGo Green Initiative Intern Wins Eric Swalwell’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge
Go Green Initiative (GGI) Intern Hiya Shah has won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge (CAC) for California’s fifteenth congressional district. Hiya created Maji, an app that calculates water quality. Hiya told the CAC, “[Maji is] a mobile application that harnesses the power of deep learning to computationally determine real-time water quality, and provide personalized suggestions…
Read MoreGGI Alum Trinity Chang Brings Sustainability to the Business World
Trinity Chang is a first year student at UCLA studying Business Economics and Environmental Science. A former Go Green Initiative intern, Trinity now works with Clean Consulting and TRUE, providing businesses with resources to reduce their waste. Clean Consulting is a UCLA organization that focuses on sustainability management for businesses. The mission of Clean…
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