On Monday, April 22, 2013, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley celebrated the 43rd Earth Day at Mundo Verde Charter School in Washington, D.C., to announce the second year of honorees of the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) award program.
Posts from April 2013
Center for Green Schools Featured on the TODAY Show for Earth Day
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Green Apple Living Walls on the Today Show
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The Center for Green Schools team was up bright and early this morning for the Earth Day segment on the TODAY Show, where we worked with the Green Bronx Machine to build living walls on t…
The Center for Green Schools at USGBC Scheduled to Help NBC’s TODAY Show Celebrate Earth Day on April 22
NYC students to build green living walls on Rockefeller Plaza as part of Center’s Green Apple Initiative
Green Building Councils of the Americas Video
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The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) Americas Regional Network is celebrating Earth Day with the release of a new educational video highlighting the work the Gr…
Energy Efficiency Experts 2013 Registration
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The U.S. Green Building Council is pleased to announce that space has been added to allow for an additional 100 attendees at the premier gathering of energy efficiency…
EPA Honors Winners of First-Ever Campus RainWorks Challenge
University of Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology lead in design of green infrastructure on campus
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the four winners of the Campus RainWorks Challenge, a new design challenge created to inspire the next generation of landscape architects, planners and engineers to develop innovative green infrastructure systems that reduce stormwater pollution and support sustainable communities.
Top Three Tips: How to Renew Your LEED Credential Like a Pro
“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Accelerating our Green Building Efforts
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It was a big day in Ohio this week when professionals from across the region were convened by USGBC’s Central Ohio Chapter for Design Columbus. Set in the Center of S…
ENR Global Construction Summit
Join ENR at the Global Construction Summit in NYC June 6 – 7, 2013. This essential conference brings together industry professionals from major construction markets around the world to explore growth opportunities and investigate solutions to the most pressing challenges on the international playing field.