At the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, we are fostering a generation of “sustainability natives” – children and adults who act to benefit the earth without needing to be asked – who will help us reach our vision of healthy, high-performing schools and campuses for all students within this generation.
On Feb. 29, the District of Columbia’s Mayor Vincent Gray was joined by local university presidents to sign the District of Columbia Mayor’s College and University Sustainability Pledge. The Mayor’s goal is for the nation’s capital to become the ‘Greenest College Town in America’ – ambitious, yet attainable with the collective energy of local universities.