Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. This is the mantra of the Emmy-winning television show Friday Night Lights, epitomizing the spirit of a fictional high school football team in this Texas-based drama series. These six words embody the can do – the must do – attitude of people in a small town, trying to do what’s right for their families and their community.
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Students Across the Country Compete to Reduce Campus Energy
In the first two months of the academic year, USGBC Students is off to a roaring start! The national network of volunteer national and regional chairs has tripled the size of the program, and students are putting together inspiring events and activitie…
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Upcoming Webcasts
There are two upcoming webcasts that will be useful for campus stakeholders and advocates interested in green building and green schools. The first discusses implementing LEED in a campus setting, and the second focuses on high building performance on …
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Register Now! 2012 Green Schools National Conference
Register now for the second annual Green Schools National Conference (GSNC), taking place from Feb 27-29, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.
Be sure to register for the 2012 GSNC online by Nov. 18 to get the early bird discount rate. And, as a benefit of being …
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Ohio School Facilities Commission Members get update on Green School Efforts
Pennsylvania or Texas? Though those three are certainly out in front, you might be surprised to learn that the leader of the pack is Ohio. Last month I had the opportunity to provide the seven-member Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) – the body that oversees the public school building efforts in our state – with an update on the status of our Green Schools Program.
Greener, More Cohesive, More Vibrant Neighborhoods: Apply Now For Sustainable Communities Grant
Do you know of a community planning a development project with an eye toward sustainability? Spread the word: A new program providing no-cost technical assistance to select communities could help to turn that vision into action, and the application is …
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Campus Sustainability Community Grows Through STARS Program
The campus sustainability community continues to grow as colleges and universities aim to improve their green campus initiatives. Within this growth, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is serving as a prof…
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USGBC and GBC Brasil Urge Governments to “Build the Green Economy from the Ground Up” with Submission to Rio +20 Conference
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Green Building Council Brasil submitted a joint position paper on sustainability in the built environment for consideration of governments around the world and the U.N. governing body heading up next …
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National Youth Policy Summit Students Present Energy-Usage Goals
Last week, eight students from the National Youth Policy Summit for National Energy Innovation visited with the Center for Green Schools staff members to give a presentation on policies that they created on environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient…
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14 Years Later, The Codes Begin to Follow Eisenberg’s Lead
Just yesterday, the International Code Council’s membership of code officials put the final touches on the 2012 version of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). For David Eisenberg – Executive Director of the Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT), former USGBC Board member, and long time chair of USGBC’s Codes Committee – it was a very clear culmination of a chapter in his life story, and the product of nearly two decades of work.