Why do green schools matter? The many answers to this question include:

• Savings in operations costs can fund essential programs.

• Healthy and comfortable learning environments can improve student performance and reduce sick days.

• They provide models of sustainable behavior for students and communities – perhaps the first such experience for many.

• They reduce strain on valuable and diminishing natural resources.

• They assist state, national and international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• They produce students who, in the words of Hunter Lovin, sustainability visionary and keynote speaker at the 2008 Green California Schools Summit, are not the green leaders of tomorrow, but of today!

 

Education and Training!

Speakers at the Summit include leaders and experts from the worlds of policy, technology, design and practice. Learn about effective strategies and innovations from the professionals who have developed and pioneered them! Offerings include in-depth daylong workshops and concurrent sessions.

Topics addressed in presentations and workshops will include:

• Green building – standards and current practice
• Energy
• Funding
• Green curriculum
• Environmentally preferable purchasing
• Operations and maintenance
• Green career opportunities
• School gardens
• CALGreen – California’s new green building code, mandatory in January 2011

 

Who should attend?

Representatives from public, public charter and private schools, and their private sector partners, including:

• School District Superintendents and School Principals
• School Board Members
• School Building Facility Planners & Designers
• School Building Maintenance Managers
• School CFOs/Business Managers
• School Purchasing Officers
• School Transportation Specialists
• Curriculum Directors and Teachers
• State, County and City government officials and policymakers
• County Office of Education Administrators
• Architects, construction managers
• School building planning & design professionals
• Financial professionals
• Utilities, energy management professionals
• Anyone involved with implementing green and sustainable activities in schools!

 

Become a Partner in Learning - Meet at the Summit!

The Partners in Learning program is an opportunity for professional organizations that want to meet onsite at the Summit, a dynamic atmosphere that is designed to inspire, inform and encourage interaction.

As a courtesy, Green Technology provides free meeting space for all Partners in Learning. There are also substantial registration discounts for group members that want to participate in Summit activities. Audio/visual equipment and catering are not provided, but can be arranged and purchased through the Convention Center. In addition, discounted rates may be available at area hotels to accommodate out of town attendees.

If your organization is interested in holding a scheduled meeting at the Summit please call 626.577.5700