Green Schools
Vision:
To continually enhance the built educational community using sustainable techniques to reduce operational costs, overall carbon footprint and control building first costs, while promoting the optimal environment for learning and teaching. Creating generations of sustainable natives who instinctively understand how to work in concert with both the people and environment in which they live.
Director: Robyn Dowsey
Chair: Nelsy Leyba
Members: Adian Baus, Angela Garcia, Ben Paredes, Dana DeClark, Deborah Green, Diana Miller, Harry Blakeslee, Holly Macken, Jenny Elliott, Larry Hood, Layla Krens, Steven Kohn, Lindsey Piant, Perry Linderman, Kevin Tillman, Tanya Schedeigg, Anne Bingler, Chip Schwartz, Michael Wolf
Contact: schools@usgbc-cf.org
Meetings: Typically the first Wednesday of each month at 5PM - see event calendar on home page for updated information.
Minutes: Green Schools Meeting Minutes-October 2011
Newsletter:
In The Press:
*Zellwood Elementary to Become “Green” Role Model (Excerpted from the Orlando Business Journal, Written by Melanie Stawicki Azam – OBJ Staff Writer). Click here for more information.
*Holly Hill K-8 School Strives to be First School for Volusia County to Achieve Certification Under the LEED For Schools Reference Guide Requirements. Click here for more information.
Helpful Links:
A Gift for Teaching – www.agiftforteaching.org
Implementing the IAQ Tools for Schools Program – http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tools4s2.html#Checklists
Green Parent Association - http://www.greenparentassociation.org
USGBC Green Schools – http://www.greenschoolbuildings.org/Homepage.aspx
Green Schools National Conference – http://www.greenschoolsnationalconference.org
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities – http://www.edfacilities.org
