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Eco-Schools USA Traveling Along the Pathways to Sustainability – Part 1

 |  Sep 19, 2017

School is in full swing and as Eco-Schools USA begins its ninth year, we are excited to introduce two new environmental focus areas, or pathways. This brings the total number … Read more

Guest Post: Middle School Students Work to Ban the Plastic Bag

,  |  Dec 19, 2011

[br] Mike Garguilo is a passionate middle school science teacher in Sleepy Hollow, NY. He is the host of the Environmental Action Club which received the award for the environmental … Read more

Eco-Schools USA Case Study: Student Reflections on the Plastics Are Forever Youth Summit

 |  Aug 1, 2011

  In March, 2011, Paige Dedrick, Caroline Finn and Donata Lorenzo, students at Nichols School, an Eco-School in Buffalo, New York, participated in the Plastics Are Forever International Youth Summit … Read more

Eco-Schools USA Case Study: Students Take the Lead at Lothrop

 |  Jun 10, 2011

“My hands should never touch the recycling bins,” says Pamela Galus, the science specialist at Lothrop Science and Technology Magnet School in Omaha, Nebraska. At this bronze-level Eco-School, Galus strives … Read more

Eco-Schools USA Case Study: United High School’s “Trashin’ Fashion Show”

 |  Apr 10, 2010

Armagh, Pennsylvania is a rural school district in the heart of coal country. For many in the community, alternative energy and other environmental initiatives are tied to fears of family … Read more