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Apply to Be An EmPowered School for the 2023-2024 School Year

August 05, 2023

Sustainable Jersey invites school districts to be part of the EmPowered Schools program, which provides free support and resources to educate PreK-12 students on how to save energy and money in their schools and homes.

Green Schools: Climate Change Standards Blend Naturally Into District’s Instructional Plans

July 11, 2023

While climate change is a natural fit for science and STEAM, the New Jersey standards were the first in the nation to embed climate change across subject areas.

Green Schools: Newark’s Energy-Saving Measures

June 21, 2016

School boards across New Jersey are grappling with the maintenance challenges of aging facilities. Fortunately, there are state programs available that offer alternative financing, as…

Green Schools: Schools Becoming Sustainable – With Help From Friends

June 21, 2016

Across the country, schools are under major pressure to “go green” and protect the environment while teaching our children. But school leaders with a vision…

Green Schools: Registration Begins for Sustainable Jersey for Schools

February 11, 2016

Sustainable Jersey, in collaboration with the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), launched a voluntary certification-recognition program for schools in New Jersey in October. The…

Executive Word: Toward a Green Future

February 09, 2016

In June, I had the honor of representing NJSBA at the 2015 New Jersey Sustainability Summit at The College of New Jersey. During the event,…

Green Delivers

February 09, 2016

The difficult decisions facing school districts, from budget cuts to improving test scores to personnel issues, are significantly multiplied when districts choose to design and…

New Jersey’s Green Leaders

February 09, 2016

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) award program was launched in 2011-2012 to recognize the highest performing green schools in the nation.…

Taking Action to Achieve Certification

February 09, 2016

It’s crunch time for the first group of schools working to become certified in the inaugural year of the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification program.…

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