Green Schools Blog

This Friday, January 27th, Middle Schools from Phoenix and Tucson will be competing for a spot in the Regional School of the Future Design Competition.  This year's State competition will take place at Energy Systems Design in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Please stay tuned for the announcement of the winning team next week!

The team from Mountain Sky Junior High will be guests at the Inaugural USGBC AZ State Conference and will share their presentation with all who attend the Green School Forum.

For more information on the School of the Future Design Competition, visit:www.cefpi.org.

Do you know any U.S. high school students looking for funding? In addition to their current Get Green Video Contest, Planet Connect has just announced the 2012 Youth Engagement Grants!  Applications are due February 1, 2012.

More information here:

http://planetconnect.org/2012wcgrants

The Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge is a national environmental sustainability competition for grades K-12.  Through project based learning, students learn about science and conservation while creating solutions to help the planet!

More details available here:

http://www.wecanchange.com/

Volunteers are needed for the State and Regional Jury and Team Mentors!  Please contact halleh.landon@esdaz.com if you would like to participate.

CEFPI's School of the Future Design Competition offers an opportunity to illustrate the kind of creativity that students bring to the planning and design process. The competition highlights the importance of well-planned, high performance, healthy, safe and sustainable schools that foster student achievement and enhance community vitality. The annual competition, open to middle school students, challenges student teams to design their schools to enhance learning, conserve resources, be environmentally responsive and engage the surrounding community. The multi-disciplinary solution requires students to follow a planning process from the concept phase to completion of the project, with thorough documentation. The students will present their project to a jury for review.

Learn more here:http://www.cefpi.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3550