Green Schools Summit

What if every child in America attended a green school? What if the idea of a green school extended beyond the building itself to enlightened education that takes the arts, creativity, and imagination seriously?

Greening America's Schools: Transforming a Bold Vision into Reality

November 7-9, 2010

Sundance, UT

This summit will build on the momentum of the National Green Schools Campaign, which aims to have every child in America attending a green school within a generation, and will leverage the interest and opportunities created by the Mayors' Alliance for Green Schools.

The Redford Center will use its unique facilitation model of civil and open discourse, creativity, and the power of the natural setting in which we gather, to nurture new ideas and solutions and focus the discussion on the following:

Transforming the vision of the National Green Schools Campaign into an actionable planMaking existing school building conversions as viable and attractive as new construction when it comes to green
Ensuring that the definition of a green school goes beyond bricks and mortar, and that it engages students' imaginations while creating healthy living environments for them beyond their school experience

Participants will include U.S. mayors and their superintendents, invited in city-based teams; leading green designers; educators; artists; and green school advocates. They will attend with the goal of implementing action plans and ideas generated during the summit.

Click here for information and reflections on our 2009 Water Summit.

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