FW: Green Ribbon Schools Webinar/Conference Call - Friday, May 6th, 1:00 pm

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From: Danielle Moodie [mailto:Moo...@nwf.org]
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 1:41 PM
To: Danielle Moodie
Cc: Jenna Peters; Patrick Fitzgerald
Subject: Green Ribbon Schools Webinar/Conference Call - Friday, May 6th, 1:00 pm

Dear Green Schools Stakeholders,

Last Tuesday, the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council for Environmental Quality, announced its intentions to create a Green Ribbon Schools program. Modeled after the Blue Ribbon Schools program which recognizes academic distinction, the Green Ribbon Schools program will be a voluntary award, recognizing schools that are demonstrating excellence – or making notable improvement – toward sustainability. Though still in development, the program will evaluate schools across four categories: environmental education; energy efficiency and resource conservation; healthy operations and maintenance; and community engagement and service learning.

Four organizations - the Campaign for Environmental Literacy, Earth Day Network, the National Wildlife Federation and the U.S. Green Building Council - helped mobilize 75 national and state organizations to collectively offer support for the creation of program. Please join representatives from each of these organizations this Friday, May 6, at 1pm EST for a conversation about the scope of Green Ribbon Schools. This call will be an opportunity to learn about our current understanding of the program, ask questions and brainstorm ideas together.

We encourage you to participate via computer in order to view the slides and utilize the interactive platform for Q&A. Please note, when you click the link for attendees, you will be asked to register with your name, email address and affiliation. Once you sign in, you will receive a unique ID number to use to call in by phone.

Event:

Green Ribbon Schools

Event address for attendees:

https://usgbc.webex.com/usgbc/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=751041264

Date and time:

Friday, May 6, 2011 1:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)

Duration:

1 hour

Event number:

751 041 264

Event password:

Gr33n1