Whole School Sustainability
Starts Here.

The Whole School Sustainability dashboard enables you to benchmark, track, plan and collaborate for holistic school sustainability.

"START will enable schools to create quantifiable change in the areas of climate and sustainability, health and wellness, equity and inclusion, and economic efficiency."

- Robert Watson, Founder of LEED™

Join the Community

Join the Community to connect with other school sustainability champions, and discover resources for driving sustainability and regeneration at your school.

Student Climate & Conservation Congress (Sc3)

Sc3 empowers student sustainability leaders with skills, knowledge and tools to address climate change and other environmental challenges, and become change-makers in their schools and communities.

Annually in June-July

 Whether you're a K-12 student, teacher, administrator, staff member, or district sustainability professional, the Green Schools Alliance can support and strengthen your sustainability action.

Learn about our programs for:

How can we educate and empower today’s students to thrive in a changing world?

What can we do now to protect and regenerate the planet they will inherit?

How can our school become part of the transition to a sustainable, equitable and climate-resilient future?

Testimonials

  • "When the New York City Department of Education adopted its ambitious sustainability agenda, we needed to make a strong public statement about the importance of climate stewardship. The fact that the Alliance was created by schools and for schools made it the logical partner for recognizing our unique position as educators in this effort."

    — John Shea, NYC DOE Division of School Facilities, NY

  • "As the first off grid, solar powered elementary public school in the country, we have devoted significant resources to our having a zero carbon footprint. But we are small and remotely rural, serving communities on the Navajo Nation in Arizona and without the Alliance, which is founded by schools for schools, it is difficult to have the connections to learn from others and share what we have learned in the process. The Alliance also provides a common language for all schools seeking to be Green, giving us a platform for schools, rural as well as urban, to set and achieve meaningful goals that make sense in our unique settings.”

    — Mark Sorensen, President, STAR School, Flagstaff, Arizona

  • "'Going green' means so many things to different people, and despite our genuine commitment to sustainability, we were having difficulty focusing our efforts. Working with the Alliance has allowed us to find a community of like-minded schools and set challenging, but reasonable, goals. The Alliance's suggested benchmarks lent credibility to our efforts with our parents and board and helped us hold ourselves accountable."

    — Julian Bull, Headmaster Campbell Hall School, CA

The Green Schools Alliance is an official member of UNESCO’s Greening Education Partnership, a collaborative that aims to deliver strong, coordinated and comprehensive action that will prepare every learner to acquire the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to tackle climate change and to promote sustainable development.