Education Content Partners
We gratefully acknowledge the following partner organizations that contribute content, ideas and knowledge to these pages.
The Center for Ecoliteracy, (www.ecoliteracy.org), is a public foundation, located in Berkeley, CA, whose mission is education for sustainable living. It has been a pioneer in providing tools, reasoning, and support for combining hands-on experience in the natural world with curricular innovation in K–12 education. The Center administers a grant program, presents at regional and national meetings of educators and change makers, and publishes extensively online and in print through its own imprint and other media. The Center offers seminars and technical assistance in support of systemic change, convenes networks of its grantees, sponsors projects, and administers donor-advised funds.
The Green Schools Initiative, (www.greenschools.net), was founded in 2004 by parent-environmentalists who were shocked by how un-environmental their kids’ schools were and mobilized to improve the environmental health and ecological sustainability of schools in the U.S. We believe it is essential to protect children’s health – at school and in the world beyond school – and we work to catalyze and support “green” actions by kids, teachers, parents, and policymakers to eliminate toxics, use resources sustainably, create green spaces and buildings, serve healthy food, and teach stewardship. We are working to leverage the schools sector to transform the school environment – and the markets that supply schools – to improve health and sustainability. Using the Precautionary Principle as our policy foundation, we are advocating that school boards and state policymakers develop comprehensive action plans and build the local capacity to implement these plans.
The Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, (www.aashe.org) is a membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the U.S. and Canada. Our mission is to promote sustainability in all sectors of higher education - from governance and operations to curriculum and outreach - through education, communication, research and professional development. Businesses, NGO's, and government agencies can participate as AASHE partner members.
The Biomimicry Institute (www.biomimicryinstitute.org) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to naturalize biomimicry in the culture by promoting the transfer of ideas, designs, and strategies from biology to sustainable human systems design.
