STRATEGIC PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CONTENT PARTNERS ALLIES

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Collaboration for High Performance Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to making schools better places to learn. They provide resources to schools, school districts, and professionals about all aspects of high-performance school design, construction, and operation.

Noveda Technologies is an innovative leader in real-time, web-based energy and water monitoring. Noveda also offers real-time collaboration tools that leverage social media to educate and empower stakeholder communities and make the smart grid a reality today.

Missouri Green Schools provides tools and resources for K-12 schools in Missouri to set and track environmental, health, and sustainability education goals that lead to recognition and cost savings for a wellness-focused future, with additional support provided for schools serving under-resourced students.

ClimateScience creates and distributes reliable, fun, and accessible educational resources on solutions to climate change. They reach tens of thousands of students and professionals every month.

Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12

Negotiatus is the technology company that powers the GSA Purchasing Solution, providing productivity software and order fulfillment to save businesses and schools time and money.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Their National Conservation Training Center is the location of the Alliance's week-long student leadership training program.

INTERNATIONAL COORDINATORS

Green School Alliance Chile is the Alliance's first international chapter. Their dream is to unite schools through a web platform in which each student or school can access information and projects or simply share visions on a healthy lifestyle, ecological that promotes sustainable actions with the environment and all living things. The Chile chapter is planning one-on-one outreach to Chilean schools, day-long youth climate summits, and a conference based on the Student Conservation Corps & Congress in the 2017 school year.

Maria's Public School (MPS) in Guwahati, Assam, India, is the Alliance's first National Coordinating School. MPS is run by Maria’s Public Educational Trust, teaches co-ed students grades 1-12 in a biologically diverse and bio-geographically critical region of Northeast India. MPS will serve as a mentor to new member schools in India, host regional GSAx events, and assist the Alliance in developing international student and educator training programs.

Global SEnSE is an international affiliate for the Alliance in Singapore. Their mission is to support the development of the social enterprise ecosystems in Singapore and its surrounding region with an innovative youth leadership program. SEnSE stands for Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Ecosystem, providing support to those building sustainable business models.

CONTENT PARTNERS

Greening Forward is a youth-driven, youth-led, and youth-imagined environmental organization. Through grants, mentorships, an annual International Young Environmentalists Youth Summit, and other programs, Greening Forward provides the tools and resources for young people to take what they know and put it into action. They have created Youth Leadership Guides to help students make a difference in their schools and communities.

Beyond Green Consulting believes that energy conservation can and should improve the bottom line. Their mission is to help people evaluate energy saving projects in the context of their peers. They created the Going Green to $ave Green video series for energy education distributed exclusively on this website.

ForestNation is the Alliance's exclusive green school fundraising partner. The Alliance and ForestNation challenge schools and students to grow their own trees and inspire people in their community to do the same. Schools can use the tree kits as a lesson, resource, or fundraising campaign.

Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) is a business association of the energy efficiency industry. NEEC’s mission is to promote policies and programs that enhance market opportunities for energy efficiency. NEEC provides the Building Operator Certification training found on our website.

ALLIES

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis through online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers worldwide.

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education empowers higher education to lead the sustainability transformation by providing resources, professional development, and a network of support.

Association for Learning Environments (Formerly CEFPI) is the primary advocate and resource for excellence in student learning environments. We serve those who use, plan, design, construct, maintain, equip and operate educational facilities.

Audubon mobilizes the strength of its network of members, Chapters, Audubon Centers, state offices and dedicated professional staff to connect people to nature and to empower individuals and students to protect it. Audubon Adventures is just one of their education programs geared towards lower school children to educate them about biological diversity.

U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools implements the vision of green schools for everyone within this generation, and drives change in how we design, construct and operate our schools and campuses through LEED for schools and other related instructional resources.

Children & Nature Network is leading a movement to connect all children, their families and communities to nature through innovative ideas, evidence-based resources and tools, broad-based collaboration and support of grassroots leadership.

The Clinton Foundation's Clinton Climate Initiative advances solutions to core issues driving climate change through a holistic approach, addressing the major sources of GHG emissions and the people, policies, and practices that impact them.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.

North American Association for Environmental Education has promoted excellence in environmental education throughout North America and the world for more than four decades. We are dedicated to strengthening the field of environmental education and increasing the visibility and efficacy of the profession.

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a membership organization whose mission is to be the national voice of independent schools and the center for collective action on their behalf.

National Business Officers Association (NBOA) is the national voice of independent school business officers. Through programs, online tools, and research on emerging issues, NBOA develops solutions for effective and sustainable operations.

National Environmental Education Foundation embraces the idea that environmental issues can only be solved if all Americans understand how they play a role in addressing these 21^st century problems. They implement broad public awareness and engagement campaigns, which showcase how simple everyday actions based on sound environmental knowledge can lead to huge impacts.

Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

Parent Teacher Association® mission and overall purpose is “To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.” A powerful voice for children, Members work toward PTA's goal of a quality education and nurturing environment for every child.

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives and others committed to science education.

Second Nature's mission is to create a sustainable society by transforming higher education and accelerating movement toward a healthy, just, and sustainable future.

The Zayed Global High School Prize is a new prize category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The primary aim of this prize is to inspire future generations across the globe by instilling an ethos of sustainability from an early age, including an appreciation of issues in energy, and broader sustainability.