Using environmental education to transform education, enhance student achievement, conserve resources, support national and international education trends, link schools and communities, and build support for environmental education on K–12 campuses

Sessions appropriate to this strand address such topics as:

• Green Schools as a pathway to service learning, student leadership, civic engagement, outdoor learning, and other effective education practices
• Exemplary initiatives for greening the campus and the curriculum, including facilities management practices, district and administrative commitments, and student involvement
• Green Ribbon and other recognition programs
• Advancing the Green Schools movement worldwide
• Promoting interdisciplinary instruction
• Integrating EE into pre-service teacher preparation and in-service professional development