This June, in Atlanta, GA, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) will host the Institute for Leadership in Sustainability.  According to their site, the conference will cover “a broad range of sustainability issues” including:

• Climate Change and Independent Schools;
• Assessing Sustainability on Campus: Building Green;
• Sustainability in the Curriculum;
• Going Green and Saving Green;
• Sustainable Transportation;
• Waste Reduction and Recycling;
• Sustainable Food Services; and
• Communicating Sustainability.

Schools, both public and independent, have an opportunity and responsibility to educate students for a future with limited materials, energy, and resources. NAIS has been working to develop its Sustainability Leadership Institute for several years, educating independent school educators and administrators. Several guest speakers, with various levels of expertise in educating for sustainability, will present at the conference. The chair of the Institute, Wynn Calder, is director of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future and principal of Sustainable Schools LLC (DC).

- Eric Wilson