Last month I had the opportunity to visit the MUSE School in Southern California. Located in a canyon between Calabasas and Malibu, the setting for the school is idyllic. Founded in 2006 by Suzy Amis Cameron and her sister Rebecca Amis, this marks the first year on the current campus, a 22 acre spread that [...]
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Site Visit: MUSE School (CA)
May 8th, 2012 
Eric Wilson New Educating for Sustainability Website
March 17th, 2012 Eric Wilson It’s not too often that we write about a website let alone a blog, but Antioch University’s Educating for Sustainability (EfS) program has launched a new WordPress site that aims to serve as a clearinghouse for EfS materials. The university (located in New Hampshire) currently offers a Master’s degree for EfS, but this site is [...]
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Tags: Curriculum, Green Schools, Saint Louis Missouri 
No Comments »Study Finds Correlation Between Green Schools and Academic Success
March 15th, 2012 Eric Wilson A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) found a small positive correlation between academic success at schools that employ environmentally conscious practices. These practices are based on a set of core beliefs that have been devised by the Green School National Network (GSNN). The research consisted of a survey sent to [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, News Tags: California, Curriculum, Environment, Green Schools, Video No Comments »March 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
March 1st, 2012 Eric Wilson Numerous events are slated for the United Kingdom this month, including a slew in London. With so many great conferences on U.S. soil though, we highlight a number of those taking place domestically this month. These include a few in Washington D.C., one of which focuses on the military and alternative energy. Check out our [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Calendar, Curriculum, David Orr, Florida, New York City, Washington DC No Comments »Book Review: Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard
October 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Toward the end of the summer I started reading Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea from Chronicle Books. It’s not long, but it is powerful. Waters is the proprietor of Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California that focuses on local, seasonal, and organic ingredients. In addition, Waters is a former teacher at a [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Alice Waters, Book Review, Curriculum, Food, Video No Comments »Sprout City Farms Fundraiser Through September 30th
September 26th, 2011 Guest Author Sprout City Farms (SCF), an urban agriculture nonprofit organization in Denver, Colorado, manages a one-acre organic vegetable and herb farm on the grounds of the Denver Green School (DGS) in SE Denver. DGS is an Early Childhood Education through 8th grade public innovation school within Denver Public Schools, now in its second year. The curriculum [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Guest Authors, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Curriculum, Denver, Green Schools, Organic No Comments »Book Review: Sustainability on Campus
July 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change is a series of vignettes from institutions of higher education around the US. Co-edited by Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and Geoffery Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies (formerly) at Northern Arizona University, the compilation includes chapters from 16 schools, with one each from Barlett [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Curriculum, David Orr, Economy, Emory, Environment, Food No Comments »Princeton Review Reveals List of 311 Green Colleges
June 9th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent guest post talked about 5 primary and secondary schools that are noted for their “green” features. The Princeton Review has updated their list of the 311 institutions of higher learning that are going green. All but three of the schools are in the United States, with Canada making up the difference. To determine [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Bike Sharing, Curriculum, Food, LEED, Organic No Comments »Antioch University: New England’s Educating for Sustainability Masters
March 7th, 2011 Eric Wilson Antioch University in New England offers a Masters in Educating for Sustainability (EfS). The program is open to applicants who are currently educators in public and private school, as well as non-traditional settings. Applicants can come from any subject area, an indication of how sustainability permeates all disciplines in academia. Antioch defines EfS as “a [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: AASHE, Curriculum, Denver, Economics, Environment No Comments »Biomimicry Institute Launches Youth Challenge
November 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson The Biomimicry Institute, a non-profit organization that “promotes the study and imitation of nature’s remarkably efficient designs, bringing together scientists, engineers, architects and innovators who can use those models to create sustainable technologies” has launched their inaugural Biomimicry Youth Challenge. According to their recent press release: The Biomimicry Youth Challenge (BYC) is a unique initiative [...]
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