AUSD's Green Schools Programs
Media Mentions
AUSD: "LMS and ASTI Named Green Ribbon Schools" (10/25/2018)
AUSD: "Edison Otters Honored for Anti-Straw Efforts" (04/18/2018)
Ten Strands: "Reflections on the Alameda Elementary Environmental Literacy Summer Institute 2017"
AUSD: Bay Farm School Wins Green Ribbon Award"
AUSD: "AUSD Green Schools Program Wins Golden Bell Award" (10/22/2014)
Presentations
"Toward a Vision of Environmental Literacy" (ACSA, January 2018)
Partnering to Improve Science Teaching, Leading to Strengthen Science Planning (November, 2015)
Introduction
AUSD's green schools program includes several different strands, including the Green Schools Challenge (a recycling and composting program); school gardens; environmental literacy; and Ocean Guardian schools.
Green Schools Challenge
Since 2009, the Alameda Green Schools Challenge has focused on maintaining a robust recycling and food compost program. Under the program, which is run by parent volunteers, students, and teachers, school site waste is sorted into green bins (for food scraps and soiled paper), blue bins (for glass, paper, aluminum, and certain kinds of plastic), and gray bins (for trash that needs to be landfilled). The program, which has vastly reduced the amount of trash going to landfill, won a state Golden Bell award in 2014.
Environmental Literacy
AUSD's Environmental Literacy program includes professional development, curricula, and a strong focus on ocean and bay science, watershed protection, and ecology and biodiversity awareness.
Links
Green Ribbon Schools
- Alameda Science and Technology Institute
- Bay Farm School
- Lincoln Middle School
Ocean Guardian Designees
- Alameda Unified School District
- Earhart Elementary School
- Lincoln Middle School
- Wood Middle School
Golden Bell Award (2014)
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AUSD Green Schools: Helping Students Make A Difference
