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National Association of Secondary School Principals
In existence since 1916, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is the preeminent organization of and national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and aspiring school leaders from across the United States and more than 45 countries around the world. The mission of NASSP is to promote excellence in school leadership.
Zerofootprint Foundation
The Zerofootprint Foundation is a not-for-profit whose mission is to apply technology, design, and risk management to the massive reduction of our environmental footprint.Their latest initiative, the Zerofootprint Challenge, engages students and schools to measure their electricity, gas and water consumption through an interactive software tool. Once schools establish a benchmark, they compare themselves to other schools and work towards reducing their environmental impact. The fun begins as schools challenge one another to achieve the largest percentage reduction and engage their communities and governments to match their efforts. So far, hundreds of schools in Canada, the USA and the UK have committed to use the Zerofootprint Challenge application to support green programs and sustainability goals. Eco-Schools USA has partnered with Zerofootprint Foundation to offer Eco-Schools the opportunity to participate in the Zerofootprint Challenge!
McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education is a global provider of educational materials, information and solutions for the Pre-K through 12th grade, Assessment, Higher Education and Professional markets. Being one of the few leaders of the information age whose origins date back to the industrial revolution, McGraw-Hill Education has established themselves as as a leading provider of print and online solutions to help teachers teach and students learn. Environmental responsibility is an integral part of McGraw-Hills overall corporate citizenship, and they strive to minimize their environmental footprint by closely monitoring, and developing strategies to reduce, the environmental impact of their office facilities. McGraw-Hill has partnered with the National Wildlife Federation and NewPage Corporation to pilot a texbook recycling program in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
NewPage Corporation
NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, producing papers used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising. They have committed to actively supporting responsible forestry practices around the world, and have begun looking at the practices used in their paper production that, when scaled internationally, can begin to improve our shared environment. NewPage Corporation has partnered with the National Wildlife Federation and McGraw-Hill to pilot a texbook recycling program in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Amgen
Amgen, a human therapeutics company, is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and to environmental sustainability. They have established forward-thinking programs to ensure environmental compliance, with programs that target conservation of energy and resources, sustainable building designs, waste reduction, recycling, and the use of recycled or renewed products. Both regulatory agencies and local communities where Amgen operates have recognized the Company’s environmental performance. Amgen is also a sponsor of the Eco-Schools USA program, enabling us to reach out to schools in the Seattle, WA area.
Cool School Challenge
The Cool School Challenge is a program of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, developed in collaboration with Redmond High School environmental science teacher Mike Town, and Puget Sound Energy’s Powerful Choices for the Environment program. Conceptually modeled after the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, the Cool School Challenge aims to motivate students, teachers, and school districts to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions schoolwide. At the heart of the Cool School Challenge is the philosophy that big changes start with small steps, and that taken together, simple individual actions create a world of difference. Eco-Schools taking part in the Cool School Challenge can qualify for a bronze level award under the Climate Change Pathway!
Mr. Howard Ruby
Wildlife images featured on Climate Classroom Kids (part of the Climate Change Pathway) were taken by Howard Ruby. Mr. Ruby is a nature photographer, Chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, and a supporter of the National Wildlife Federation. He has spent years traveling around the world to photograph the many amazing wild animals and wild places seen on this site. For his efforts, Mr. Ruby was named the 2007 Conservation Photographer of the Year by NWF. He is passionate about using his photos in creative ways to teach children and adults about the effects of climate change and he has been the driving force behind the creative development of this new website.
Click on the photo to read our interview with Mr. Howard Ruby and see photos of him on location. You can also visit his website, www.howardruby.com to see a preview of other photos that will soon be featured on our site.
Facing the Future
Facing the Future empowers teachers with the resources they need to ignite their students' interest in complex global issues while helping them achieve academically. Their approach is positive and solutions-oriented, and their business model is systemic and leveraged: Facing the Future programming reaches hundreds of thousands of students each year at a cost of less than $2 per student. The National Wildlife Federation has partnered with Facing the Future to recommend lessons and activities related to the Eco-Schools USA pathways.
HSBC Eco-Schools USA Climate Initiative
HSBC, the "world's local bank", and the Eco-Schools International Program are teaming up to empower students to tackle carbon emissions at school. HSBC employees are participating in this initiative as volunteers, from fourteen countries around the world including HSBC North America in the United States.
SchoolTube
Eco-Schools USA has partnered with SchoolTube, a media-sharing website for students and educators. It is safe, world-class, FREE, and nationally endorsed by premier education associations. Eco-Schools USA is one of the many channels that SchoolTube offers. You can upload cool videos about what your school is doing as part of the Eco-Schools USA program!
The Climate Project US
The Climate Project US is a movement established by Al Gore in the wake of interest following the launch of the film An Inconvenient Truth. Its aim is to educate and challenge citizens and governments into action against the growing crisis of global warming. Its first initiative was the training of 1,000 citizens across the US to present the information delivered in An Inconvenient Truth to audiences across the country. The National Wildlife Federation was The Climate Project's training partner and developed a high school curriculum based on An Inconvenient Truth. This curriculum is included in the Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Pathway.
Sunwise School Program
Eco-Schools USA has partnered with the Sunwise School Program, an environmental and health education program that aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. Through the use of classroom-, school-, and community-based components, SunWise seeks to develop sustained sun-safe behaviors in schoolchildren.
Recognizing the many issues schools are asked to address daily, SunWise was developed with the needs of schools and educators in mind. The program was designed to provide maximum flexibility elements and can be used as stand-alone teaching tools or to complement existing school curricula. The time commitment necessary to implement SunWise is minimal, while the potential payoff in lower skin cancer rates - and other health benefits in the future - is high.
FTL Solar
FTL Solar is the world's leading manufacturer of integrated solar structures and fabrics. FTL Solar in association with NWF and Warner Bros. recently donated a FTL Solar PowerMod, a freestanding 10X10 self-sustaining solar powered structure to the Boston Latin School, Boston, MA for winning the Eco-Schools USA "Green Wishes" competition. This innovative structure integrates a solar array capable of turning sunlight into electricity and producing 1 kilowatt hour per day. The Boston Latin School plans on utilizing their new Solar PowerMod as part of their developing Green Roof Initiative. Similar structures are in use as relief shelters, command centers, military bases, medical units, temporary housing, research posts and energy pods for small villages as a source of sustainable and secure renewable power and shelter.
Reuseit.com
Reuseit.com has empowered hundreds of thousands of customers to reduce, reuse & save since its launch in 2003. It's a place where you will find our family of "best of the best" reusables available in many categories so you can eliminate disposables from every part of your life -- from bags and bottles to lunch, household items and beyond. An authentic, triple-bottom-line company, reuseit.com supports Fair Trade Practices and donates one percent of all sales to environmental causes through 1% For the Planet. To date, reuseit.com has empowered its 250,000+ customers to eliminate nearly 1 billion use-and-toss items.
If you're interested in being an Eco-Schools USA partner or supporter, please contact Ms. Meri-Margaret Deoudes, Senior Director, Corporate Relations, email: DeoudesM@nwf.org