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**Green Schools Leadership Institute 2012**  **for 21st Century Learning Environments**  **June 25-28, 2012** ** // "Creating Green & Healthy Places to Learn, Work and Play" // **  [|Linwood Middle School]  25 Linwood Place, North Brunswick Township, NJ (732) 289-3600 ‎ This year, the annual **Green Schools Leadership Summer Institute (GSLI)** will be offered in conjunction with the [|NJ Sustainable Schools Project] , and will be held at the **Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick from June 25-28th.**

The [|NJ Sustainable Schools Project], will be a three-year research study conducted by the [|Educational Information and Resource Center] (ERIC), a public non-profit service agency, and underwritten by a $300,000 grant awarded by the Alliance for Competitive Energy Services (ACES), a statewide energy-buying cooperative for public schools. It aims to cull from schools their success stories and their lessons in not just energy efficiency but also how they teach and set examples of sustainable living in the classroom. The Educational Information and Resource Center and Green Schools Leadership Institute, will be the Project Managers of this grant. For more information go to []

Come join us and become a part of the Green Education Team promoting “sustainability literacy” so that all schools will be environmentally healthy places to learn, work, and play, and all students will be prepared for a world of emerging green collar and Science Technology Engineering & Math careers (STEM).

__**Green School Leadership Institute Components:**__
 * 1) Comprehensive (4-day) Institut**e** where teams from schools work with USGBC industry professionals to learn how to green schools.
 * 2) Online Collaborative Learning Environment

**GSLI Objectives****:**
 * Serve as a collaborative forum to assist educators in greening their schools.
 * Create Green instructional resources that utilize the building as a teaching tool.
 * Utilize Project Based Learning (PBL) to create and implement a green plan for transforming schools.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Integrate existing school content, 21st century skills, and state & national education standards into instructional designs.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Connect schools with green industry vendors.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a healthier learning environment for schools, financial savings for the district, and workforce preparation. Go Green to Save Green!

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">GSLI focuses on six areas in and around a school through which teachers can integrate sustainability into their curriculum.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sustainable Sites
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Water Efficiency
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Energy and Atmosphere
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Materials and Resources
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Indoor Environmental Quality
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Innovation and Design (ID)

** “Healthier Schools, Lower Costs” **

For more info contact: Carol James at cjames@eirc.org

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Download Registration Form <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

**Additional Registration Information** 1. By Mail: Carol James 24 Stony Path Drive Dayton, NJ 08810

2. By Phone: (856) 582-7000 X 170 3. By Fax: (856) 582-4206