Back to (Green) School
To complement, and expand on, the themes of Green Schools, the Musuem has developed a series of noontime and evening lectures. These programs will focus on issues of healthy lunches and building systems, to sustainability in higher education institutions, from a variety of perspectives and view points, with opportunities for discussion.
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Please note: The November 6 program, Building in the 21st Century: The SAGE School: A Wise Alternative to Modular Classrooms has been canceled.
Upcoming Programs
Healthy Lunches: Healthy Students
October 23, 2013
A panel discusses the importance of healthy, locally-sourced food menus in school cafeterias and the growing interest in creating vegetable gardens in schoolyards.
Film: Cafeteria Man
November 17, 2013
Cafeteria Man follows Tony Geraci’s sweeping, tenacious efforts to kick-start school lunch reform in Baltimore’s urban school district that serves 83,000 students.
School Siting and Community Building
November 18, 2013
Well designed and thoughtfully located school buildings can enhance educational outcomes for children, support a variety of community and neighborhood goals, and impact the quality of our environment. Matthew Dalbey, director of the Federal and State Division in the Office of Sustainable Communities at the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses methods to incorporate smart land use planning into the decision making process related to educational facilities.
Building Healthy Schools
November 20, 2013
A panel discusses cost, current green strategies in schools ensuring access to daylight, healthy air quality, and the use of green cleaning products.
Building in the 21st Century: Sustainable Universities
December 2, 2013
Chris Wood, AIA, LEED BD+C and Brian Coffield, SmithGroupJJR, discuss the firm’s sustainable higher education work, which includes Indiana University, Purdue University, New York Law School, and the Stephen F. Austin State University.
