Upcoming Events

Websites & Organizations

• GreenBVSD website

• GreenBVSD Action Plan: 2021-2026 - since 2009, BVSD has been creating goals

• GreenBVSD by the numbers  - Read on for facts about BVSD's sustainability initiatives. 

• BVSD Science and Sustainability Partners 

• City of Boulder: Waste Sorting 101 

• Classrooms For Climate Action, Tiffany Boyd

• Sustainable Louisville Colorado, Josh Cooperman

• The Climate Initiative - empowering youth voices to act against climate change

• Smithsonian Voices: How to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day - many great links to inspiring stories about people & conservation

• Smithsonian Learning Lab: Sustainability in Action; Smithsonian Affiliations: Earth Optimism Youth Action

• Shelby's Collection of Websites, Organizations, and Articles 

Articles & Videos

• Teaching for Climate Justice from Rethinking Schools - Included video: A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair 

• K12 EDUCATION AND CLIMATE PROVISIONS IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT   - outlines the potential opportunities in the IRA to support schools, 2022

• BVSD Green Star Schools Are Part of a Regional Effort to Reduce Compost Contamination; October 23, 2022

• Composting in BVSD, Eco-Cycle Message to GSS Community; August, 2022 

• Colorado’s largest compost manufacturer says there’s too much contamination in its organics stream. What does that mean for the future of Boulder’s curbside program?  - Boulder Reporting Lab, 8/5/2022

• Student generated "Eco-Tips"  by Birch EcoClub

• Powers of 10 to the People!  by Mark McCaffrey, 7/27/2021

• TED Talk: How to find joy in climate action by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

• What To Do U: How to Swap Carbon-Polluting Stuff for Clean Stuff , 4/21/22

• Teaching the Past to Improve the Future - Learning for Justice, spring 2022 (connected to Louisville Mural Project)

• Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did  - NPR, 4/22/2019

• The only important cause of the Colorado fires is not a mystery by Nathan Schneider, 1/1/2022

• Boulder Reporting Lab: News around the Marshall Fire

• Greta Thunberg: The world is getting more grim by the day 

• NYT: Climate Forward: More Plastic Trash 

• NYT: Climate Forward: The Plastic Problem

• Climate of Concern - Royal Dutch Shell (1991): What Shell knew and promoted before they joined Exxon and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) as part of the Global Climate Coalition (GCC)

• Frontline's series - Power of Big Oil - how oil companies knew what, when, and how they covered it up.

Book Recommendations:

• The Carbon Almanac: It's Not Too Late; Educators' Guide

• A is for Activist

• We Are Water Protectors