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Phase 1 of the Minnesota GreenStep Schools program planning was a project called, "Minnesota GreenStep Schools Sustainable Best Practices Framework." It was led by the Institute on the Environment with a team of partners and was funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency through an Environmental Assistance Grant.
Minnesota GreenStep Schools Sustainable Best Practices Framework Phase I
Minnesota GreenStep Schools Sustainable Best Practices Framework Phase I
OVERALL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
OVERALL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Program Design Overview as of Phase 1
Minnesota GreenStep Schools Sustainable Best Practices Framework Phase I
Minnesota GreenStep Schools Sustainable Best Practices Framework Phase I
FRAMEWORK
FRAMEWORK
Program Design Document as of Phase 1
Phase I Team:
Phase I Team:
Funding: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Funding: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Phase 1 of the project is funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) through an Environmental Assistance Grant.
- Philipp Muessig, Grant Manager, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Grant Development Team
Grant Development Team
Lead: University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment (IonE)
Lead: University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment (IonE)
- Project manager, Beth Mercer-Taylor
- Lead Researcher, Jonee Kulman Brigham
- Evaluation, Gill Roehrig (Also STEM Ed Advisor)
Stakeholder Engagement: US Green Building Council, Green Schools Coalition
Stakeholder Engagement: US Green Building Council, Green Schools Coalition
(Also Green Building Advisors)
- Stephanie Leonard
- Sheri Brezinka
Advisory Group (as of Phase 1)
Advisory Group (as of Phase 1)
- Chuck Bennett
- Meg Cavalier, River's Edge Academy
- Barrett Colombo, Education and Policy Initiatives, (IonE), U of MN
- Linda Countryman
- Erin Driscoll, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Richard Graves, Center for Sustainable Building Research, U of MN
- Jothsna Harris, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
- Thomas Hoff, SW Service Cooperatives
- Jeff Ledermann, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Alison Lindburg, (prior) Fresh Energy
- Peter Lindstrom, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), U of MN
- Tom McDougall, The Weidt Group
- Mollie Miller
- Paul Moss, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- John Olson, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)
- Melissa Pawlisch, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), U of MN
- Shannon Pinc, City of St. Louis Park
- Kristen Poppleton, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
- SciMath MN
- Jennifer Schmitt, NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise, U of MN
- Cheri Schneider, The Weidt Group
- Tim Smith, NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise, U of MN
- Daniel Tranter, Minnesota Department of Health
- Kathy Wallace, Principal, Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.
- Leslie Wilson, Department of Environmental Services, Carver County
- Christine Wroblewski, Teamworks International
National:
National:
- Jennifer Seydel, Green Schools National Network
Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin:
Green & Healthy Schools Wisconsin:
- Victoria Rydberg, WI Department of Public Education
- Cindy Koepke, WI Department of Natural Resources
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