The Green Room: Student Sustainability Conferences

by: Amanda Beckrich

A day-long conference can be a perfect student-centered sustainability project. Not only is it a great way to get students together to discuss their ideas for sustainability in schools, but it also creates an alternative format that appeals to students and adults alike. The author’s former school, St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School, hosts a highly successful annual sustainability conference. She hopes that reading about this conference inspires you to have your students participate in a similar conference—or even host one yourself in the future.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2011Stock # tst11_078_02_12Volume 078Issue 02

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