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    School located at a solar power plant in Japan drinks green juice

    Posted on July 25, 2014 by gavril

    What better way is there to teach the younger generation about the wonders of renewable energy than to hold classes at a solar power plant, right? The Facility for Ecology Education built in Japan thinks similarly and is educating the … Continue reading3 →

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    Hong Kong’s Sing Yin Secondary School crowned the Greenest School on Earth

    Posted on November 12, 2013 by gavril

    Going green doesn’t cost much and all it needs is the heart and mind in the right place! One low-income school in Hong Kong recently proved this by being titled as one of the Greenest Schools on Earth by the … Continue reading3 →

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    Hotchkiss School uses cleaner biomass burners to go green

    Posted on May 3, 2013 by gavril

    A school in the United States recently decided to cut short its power bills and came up with a smart strategy to do the same. The Hotchkiss School replaced its oil-burning boiler with woodchip biomass ones, subsequently reducing its energy … Continue reading3 →

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    NRG Launches Solar Installation in New Orleans School

    Posted on February 11, 2013 by iona

    NRG Energy Inc has unveiled a solar photovoltaic installation at the new NRG Playground. Taking centre stage at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans, the installation is intended to enhance the … Continue reading3 →

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    New York elementary school by SCA is the first to have net zero energy status

    Posted on February 28, 2011 by gavril

    The City of New York is rushing towards the greener side, and right up ahead leading the way is the School Construction Authority (SCA) that has kept itself busy building eco-friendly and environment-friendly buildings all along. The Local Law 86 … Continue reading3 →

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    German tank armory turned into a solar powered school

    Posted on August 29, 2010 by gavril

    Its time we drop the guns and work towards a better and greener future. An armory in Germany did so, in Wolfhagen, quickly changing colors and pushing out the guns to play home to learning and education instead. The armory … Continue reading3 →

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    A schoolyard that generates power, collects rainwater and sorts waste

    Posted on January 25, 2010 by shvveta

    Here is one schoolyard that teaches with a difference. Edible schoolyard along with Work AC and the Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Foundation has designed a new schoolyard that has a series of interlinked sustainable systems where the building will produce … Continue reading3 →

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    First-ever green school demonstrates eco-education from the core

    Posted on January 6, 2009 by deepa

    I believe that education does start at home but when I came across this eco-friendly school, I beg to change my view. Eco-education starts at the first ever green school – Ysgol-y-Graig at Anglesey, North Wales. Erected out of sustainable … Continue reading3 →

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