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Research Summary: What is a green school? Understanding stewardship, well-being, and sustainability education
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- Frontiers in Education
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- 3 October 2026
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Research into the concept of 'green schools' highlights a multi-faceted approach encompassing health, wellness, outdoor education, and resource stewardship. The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) framework provides a detailed model, emphasizing reduced environmental impact, improved health and wellness, and effective environmental and sustainability education.
Why it matters
This framework offers a comprehensive model for integrating environmental sustainability and well-being into institutional operations and educational programming. It underscores the strategic value of holistic approaches to resource management and human capital development in educational settings.
Key insights
- The green school concept integrates health, wellness, outdoor education, and resource stewardship.
- The ED-GRS framework defines green schools through three pillars: reducing environmental impacts, improving health and wellness, and offering effective environmental and sustainability education.
- Reducing environmental impacts includes facilities, transportation, grounds, and operational efficiencies.
- Improving health and wellness covers air quality, learning environment, school nutrition, and outdoor physical activity.
- Sustainability education focuses on hands-on, real-world learning, civic engagement, and STEM.
- Analysis of 769 ED-GRS award recipients underpins this understanding.
Source
Frontiers in Education — https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2026.1930082
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