Featured School:
American Canyon High, Napa County
Environmentally responsible High School
Savings: $340,000 annually
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Featured School:
Midland School, Los Olivos, CA
Santa Barbara County
All of their water pumping needs come from their solar arrays.
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Featured School:
Windsor High School, Sonoma County
Windsor Union School District
Savings: 386 metric tons CO2e
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Featured School:
Kentfield School District, Marin County
Savings: 154 metric tons CO2
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Featured School:
Chartwell School, Seaside, CA
Certified LEED Platinum for grades 2-11
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The table below lists all of our schools case studies. Click on a heading to sort the table by name, by region, or by their main action area.
| Name | Region | Main Action | Teaser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Unified School District | Central Region | Climate Education |
Collaboration, passion, and a lot of hard work are proving place-based, hands-on science lessons are possible and successful for the small seaside community of Carmel, California. In 1995 the...Read Case Study » |
| Arroyo High School | South Coast Region | Climate Education |
At Arroyo High School, five students led by 2011 Cool California Climate Champion Elaine Lac, started composting in order to produce a viable alternative to commercial compost for the school to...Read Case Study » |
| Ukiah High School | Northern Region | Climate Education |
Members of the Ukiah High School Environmental Club created the Bring Your Own Bag campaign to boost community awareness and involvement in reducing plastic bag use. The BYOBag ‘s goal was...Read Case Study » |
| Menlo-Atherton High School | Bay Area | Climate Education |
A group of 16 Menlo-Atherton High School students, from Atherton, CA, created “Behavior Change or Climate Change”, a curriculum used to educate students about harmful greenhouse gas emissions,...Read Case Study » |
| Midland School | South Coast Region | Save Water |
Since 1932, Midland School has embraced a mission of distinguishing needs from wants at the core of its rigorous college preparatory education. Beginning in 2004-05, consecutive sophomore classes...Read Case Study » |
| Chartwell School | Central Region | Build Green |
Chartwell School, an independent day school serving grades 2 through 11, has demonstrated its dedication to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through...Read Case Study » |
| American Canyon High | Bay Area | Build Green |
When school staff and officials at the Napa Unified School District got together with the Board of Education, they envisioned a campus that offered a dynamic learning environment. With the opening...Read Case Study » |
| Windsor High School | Bay Area | Recycle and Cut Waste |
Windsor Union School District (USD) in Sonoma County is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by creating a learning environment that “prepares...Read Case Study » |
| Wade Thomas Elementary | Bay Area | Recycle and Cut Waste |
Wade Thomas Elementary School has pursued many avenues for becoming greener over the past several years. The “Cool...Read Case Study » |
| Kentfield School District | Bay Area | Use Green Energy |
In 2005 the Kentfield School District— consisting of Bacich Elementary School (K-4) and Kent Middle School (5-8)— became the...Read Case Study » |
| Sacred Heart School | Bay Area | Build Green |
An independent Roman Catholic school serving grades preschool through 12, Sacred Heart School is the first school to obtain LEED Platinum certification under the LEED for Schools program. A...Read Case Study » |
| High Tech High Chula Vista | South Coast Region | Build Green |
High Tech High Chula Vista (HTHCV) is the newest campus to the High Tech High cadre of public charter schools. Students are given a...Read Case Study » |