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GSC ’24 has sessions on outdoor learning spaces, indoor air quality programs

Hourlong sessions on transforming outdoor spaces for learning and implementing indoor air quality programs are among the offerings at the next Green Schools Conference, taking place March 5-7 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Now in its 14th year, the Green Schools Conference “brings together everyone involved in creating and advocating for green schools, with a focus on those leading their schools and school systems toward whole school sustainability,” according to its website.…

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N.J.’s Office of Climate Change Education is a first in the U.S.

On Sept. 26, Gov. Phil Murphy, wife Tammy Murphy and the New Jersey Department of Education announced the establishment of the Office of Climate Change Education.

This initiative — the first of its kind in the United States, per a press release from the governor’s office — will exist within the NJDOE’s Office of Innovation and be led by Sarah Sterling-Laldee, a longtime science teacher in Paterson and New Brunswick schools.…

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