Sustainable Schools Symposium
*Online Feedback Form*
Over 300 individuals attended the 2009 Sustainable Schools Symposium on Friday, February 27, 2009 at Joliet Central High School. Attendees from around the state and from as far as Iowa included teachers, school superintendents and principals, parents, school board members, facility managers, custodians, education advocates, State employees, school architects, non-profit professionals, and student environmental leaders.
The symposium featured ways to make schools sources of environmental innovation and inspiration, showcasing best practices from schools and organizations throughout the state. Topics covered at the symposium included school renovation and construction policies, walkable school location, school transportation, energy efficiency and renewable energy, water conservation, green cleaning and indoor air quality, sustainable food purchasing, green curriculum, and school-community projects to address climate change.
Agenda
~Click on the links below to see Speaker Presentations~
School Siting Report Presentation
Royce Yeater, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Jon Zirkle, Office of Governor Pat Quinn
Mary Filardo, 21st Century Schools Fund
Morning Plenary Session - Greening Existing School Facilities and Operations
Joseph Clair, Illinois Institute of Technology/US Green Building Council - Chicago
Owen Read, Active Transportation Alliance
Breakout Session I
Greening Curriculum Standards
Timothy Collins, PhD, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
Jennifer Schwarz Ballard, Chicago Botanic Garden + Ray Coleman, St. Monica Academy
Walking to School in Illinois: Benefits, Strategies, & Case Studies
Russell Pietrowiak, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Ed Hanna, Rock Island Neighborhood Partners School-Community Task Force
David Rockwell, Rock Island-Milan School District 41
Water: Indoor and Outdoor Water Best Practices
Michael Lopez, Valley View School District
Tim Holzworth, Fox River Country Day School
Waste, Recycling, and Composting Programs
Suzanne Carlson, Chicago Public Schools District 299
Brett Ivers, Illinois Zero Waste Schools Grant Program (DCEO)
Sustainable Schools Meet & Greet: Networking, Idea-Sharing, and Goal Setting
Jon Zirkle, Governor's Office - presentation and working group notes
Breakout Session II
Experiential Environmental Learning
Jessica Prince, EEAI/Forest Preserve District of Will County
Alison Kate Varty, Loyola University Chicago
Green Cleaning & Indoor Air Quality: Health and Educational Performance Benefits
Mark Bishop, Healthy Schools Campaign
Cesar Santoy, United Neighborhood Organization Charter School Network
Sustainable Food: Adding Local and Organic Food Offerings
Micheline Piekarski, Oak Park / River Forest High School
Tessa Bergan, Organic School Project
Collaborative Environmental Programs: District-Wide and School + Community Projects
Harry Hendrickson, Illinois Science Teachers Association
Elizabeth Woods and Gary Swick, Dundee Crown High School
Energy: Reductions, Retrofits, and Renewables
David Baker, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Jack Harrier, Danville School District 118
Brad Cox, Erie Community Unit School District 1
Closing Speaker
Leave No Child Inside and the Outdoor Bill of Rights
Peggy Stewart, Chicago Park District/EEAI
Questions?
Please Contact:
Jon Zirkle
Phone: (312) 814-2094
Email: Jonathon.Zirkle@Illinois.gov