Recent DPS Stories of Sustainability
Gigia Kolouch – Nutrition & Garden Champion
Dec 16th, 2020 – Gigia Kolouch – Sustainability Champion The Sustainability Champion series highlights the people forging garden and sustainability pathways in Denver Public Schools. Gigia is among the pioneer garden champions that planted, nurtured and tended the...
Sustainability Education Survey
Help Us Best Support You To better understand the current state of sustainability education, including the intersection of racial, social and environmental justice, the Sustainability Team has partnered with Dr. Christina Foust (Associate Professor of Communication...
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day from Home!
Wednesday April 22nd is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970, a call to action that potentially has even greater meaning today than it did then. And while the planned Earth Day marches have been cancelled, events and other actions have transitioned...
Join YSB virtually for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day!
The Youth Sustainability Board is hosting a DIBY (Do it by Yourself) Virtual Earth Day Zoom call on Sunday 4/19 from 2-4 PM. Kids, experts, and others will be sharing what they are doing from their homes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Make a positive...
Greenwood Academy wins Re:New Our Schools Competition
December 15, 2019 7th and 8th graders at Greenwood Academy participated in an energy savings contest where we attempted to reduce the amount of energy usage in our school. The goal of the Re:New Our Schools contest was to save as much energy as we could while gaining...
Greenwood Academy builds solar ovens
Fall 2019 Putting the “E” in STEAM Education! Each One Teach One students worked beside Engineer Joe Callahan, founder of Energilab, to build solar ovens to use the sun’s energy for cooking. The sun is a clean, renewable energy source that preserves the planet for...
Fall Energy Competition – Renew Our Schools
This fall, DPS schools are participating in Renew Our Schools, a national energy conservation competition, for a chance to win $2500. The competition starts October 21st and runs until December 13th. It is a program of Resource Central, a Boulder, CO non-profit that...
Honey Bees at School
Honey bees are crucial for many important agriculture crops but are threatened by a variety of environmental threats, including climate change and pesticides. Are you interested in having bee hives at your school? Raising bees helps create important connections...