Recent DPS Stories of Sustainability
State Proposed Budget includes $150 Million for electric school buses
See Gov. Jared Polis and DPS students discuss the benefits of retiring diesel buses and replacing them with electric. 9News reports.
Maxwell Elementary receives Westerra grant
Jessie Whaley Maxwell Elementary School received a Westerra Credit Union grant to renovate the school garden and add perennial fruit and vegetable plants. The garden at Maxwell was developed through a partnership with Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) and the school. A...
Energy Performance Contract Launch
Denver Public Schools and McKinstry Launch Energy Performance Contract Project to improve learning environments and student and staff comfort while reducing utility and operations costs at more than two dozen school buildings. McKinstry and Denver Public Schools, in...
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...