We’ve published a few pieces on environmental initiatives of eastern boarding schools (Green Cup Challenge) and, not to ignore western schools, we just learned that Cate School hosted the Schools Going Green Conference back on January, 15th.

Faculty and students from 15 school convened for a day-long conference exploring the successes and future of campus environmental initiatives and policies. Participants explored and shared ideas on how to reduce each school’s and each individual’s environmental impact- realizing that, sometimes, reducing consumption and creating changes requires discomfort.

“Our environmental club took on a militant approach,” said one teacher in another group discussion. “We shut down half the school power and water and blocked off walkways for the better part of a day. Everyone was uncomfortable, if not irritated with that,” she chuckled, “But that’s the point. We’d all be uncomfortable if we started losing the resources we take for granted.” Teachers shared the many initiatives at their schools and took notes on how their peer schools implemented their own campus-wide environmental efforts. ” (Schools Going Green Conference at Cate School)