2025 Green Schools Conference - Golden Grove Media
Making green schools a reality
The annual Green Schools Conference (GSC) 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.
View the 2024 post-show report
GSC is presented by the Center for Green Schools in partnership with the Green Schools National Network.
2025 Program Advisors
- Riliwan Abioye
- Fran Agnone
- Olukayode Apata
- Rebecca Baibak
- Richard Benjamin
- Olufunke Benson
- Gabriella Bermea
- Paul Bocko
- Lorna Bravo
- Lori Brown
- Sarah Chatel
- Tony Colaneri
- Robert Douglass
- Michelle Faggert
- Lauren Flood
- Karin Goldmark
- Emily Guerra
- Brendan Haggerty
- Jessica Hawkins
- Jill Heins Nesvold
- Meredith Hendricks
- Samantha Hudson
- Sarah Koning
- Laurel Kruke
- Shivani Langer
- Stephanie Omakwu
- Esther Oyedele
- Annie Perkins
- Suraj Rahmon
- Urmi Ray
- Deborah Rogers
- Sionainn Rudek
- Edouard Salomon
- Jon Schroeder
- Deborah Stadler
- Mark Swiger
- Timothy Unruh
- Pegah Zamani
- Co-Chair: Anisa Heming, Center for Green Schools
- Co-Chair: Jenny Seydel, Green Schools National Network
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Best of Green Schools Awards
The Center for Green Schools and the Green Schools National Network are proud to present the Best of Green Schools Awards, which celebrate the hard work being done by people, schools, campuses and organizations to advance the green schools movement.
The 2025 award winners were celebrated during the Best of Green Schools Awards Luncheon at the Green Schools Conference.
Sustainability at GSC
Sustainability is the foundation of the Green Schools Conference (GSC). The GSC sustainability program addresses environmental impact through seven objectives.
Seven objectives of the GSC sustainability program
- Move toward a zero-waste event
- Increase stakeholder education and engagement
- Improve sustainable sourcing
- Improve performance tracking
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Positively impact communities
- Catalyze the advancement of green building initiatives and sustainable operations within the hospitality industry
2025 goals
- Encourage, celebrate, and facilitate attendees’ commitments to making sustainable choices onsite.
- Source 35% or more of the event’s food & beverage regionally (within 500 miles) and ensure all event materials are sustainably sourced
- Set baseline goals for future events by reporting on 2025 actuals related to food & beverage sourcing and waste diversion
- Increase education around sustainable attendee travel, and support carpooling and shuttling efforts
- Build a bridge between conference partners to increase sustainable operations in the City of Orlando
- Support the local community through donations and inclusion of biophilic elements
2025 Partners
