Classrooms

Are you a teacher or a school interested in making sustainable living education a priority? At Urban Green Lab, we work together with you to create a plan for teaching the basics of sustainable living that inspires, empowers, and moves your students to lifelong action. No matter your grade or subject, we organize, train, and connect cohorts of 3-5 teachers in K-12 public and private schools known as “Sustainable Classroom Professionals” who explore how best to integrate sustainable living principles into the fabric of your curricula year-round, but also into the mission, values, and culture of your academic institutions.

Classrooms includes regular teacher professional development for schools and districts, personalized cohort trainings, access to standards-aligned sustainable living curricula, and year-round guidance. The Division also includes our own Sustainable Classrooms Curriculum, created in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education, and a digital app for students to investigate their own household waste prevention opportunities with their families. Classrooms is a crossroads of project-based learning, social emotional learning, civic leadership, and the four “Cs” of STEAM education.

Urban Green Lab also partners with the U.S. Green Building Council to certify teachers as Green Classrooms Professionals, helping advance their careers, credibility, and confidence.

Interested in training for you, your school, or your district? Click here or contact Diana Andrew at classrooms@urbangreenlab.org and see current offerings below.