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Many elements are interconnected and function together to create the natural and productive living system that is your garden. Look to the end of this activity guide for additional lesson plans, activity guides, and videos that can help you bring together soil, water, habitat, food, and community to explore your dynamic garden ecosystems.

This lesson uses an online building performance data platform to explore how schools use water, the relationship between water use and greenhouse gas emissions, and the differences in water use between an average school and a high-performance green school.

This lesson uses an online building performance data platform to explore how schools create waste, the relationship between waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions, and the differences in waste management between an average school and a high-performance green school.

Celebrate all that you’ve accomplished over the course of the week alongside some new friends from across the country.

Set goals for yourself by considering input from your peers, creating an advocacy plan, and shooting a short video to explain your next steps.

Apply your knowledge by getting out into your neighborhood, photographing and writing about what you see, and proposing a few changes you think would make it better.

Deepen your knowledge by learning how city planners and leaders make decisions, researching what your city or town has been doing, and refining your city model based on what you’ve learned.

Get inspired by exploring sustainable cities around the world, understanding what makes them special, and building your own city model.