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# U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, Districts, and Postsecondary Institutions to be Recognized

# U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, Districts, and Postsecondary Institutions to be Recognized

**Contact:  **press@ed.gov

**Event Date 1 : **August 8, 2023 - 9:30am

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Representatives  from the 2023 U.S.  Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary  Sustainability Awardees will be honored in a ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 8 in  Washington, D.C.

The awardees  will be recognized for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impacts  and costs, promote better health, and ensure effective sustainability and  environmental education. Representatives from the awardees will receive  sustainably crafted plaques and banners in recognition of their achievements.  The event will be sponsored by the Spencer Foundation.

Across the country,  26 schools, 11 districts, and four postsecondary institutions will be honored  for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs,  improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education. In  addition, Alexandria Roe, vice president for capital planning and budget  for the University of Wisconsin System, will be recognized for her efforts to  advance school sustainability.

The honorees were named in April from a pool of candidates nominated by  18 states. The list of all selected schools, districts, colleges, and  universities, as well as their nomination packages, can be found here. A report with highlights on the honorees can be found here. More information on the federal recognition award,  including the “Three  Pillars” of the award, can be found here. Resources for all schools to move toward the Three  Pillars can be found here.

During the  recognition ceremony, Deputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten also will  announce the 2023 Green Strides Tour “Schools for Climate Solutions.” The Green  Strides Tour, which will take place in California this September, provides an  opportunity for the Department to bring additional attention to honorees’  achievements in whole school sustainability, so that other schools may learn  from them.

To further bolster  school infrastructure, the Department is accepting applications until Aug. 18  for the Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI)  grant, which will address sustainable school practices. This state capacity  building program will bolster several of the lowest capacity states in school  facilities to support their highest-need school districts. Grant announcements  for both the SASI and the National  Center on School Infrastructure are  anticipated in the fall.

In addition, this  year the Department engaged the non- and for-profit private sector by leading  an infrastructure and sustainability  challenge, encouraging partners to  make commitments to supporting healthy, sustainable, equitable school  infrastructure, environmental education, and environmental justice and climate  goals in schools.

More than 30  organizations submitted their bold actions as commitments, with pledges ranging  from workers unions to the for-profit private sector, to regional and national  non-profit organizations, to individual school districts. Some of the national,  state, and local commitments received by the Department can be viewed here.

Commitments are  part of the ED Infrastructure and Sustainability initiative that promote  equitable access to healthy, safe, sustainable, 21st-century school  facilities, and environmental sustainability education through several  communication and outreach strategies. Learn more about the initiative, resources that are available for all, and keep up to date  with national school sustainability news.

The event also comes  one year after the signing of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which  is the largest investment in climate action in our history.
   **Event 1****Who :**
U.S. Deputy  Secretary of Education Cindy Marten   Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality  Janet McCabe, deputy administrator for the U.S.  Environmental Protection Agency  Henry McKoy, director of the U.S. Department of  Energy’s Office of State and Community Energy Programs  Maggie Thomas, special assistant to the President for  Climate  Representatives from the 2023 U.S. Department of  Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and  Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees
**What :**
Recognition ceremony for  the 2023 U.S.  Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees, and Postsecondary  Sustainability Awardees
**When :**
Tuesday, August 8 9:30 – 10 a.m. ET and 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET 
**Where :**
U.S. Department of EducationLyndon Baines Johnson Auditorium 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, D.C.

Members of the  media interested in attending are requested to RSVP to pressrsvp@ed.gov.

Senior  administration officials will offer remarks from 9:30 – 10 a.m. ET.  Awards will be presented from 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET. Both plenary sessions will take  place in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Auditorium and be livestreamed on  the U.S. Department of Education’s YouTube channel from 9:30 – 10 a.m. ET and 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET.
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