The Center for Green Schools at USGBC Announces Inaugural Green Apple Day of Service

About Green School of Bali
Green School was founded by John and Cynthia Hardy, award-winning jewelers, sustainable business pioneers and 30-year residents of Bali who recognized a unique opportunity to create something truly inspiring and outside of the structural, conceptual, and physical limitations of most traditional schools. Set on a beautiful campus of open-air bamboo buildings amidst Balinese forest, gardens, and rice fields, the school opened its doors to 100 students in 2008 and today boasts an enrolment of nearly 250 students from 25 different countries in classes ranging from Pre-K to Grade 12. Students learn traditional subjects including math, science, literacy, and computers, but classroom academics at Green School come wrapped in rich layers of experiential and environmental learning, inspiring a strong sense of connection to and responsibility for the natural world while at the same time delivering core skills and content. The Green School vision is based on a concept developed by the New Zealand educator Alan Wagstaff, who recently joined the project as Learning Manager, the person responsible for guiding academic direction. Under Alan's guidance, the school is implementing a student-centered curriculum designed to engage and challenge all of a child's human capacities and thus spark a life-long love affair with learning. For more information, please visit www.greenschool.org or contact Ben Macrory: ben@greenschool.org.