The Top 10 Green Schools in the U.S.: 2005

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• Ross School, East Hampton, NY for their Café which places top priority on serving local and organic foods (processed and stored for year-round consumption), uses no disposable items, composts all food waste, donates leftovers to a local rescue program and applies green means to clean.

• The Children's Storefront School, Harlem, New York, NY, for their Slow Food Harvest Time program which provides children (many from low-income families) with cooking classes that weave in nutrition, math, geography and writing and treat their budding students with an herb and produce garden, farmer's market tours and lessons from local chefs.

Conclusion

"It's not enough to be doing less harm," Heidi Fichtenbaum at FMG says. "We have to be doing something that benefits our world so they [the students] don't see this separation between the natural and built environment." That's advice that more and more schools are trying to inculcate in their students as they expand such green oases. "We have to go back to seeing ourselves as part of that environment," she observes.

"Green building is taking off right now," Bryna Dunn of Moseley agrees, adding "People realize that this makes sense for so many reasons. It's healthy, it's smart, it's a responsible use of tax dollars [and] it raises test scores."

For more by Jane Holtz Kay, see www.janeholtzkay.com
Additional reporting by P. W. McRandle

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