K-12 School Decisionmakers Gathered for First-Ever National Clean Energy Schools Symposium
More than 50 school leaders from 16 states traveled to the nation’s capital last week for the first-ever Clean Energy Schools Symposium – a national convening of school decisionmakers who have flipped the switch to clean energy at their schools and are actively inspiring and supporting other schools across the country to do the same. National clean energy nonprofit Generation180 hosted the March 26-28 gathering to elevate the role of the education sector as a force towards building a clean energy future in the U.S. The program brought together members of Generation180’s School Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Network, a group of superintendents, facilities directors, transportation directors, and other education leaders who are each working to bring clean energy benefits to their individual school districts and beyond.
During the symposium, attendees heard from federal leadership, including Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education and Alejandro Moreno, Assistant Secretary of Renewable Power at the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as Karl Simon, Director of the Transportation and Climate Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They also participated in workshops with clean energy and clean transportation experts and learned from their peers, from Massachusetts to Oregon, who shared success stories and best practices.