About Green Clean Schools
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Green Clean Schools is the Healthy Schools Campaign's national partnership to promote green cleaning in America's schools. The initiative brings together the cleaning industry, educational leaders, parents and advocates in a rapidly growing Green Team whose mission is to encourage schools to adopt environmentally friendly policies, practices and products.
The Green Team will spearhead a nationwide educational effort designed to engage school decision-makers at the national, state and local levels through distribution of The Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, the GreenCleanSchools.org website and other outreach activities.
Green Clean Schools grew out of HSC's work to introduce green cleaning in the Chicago Public Schools. HSC helped design and implement a pilot program in 10 Chicago public schools as part of a larger effort to explore green cleaning within CPS.
As a result of the pilot, in 2005 CPS adopted a district-wide green cleaning policy and plans to distribute the guide to every school in the district to help build awareness of the policy.
Media Coverage
Green Clean Schools launched in October 2006 with the unveiling of The Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools at the International Sanitary Supply Association Convention (ISSA) in Chicago. Read HSC's press release »
The following coverage has been noted to date:
Green Clean Schools Movement Accelerating
6.12.2009 | CleanLink
A Smarter Way to Clean America’s Schools
April 2009 | ISSA Today
Green Guidance
April 2009 | ISSA Today
It May Be Clean -- But Is It Green?
January 2009 | School Nutrition Magazine
Green Cleaning Award For Schools & Universities [pdf]
December 2007 | American School & University
Cleaning Up Our Act
November 2007 | Building Operating Management
Cleaning for Health
9.24.2007 | Housekeeping Solutions
Schools Ripe for Green Cleaning
9.6.2007 | Contracting Profits
Getting from Here to Green
July 2007| Cleaning and Maintenance Management
New of Interest: Green Cleaning Awards
7.24.07 | CleanLink
Green Cleaning Awards to Honor School Programs
7.24.07 | GreenBiz
Illinois Becomes Second State to Require Green Cleaning in Schools
May/June 2007| Maintenance Sales News
Illinois Becomes Second State to Pass Green Cleaning Law
5.21.07 | GreenBiz
HSC Executive Director Rochelle Davis discusses The Quick & Easy Guide at ISSA (video)
Green Certification
December 2006 | Sanitary Maintenance
Healthy Schools Campaign Joins Industry Leaders to Promote Green Cleaning
12.4.06 | FacilityBlog from Today's Facility Manager
All the Buzz
11.30.06 | Campus Facilities Maintenance
Free Guide Simplifies Green Cleaning in Schools
11.14.06 | PTA: This Week in Washington
Editor's Note
November 2006 - Building Services Management
Healthy Schools Campaign Releases Green Cleaning Guide
10.12.06 | Facilities.Net
Healthy Schools Campaign Unveils Green Cleaning Guide
10.4.06 | Facilities Management News
Healthy Schools to Unveil Green Cleaning Guide
October 2006 - Building Services Management/Facility Safety Management
Healthy Schools Campaign Releases Green Handbook
October 2006 - Contracting Profits
Now it's Easy Being Green: Healthy Schools Campaign Joins Industry Leaders to Promote Green Cleaning in Schools
October 2006 - International Facility Management Association
Speaking Engagements (partial list)
Illinois Association of School Business Officials Facilities Workshop (July 2006)
Midwest Facilities Conference September, Rosemont, IL (2006)
McHenry County Healthy Cleaning Products Workshop, Crystal Lake, IL (October 2006)
ISSA Interclean Trade Show, Chicago, IL (October 2006)
EPA Tools for Schools Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (December 2006)
Elgin Unified School District Environmental Task Force, Elgin, IL (January 2007)
American Association of School Administrators Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (March 2007)
National Facilities Management Conference and Expo, Baltimore MD (March 2007)
National School Board Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA (April 2007)
Elgin Unified School District School Clean Up Workshop, Elgin, IL (April 2007)
National School Plant Management Association May Minneapolis, MN (2007)
Green Facilities Conference, Grand Rapids, MI (May 2007)
Chicago Public Schools Facilities and Building Engineers Training (June 2007)
Green Futures Conference Chicago Botanic Gardens (June 2007)
QuEST Conference, American Federation of Teachers (July 2007)
Center for Green Technology Teacher Trainings, Chicago, IL (June and July 2007)
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