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Greenovators,
The Greenovation team is very excited to announce the Bright Green Dream Challenge! The Bright Green Dream is a contest to launch Greenovation, Lutron's K-12 education initiative to bring sustainability and energy efficiency to schools thro… Continue

Earth Day is fast approaching, and we've got LOTS of different activities going on with Greenovation schools to demonstrate a commitment to the earth, energy conservation and sustainability. but we thought this could also be a great opportunity for the collective of greenovation schools, aka the Greenovation Nation, to participate as a community to demonstrate how EVERY action, no matter how small or how large, can make a difference, and that the collective action of a large group of people, eac… Continue

wow! i just realized it's been over two months since my last blog. sorry for taking so long-since that feb 11th update, we've been all over the place promoting Greenovation. we headed out to chicago for the National Association of Independent Schools, then NSTA, NSBA, Arch Record's Schools of the 21st Century...we've really been on a whirlwind tour! We've posted a video of us discussing the inception of the Greenovation pr… Continue

it's been a roller coaster ride the last two weeks, as we prepare to bring Greenovation to the nation. it started off at the FETC conference, when we first hear rumors of a large chunk of change headed toward the K-12 market. it sounded unfathomable at the time- i'm not aware of any time in history that such an amount of funding ($14 billion) was injected into the education market.

as the days moved on, we heard more about this funding. it turned out it was going to be focused on modernizing sc… Continue

Susan (she’s my boss) got it. and surprisingly enough, lots of people at Lutron got it. here we have an energy-efficient lighting system, an extremely visible part of the classroom, and teachers searching for real-world ways to engage their students. why not use the lighting system as a way to teach fundamental skills, and turn this trendy idea of “green” into a dynamic experience for everyone involved. let’s give students and teachers ways to share and collaborate, learn new things, hear about… Continue