EPA’s Expanding the School Siting Conversation: A Webinar Series

Announcement from the national Environmental Justice list-serv run by the EPA: 

To encourage healthy, sustainable schools and communities, the Council for Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI), the National Center for Safe Routes to School, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, and EPA are offering a series of educational webinars, including a live chat with experts. The first-ever federal school siting guidelines will be featured throughout the series.

Who Should Join?

Local education agencies, tribes, legislators, state agencies (health, transportation, education, environment, and historic preservation), and others interested in policies and practices that lead to healthier citizens and sustainable communities across the United States.

Save the dates:

October 11 1:00pm eastern/10:00am pacific
Location, Location, Location: New Guidance for Locating Schools in a Healthy, Sustainable Way

October 18 2:00pm eastern/11:00am pacific
State Strategies for School Siting; Locating Schools for Better Health, Environmental, and Fiscal Outcomes

October 25 2:00pm eastern/11:00am pacific
School Siting – Advancing Environmental Justice and Preservation Through School Siting

November 1 2:00pm eastern/11:00am pacific
A Live Chat on School Siting and Community-Centered Schools

All sessions run for 1 hour.

For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/historic-schools/webinar-series.html.