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The PowerSave Schools Team at Madison Elementary
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Education & Awareness Policies
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LAUSD Education & Awareness Initiatives
Education & Awareness is a crucial component of sustainability. Sustainability Initiatives Unit strives to complement the District's core educational mission by identifying opportunities for education, training, and community engagement as we implement each of our initiatives. From increasing eco-literacy through our DROPS Education & Outreach program to contributing to workforce development through our Prop 39 energy audit training program, awareness is at the core of our sustainability mission.
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LAUSD Education & Awareness Initiatives
Get Notified!
If you would like to be notified once registration opens for any of the programs below, please provide your contact information in this brief form and let us know which program(s) you are interested in.
If you would like to be notified once registration opens for any of the programs below, please provide your contact information in this brief form and let us know which program(s) you are interested in.
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HEROES for ZERO ContestSustainability Initiatives Unit's HEROES for ZERO Contest registration is currently active! The contest challenges K-12 students to help make their campuses Zero Net Energy-ready. Contestants will earn badges in all six HEROES categories including Health and wellness, Education, Recognize partnerships, Optimize performance, Energy efficiency, and Share best practices. The registration deadline has been extended to Thursday, November 30, 2023. Click for more information!
Click here to read about the 2022-23 HEROES for ZERO Contest winners. GPROThe Green Professionals (GPRO) Fundamentals Training 2023 program (Program) is a professional development opportunity that will be offered to LAUSD’s Climate Champions. Participants in the Program will learn the basics of sustainability and will be provided with an overview of the essential strategies and work practices that make buildings and campuses more efficient.
Drought Response Outreach Program for Schools (DROPS)LAUSD is partnering with Council for Watershed Health, TreePeople, and Los Angeles Audubon to provide the required education/awareness component of the DROPS storm water management grant. Find out more about DROPS and our other storm water management efforts here.
Magenta House (currently enrolling schools for the 23-24 school year!)LAUSD is partnering with Pando Populus to offer the Magenta House Accelerator and Expo program in the 2023-2024 school year. The focus of Magenta House is a science fair-like exhibition for middle school students to present projects that involve both water and power conservation. The Magenta House program includes an Accelerator element that; through brainstorming sessions, providing access to educational and financial resources, and mentoring; supports students in developing their projects. Visit
MagentaHouse.org for more information and sign up! LAUSD EmPowered (being offered in the 23-24 school year)LAUSD is partnering with Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) to implement the EmPowered program. LAUSD students enrolled in the program will be ambassadors for energy conservation on their campus and learn how to protect the environment while saving energy in their school and at home. The program will utilize an easy to navigate online portal to provide STEM-based curriculum; training, guidance and resources for teachers; hands-on, and student-led activities. The program also provides participating schools with a toolkit for conducting energy and water audits and an evaluation of each participating school’s energy use. Sign up here!
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Partner Education and Awareness Initiatives
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Grades of Green LAUNCH Program
Grades of Green offers fun and interactive toolkits to effectively broaden the environmental knowledge of K-12 students. The LAUNCH Eco-Toolkits (LAUNCH Program) are project-based lessons on environmental subjects including waste, water, plants & animals, energy, and transportation. Each module ranges in time, project intensity, and comes in a K-5 and 6-12 version. Eco-Toolkits, such as the Energy Audit Eco-Toolkit can be completed at any point in the year. Programs can be used in class, afterschool, clubs, or anywhere a facilitator or student leader is able to successfully run the Eco-Toolkit. Each program is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned, includes all learning materials, worksheets, and a project based experiential learning element. Grades of Green 2023-2024 RISE Campaign
Grades of Green is hosting a RISE Climate Solutions Campaign (RISE). RISE is a yearlong, structured program designed for facilitator led or student led teams to design their own climate solutions (with the guidance of a Grades of Green advisor) in the environmental topic they are most interested in. Over the course of the year, student teams establish a group and design/implement a campaign to realize sustainable change. The opportunities are endless in this program, but some star examples include establishing organics recycling systems, clothing swaps, community clean ups, environmental awareness/harm reduction projects, saving acres of rainforest, and even writing AP Environmental Science curriculum in tandem with staff. USGBC-LA is offering a Green Schools Program
USGBC-LA’s Green Schools Program is devoted to bringing the fundamentals of sustainability education to K-12 students and schools across the Greater Los Angeles region through workshops, volunteer opportunities, and micro-grants to provide sustainable solutions for campuses. The Sustainability Fundamentals education sessions that are doundation of the program consist of a high-level overview of sustainability concepts for primary and secondary school students. The 90-minute workshop is delivered in two 45-minute sessions by experts from USGBC-LA's member network of sustainability professionals. Join them in fostering more climate-conscious citizens and communities for our future, by enrolling your class for FREE and helping them spread the word at your school! |
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Numbers & Resources
LA Unified Schools participate in dozens of sustainability related programs and contests
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LAUSD celebrates our collaboration with the City of Los Angeles and LADWP to bring drought awareness to our students!
This video was taken at a joint LAUSD-LADWP event at Reed Middle School.
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AL GORE PRAISES LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CLIMATE LITERACY EDUCATION
In February 2022, the Board approved the Climate Literacy resolution, which aims to enact a comprehensive Climate Literacy program for Los Angeles Unified schools in order to help address the escalating climate crisis that is increasingly endangering Southern California, our nation, and our planet. In December 2019, the Board approved the Clean Energy resolution, that commits Los Angeles Unified to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2040. We are so honored to be leading these efforts! |
