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Growing Greener Schools: A Handbook & Curriculum Guide is a companion document to the PBS television event. Written by Dr. Stacy Sinclair-Tarr, EdD, with a foreword by Harry Wiland and Dale Bell of MPC, it is designed to provide community stakeholders with a logical plan to move toward a greener school.

In this chapter, American Council on Renewable Energy founder Greg Kats argues that building green results in significant energy use reductions, creating tangible financial, social, and health benefits for the community. The chapter also introduces the concept of an energy audit.
The first book of its kind tied to a major television broadcast and social media movement includes an overview of green curriculums, light and optics, solar energy, organic gardening, composting, conservation, design, recycling, transportation, consumer choices, and green careers.