SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY Green ISB

In January 2021, ISB convened the first-ever Environmental Advisory Board (EAB). This team continues to meet regularly and is made up of students, teachers, and administrators. The purpose of this team is to develop and realize the vision of making ISB a leading sustainable educational organization. The EAB will work closely with all stakeholders, including students, parents, faculty, and staff, as well as the various environmental clubs and committees on campus, to make this vision a reality. The EAB hopes that starting with the 2022-23 school year, we will be able to bring more of our community along with us on this journey.

Our ISB teachers are engaging widely with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and considering them as they design learning opportunities for all our students. These are not stand-alone learning objectives but can be incorporated and transferred to every content area. Teachers are making meaningful connections between these goals and learning.

Our students are also leaders in our sustainability work - developing and implementing several projects that are making a difference. Our High School Green Panthers club planned and organized a rooftop garden build (project-based learning with collaboration between Science classes, Design & Technology, and Math) to highlight just one of these significant initiatives. Together with Buildings and Grounds staff, our Deputy Head of School/CFO, Marc de Vries, and DELVE Planters will help construct the containers for this project with the hope that this sustainability project will continue in the future.