| Sign In
Home > Greening BVSD  
greenBVSDnewhomepage
​​Current events and popular links:
  • Employee Eco-Passes are here! Thanks to a partnership with BVSD's HR Department and the City of Boulder and Boulder County can purchase Eco-Passes at a discount! The bus passes are just one of many BVSD alternative transportation programs.
​​​
Sustainability Management System
The Boulder Valley School District is building on 20 plus years of environmental stewardship and embracing environmental sustainability at a new level. The district hired a Sustainability Coordinator in the summer of 2008 and created a Sustainability Management System in the 2008/2009 school year. In doing this, BVSD is better coordinating existing efforts, as well as defining goals and visions around sustainability at a district level for the first time.​
 
BV​SD is striving toward net zero energy* buildings with 100 percent reuse of indoor water and no potable water used for irrigation.​

BVSD is s​triving for non-toxic environments at all school and building sites and properties. L​ong-term, BVSD would also like all purchases to follow best green practices and zero waste at all sites. BVSD is striving to provide healthy foods for all BVSD students.

 


Long-term visions in the area of transportation include having all students busing, walking, biking or carpooling to school and lowering the emissions of BVSD’s fleet through the use of hybrid buses and alternative fuels and efficient busing schedules.

BVSD is striving to have all students literate in sustainability upon graduation, and all staff incorporating sustainability into their positions and practices.

BVSD’s long-term goal concerning climate is to have an 80 percent reduction, or be climate neutral by 2050. Many of the goals and strategies outlined in previous sections affect BVSD’s greenhouse gas emissions, which is why climate is an overarching theme, rather than a stand alone.
 

Education Center / 6500 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO 80303 / 303-447-1010
Contact Webmaster / About this Site
© 2011 Boulder Valley School District