Green Schoolyards America

seeks to transform asphalt-covered school grounds into park-like green spaces that improve children’s well-being, learning, and play while contributing to their communities' ecological health and climate resilience.

We are working to change the paradigm for school ground design, use, and management so all students will have access to the natural world in the places they already visit on a daily basis.  

Major Initiatives

We work collaboratively with partner agencies and organizations to create large-scale programs that support the living schoolyard movement, build relationships that help it succeed, and infuse outdoor learning and ecological design into the PreK-12 education system.

the California Schoolyard
Forest System℠

A new, statewide initiative to increase tree canopy on public school grounds across California to shade and protect PK-12 students from extreme heat and rising temperatures due to climate change.

The National Outdoor
Learning Library

A free online resource library designed to help schools and school districts move their classes and programs outside across the country and around the world.

The Library is filled with interdisciplinary content that helps PK-12 educational institutions design, use, manage, and invest in a future with engaging, hands-on, outdoor experiences for students of all ages. Originally created to address the pandemic, this extensive collection will continue to grow over time.