Green Star Schools
Students, teachers and staff at 21 schools have committed to Zero Waste through Eco-Cycle’s Green Star Schools program. They join local businesses, individual volunteers and government officials in partnering with Eco-Cycle to build a model Zero Waste community.
Schools joined in 2005
Schools joined in 2006
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Schools joined in 2007
Schools joined in 2008
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Schools joined in 2009
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2005
 Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies (BCSIS)
3995 Aurora Ave, Boulder, CO 80303
303-494-1454
“The opportunity to participate in the Green Star program has provided all of us at BCSIS with a practical and effective way to show our schoolwide commitment to our environment and the Earth. One of our core values is respect for the natural world, and when children have a way they can show that respect every day through direct action, they are empowered to be thoughtful and responsible stewards of their world. The support of the Green Star program and the teaching provided has helped children and adults know that we can do something to make a difference.”
--Ms. Diane Furuya, 4th grade teacher |
 Douglass Elementary
840 75th Street, Boulder, CO 80303
303-499-4884
"Beginning in kindergarten, children learn the ins and outs of composting and recycling. By fifth grade this slice of environmental awareness has become a positive habit. Kids believe in our Green Star efforts here at school and are anxious to carry the ideas into their own lives."
--Ms. Leann Mullineaux, 5th grade teacher |
High Peaks Elementary
3995 Aurora Ave Boulder, CO 80303
303-494-1454
“I like how we can use the compost as soil and then use it to plant things.”
“It’s easy to use the different bins [for composting and recycling] so that trash doesn’t pile up.”
--Students from Ms. Sara Weatherley’s 3rd grade class |
 Horizons K-8 Alternative School
4545 Sioux Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
303-447-5580
“Being a Green Star School gives us the opportunity to make a difference in a place where it's hard to branch out sometimes: our community. It's something that is very easy to do and makes a big impact. Even when all you are doing is putting a soda can in a bin, there's a ripple effect!"
--Two 8th grade students |
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2006
 Bear Creek Elementary
2500 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80305
303-499-8555
"It's a privilege to be a Green Star School. We've learned a lot about composting and recycling and how to take care of the Earth. Before, it was easy when we just threw everything in the trash. Now it's harder but we're helping to take care of our environment. We're saving trees, preserving habitat for animals, cutting down on pollution and saving lots of space in the landfills. That feels good!"
--Students from Ms. Susan Secord ’s 4th grade class |
 Creekside Elementary
3740 Martin Drive
Boulder, CO 80305
303-494-1069
"Being a Green Star School means being a role model school. Being a Green Star School means being helpful to the community. Green Star Schools help flora and animals. Green Star Schools recycle, reuse and compost. Being a Green Star School means helping the community stay healthy and happy. Being a Green Star School means we help the environment. And finally- green is pretty.”
--4th grade students |
 Foothill Elementary
1001 Hawthorn Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80304
303-443-1847
“We realize that we are doing more than recycling and composting today. We are helping to lead people in a new direction, making a difference now and together for the future.”
--Foothills students |
 Mesa Elementary
1575 Lehigh
Boulder, Colorado 80305
303-494-4704
“We like knowing that what we are doing is making a difference, not only for today, but for our future! Someday, we hope all schools are Green Star Schools!”
--Mesa students |
 Nederland Elementary
1 Sundown Trail
Nederland, CO 80466
303-258-7092
“I never knew worms could eat our food.”
“It's important to not throw so much trash away because it takes up land space.”
“We need to take care of the plants and animals that live on earth.”
Nederland students
“The kids have learned how easy it is for them to make a difference within their school towards reducing waste.”
--4th grade teacher |
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2007
 Columbine Elementary
3130 Repplier Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80304
303-443-0792
“Kids in the future will have less garbage to deal with and more earth from compost. And that's a better world for them.”
“I like helping animals live on our earth by putting plastics that hurt them in recycling.”
“I love recycling at school and reusing because there's less trash.”
“I like composting because we help the earth be healthier.”
--2nd grade students from Ms. Janet Hoaglund’s class |
 Eisenhower Elementary
1220 Eisenhower Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
303-443-4260
"Eisenhower is proud to be a Green Star School. The Green Star School program gives our students the knowledge they need to lead our community toward a waste-free existence by helping them care about the waste they produce and where it goes when they are done with it. Eisenhower students are helping to lead the way environmentally!"
--Mr. Kalan Orobona, 4th grade teacher |
 Heatherwood Elementary
7750 Concord Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80301
303-530-1234
“It is fun and exciting to be a Green Star School! We like knowing that some of our trash is now worm food, returning to the soil.”
--Heatherwood students |
 Lyons Elementary
PO Box 559 – 338 High Street
Lyons, CO 80540
303-823-6915
“The kids are really excited to participate. It’s become a real family-oriented and community-oriented affair with parents and community members coming into the school to help. Many families are now doing more recycling and composting at home. It’s been a positive experience and we are excited to do it. It gets easier every week.”
--Mr. Doug Stahl, 4th/5th grade teacher |
 Niwot Elementary
8778 Morton Road
Niwot, CO 80503
303-652-2828
“My students have really become great recyclers. They are diligent about sorting and making sure that the receptacles are in order and clean. We have reduced the trash within our class by about 75%. We are currently brainstorming a project to be placed in the lobby of our school to remind people to recycle and the importance of doing so. Currently our plan is to create a tree out of recycled materials and have the students add leaves with sayings about what they have learned about recycling and the environment by being a Green Star School.”
--Ms. Julie Breyer, 3rd grade teacher |
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2008
 Community Montessori
805 Gillaspie Dr
Boulder, CO 80305
303-444-7479
" As a volunteer in the lunchroom, I was amazed at the children’s progress week by week. As expected, there were many questions in the beginning, but quickly, the students became self-reliant with their sorting. I am proud to say that after a typical lunch, Community Montessori - a school with almost 300 students - barely fills half a small trash can with waste!"
--David Tartaglia, Community Montessori parent
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 Louisville Elementary
400 Hutchinson Street
Louisville, CO 80027
303-666-6562
"Not only has the Green Star Schools program brought us together as a learning community, it has brought us together as a caring community as well."
--Janice Wheeler, School Secretary |
 Summit Middle School
4655 Hanover Avenue
Boulder, CO 80305
(303) 499-9511
"One of our parents at Summit was inspired to write a nomination for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Achievement Award, partially based on our Green Star Schools participation. We are also incorporating many green building concepts as we grow our school, such as geothermal heating/cooling, natural lighting, better insulation, etc. Further, we brought in a healthy, organic lunch program. We were notified this past spring (’08) that we won this award. Thanks to Eco-Cycle and their staff for Eco-Cycle’s part in this acknowledgement. We are pleased to be honored for our work in trying to make the world a cleaner place."
--Valerie Koch, Dean of Students Summit Middle School |
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2009
 Eagle Crest Elementary
4444 Clover Basin Drive
Longmont, CO 80503
303-485-6073
"After several years of waiting, Eagle Crest is ecstatic to be a Green Star School! Our students loved the process of learning about the why’s and how’s of working toward zero waste. From Eco-Cycle’s brilliant education programs including Waste–Free Lunch, to Papermaking, to the various Green Star lessons leading up to our kick-off last January 2009, our kids will always remember these life-changing experiences. Through this program, we have increased student responsibility and leadership, school pride, and environmental awareness. In three months, we’ve reduced our trash production by 66% across the board. Parents say we have created composting and recycling monsters! We look forward to collaborating with other Green Star Schools and look forward to taking it to the next level with our Schoolyard Garden Program."
--Mick Huiet, teacher |
 Longmont Estates Elementary
1601 Northwestern Road
Longmont, CO 80503
720-652-8101
"Serve your community, act locally, impact globally."
--Andrew Mylnek, parent |
 Ryan Elementary
1405 Centaur Village Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026
720-561-7000
"We used to fill up a big trash can everyday but now it takes us more than one week to full up a small trash can. Before we became a Green Star School, we hardly ever recycled but now we hardly ever use the trash can. Composting is great! We are so happy to be a Green Star School!"
--Bob Nihan’s 4th grade class.
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