EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

One of the objectives of the Lebanon Green Buildings Council is to sponsor educational programs and activities for the benefit of its members and the public and at various levels.
To do so, the plan includes the following tasks:

• Identify training and education needs within each section of this Plan, eliminating overlap while recognizing synergistic opportunities.
• Identify and develop a curriculum integration task group made up of local public and private secondary school teachers as well as climate and sustainability education groups.
• Identify qualified technical resources for professional continuing education in concepts and subject areas related to climate change and sustainability e.g. alternative energy, ecology, water resources, diversity, etc.
• Provide task group members with training on climate change and sustainability topics.
• Establish incentives for integration of sustainability concepts into universities.
• Work with the Ministry of Education to have them accept sustainability as one of their primary learning goals and toward the integration of Sustainability as part of the secondary Standards and Benchmarks.
• Develop a resource guide or work with existing projects to provide a resource list to consumers of such information.
• Develop both formal and informal (non-degree seeking) education programs.
• Develop a cadre of other informed community members from many sectors that can effectively utilize education session(s) to implement actions and programs within their respective groups.( Other Orders groups)
• Support regional educational initiatives that strengthen markets for sustainable products and services.
• Work with existing initiatives such as the Order of Engineers and others to establish an annual sustainability education conference for teachers, parents, and youth that focuses on the integration of sustainability and related topics into the schools system, while providing resources to its participants.
• Direct the Ministry support and funding towards educational materials development and training, and when appropriate, towards organizations that offer needed solutions.

Technical and Standards Committee