Creating a Conservation Culture
Rocky Mountain High School is a school of over 1,700 students located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Between 2001 and 2007, the school reduced its energy use by 50 percent, outperforming other schools in the same district. Interested in what led to this phenomenon, the authors conducted a case study of the school's holistic approach to sustainability education. They focused on the roles of models of sustainable behavior in the form of individual role models, facilities and operations, governance, and school culture.