Launched in 2005 by the well-known Delhi-based public interest research and advocacy NGO, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the Green Schools Award is a national programme which acknowledges the country’s most environmentally aware and responsible schools. The programme is based on a self-assessment of environmental practices of schools which follow a set of guidelines formulated by CSE in its Green Schools Programme (GSP) Manual. The top 20 schools implementing best environmental practices are honoured in Delhi at an annual ceremony hosted by CSE every December. The last date for schools to submit Green Schools Reports for the year 2009 is November 1.

The winners of the Green Schools Awards 2008 were:

Achyuth Patwardhan School, KVI, Varanasi
Ahlcon International School, Patparganj, Delhi
Ambuja Public School, Pali (Rajasthan)
Amity International School, Noida
Anubhuti School, Jalgaon (Maharashtra)
BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana
Delhi Public School, Rohini, Delhi
Deepalaya School, Kalkaji, Delhi
DAV Public School, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi
Government Senior Secondary School, Daramdim (Sikkim)
Kerala Public School, Mango, Jamshedpur
St. George’s School, Delhi
Pinnacle School, Panchsheel Enclave, Delhi
P.T. Chacko Memorial High School, Kunduthode (Kerala)
Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls, Delhi
Salwan Public School, Gurgaon
Salwan Public School, Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi
Salwan Public School (afternoon), Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi
Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, Delhi
Sri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi
St. Paul’s School, Delhi
Vishwa Bharati Public School, Noida
Woodland Overseas School, Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

Source: Centre for Science & Environment, Delhi