Sustainability

Executive Order 13514 (Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance) [PDF, 87K] sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance. The order requires each federal agency to prepare a Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP). Our plan is provided below.

• 2011 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan PDF (975K)
• 2010 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan PDF (424K)
• Policy Statement on Climate Change Adaptation PDF (28K) | MS Word (40K)
• FY 2012 Department of Education Executive Fleet PDF (32K)

Environmental Justice

ED is committed to meeting the goals of Executive Order 12898 [PDF, 127K], "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations," which states that each participating federal agency should make environmental justice part of its mission. Specifically, ED's EJ strategy [MS Word, 70K] focuses on healthy learning environments for students, energy-efficient school facilities, sustainability education and environmental literacy, and energy efficiency in ED facilities.

Comments can be submitted to ED by emailing EDEnvironmentalJustice@ed.gov.

ED's Environmental Programming

• U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
• Sustainability Education Summit: Proceedings Report (Sep 2011) MS Word (483K)