Green School was con­ceived by its founders, John and Cyn­thia Hardy in 2006 and opened its gates in Sep­tem­ber 2008. Green School’s mis­sion of “a com­mu­ni­ty of learn­ers mak­ing our world sus­tain­able” sets the core phi­los­o­phy of why and how the School edu­cates. The Learn­ing Pro­gramme aims to pre­pare learn­ers for the real world by equip­ping them with knowl­edge, val­ues and skills to nav­i­gate an ever-chang­ing world. Beyond that, it empow­ers them to make an impact, not in the future, but now. The School start­ed in Sep­tem­ber 2008 with 90 stu­dents and a tai­lor-made cam­pus that emerged from the jun­gle and rice fields. Since then it has grown to 400 stu­dents and to an inspir­ing exam­ple of edu­ca­tion for sus­tain­abil­i­ty and a bea­con for the future of edu­ca­tion, with a grow­ing com­mu­ni­ty of Green Schools open­ing around the world.