ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the ethics and foundational principles for green schools through descriptive examples of schools where these principles are vibrantly practiced. These exemplar schools model the potential of transformative visions for learning and they present a palate of possibilities for sparking imagination and collective conversations about how schools might better meet the learning needs of 21st-century students. Green schools are deeply rooted in their own place, ecologically and socially. A living system perspective shifts from vision being a thing to accomplish to a continuous process. Effective leaders have vision and they intentionally cultivate shared vision. Individual leaders throughout the school community, including students, parents, community partners, staff, teachers, and positional leaders, can be visionary leaders. Ylimaki described visionary leaders as those who use their inner resources of insight, intuition, and perception to continuously cultivate shared vision through their daily work and open, honest interactions with others.
