As I have mentioned before in this blog, TCP is excited to be teaming up with EcoZone Media and CBS to launch a new program entitled the EcoZone Green Schools Initiave.  Earlier this week, Ellis Yan, CEO of TCP, was in Miami, Florida, to officially kick off the program.

One winning school in each targeted city will receive a green makeover valued at approximately $250,000 in products and services and overseen by a professional “green schools coach.”   Miami is the Initiative’s first market.

Interested students, teachers and administrators can enter the Green Schools Initiative by submitting a creative response that expresses what “being green” means to them, as well as filling out an application at http://www.ecozonemedia.com/greenmyschool/. Winners will be chosen by a committee consisting of members of EcoMedia’s Advisory Board and members of the CBS Corporation, and will be announced in January 2009. In addition to the grand prize, a sustainable environmental program will be provided to all participating schools through Miami non-profit Dream In Green.

Click here for a list of participating cities.

What does “being green” mean to you? This will be the question asked to K-12 students in Chicago, Miami and San Francisco city schools this fall with the launch of the groundbreaking “Green Schools Initiative“, spearheaded by CBS Corporation and EcoMedia.

TCP is serving as the program’s official lighting sponsor and will work with U.S. mayors and local governments to “green” a winning school in each of the three cities. Encouraging young students to take an active role in protecting the environment, TCP has also incorporated its school fundraising program into the initiative, giving students the opportunity to sell CFLs and raise money for extracurricular activities or environmental projects.

TCP will provide the winning schools with energy efficient lighting products for a complete retrofit. The green makeovers, which are due to be complete by Spring 2009, may also include solar panels, green roofs and tree planting.