Critical reviewThe green school project: A means of speeding up sustainable development?

Climate change and energy problem are major challenges facing the human race. To solve these problems, administrators and policymakers all over the world are promulgating agreements, laws, standards and regulations. In the implementation of these policies, sustainable awareness of people on issues related to energy has greatly improved, but the low carbon concept is far from being popular. School, as a special community, not only should meet the demands of ordinary communities, but also have the possibility to spread awareness of the concept. Currently, the green school project has been launched in some areas of China, which aims at providing a better research environment and cultivating the concept of sustainable development to greatly promote trends of sustainable development. This article introduces the concept, requirement and rating system of green schools, which aim to cultivate more educated people with sustainable consciousness and improve the awareness of sustainable development.