Abstract: The Meadowlands Environment Center is teaming up with the MERI lab to provide a hands-on learning experience for a GIS class from the Newark Science Park High School. They will come to the Meadowlands Environment Center for an all day field trip focused on the connections between sustainability and GIS. With the growing need for more ecologically friendly, efficient and sustainable design practices, GIS will prove to be a very realistic solution. The students will be introduced to sustainability concepts and the links to GIS, take a tour of the brand new LEED certified sustainable science building, and meet with professional GIS specialists who work with these issues on a daily basis.