In this article, the authors consider international and domestic experience in promoting green educational organizations, in which the active interaction of buildings of educational institutions and natural elements is realized. At the same time, special attention is paid to the inclusion of natural elements in school architecture and indirectly in the educational process. This direction is implemented by "green building" technologies, which allow creating a sustainable architectural environment of buildings and complexes, which preserves and improves the natural environment. When designing and building, the features of the natural landscape, natural elements and vegetation characteristic of the given territory are taken into account. The authors also substantiate the role and importance of promoting green educational institutions in different countries, the purpose of which is to stabilize the relationship between man and the environment, an attempt to harmonize the relationship "man - nature".