This document discusses sustainability initiatives in Northwest Arkansas schools. It describes how green teams in schools across the region focus on reducing waste and recycling. It also discusses how school districts have incorporated more sustainable practices into building designs and infrastructure to reduce costs and environmental impact. Several schools in the area have established outdoor classrooms and gardens for hands-on learning about the environment. The initiatives aim to teach students the importance of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Growing Bodies; Growing Minds: School Gardens Are about More Than Just Nutrition for New Jersey’s Students
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
At EcoRise, we believe in the power of teachers to ignite innovation and the potential of students to design a sustainable future for all.
This report is a record of our student-driven and organizational impact.
Growing School and Youth Gardens ~ New York City, NY
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides information on environmental projects at 17 schools in Howard County, Maryland. It includes the contact information and a brief summary of any current environmental projects for each school. Projects include rain gardens, butterfly gardens, tree plantings, vegetable gardens, stream restoration, and more. The document demonstrates that while some schools have established projects, many are still working to develop new environmental initiatives.
Resources for Gardening in and with schools provides an extensive list of books, organizations, curriculum resources, and websites to support school gardening programs. It includes guidance on designing, planting, and maintaining school gardens as well as linking gardening activities to teaching across various subject areas. Recommended resources include books on starting kitchen garden cooking programs with kids, using a permaculture approach to school gardens, and connecting schoolyard projects to curriculum. Websites from organizations like the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and Australian Association of Environmental Educators offer additional support and information.
Stewardship and Sustainability Handbook for Schools
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Clarksville Middle School Green School Applicationsvinje
Clarksville Middle School has worked to become a Maryland Green School through various environmental initiatives. Students, faculty, and community members have focused on waste reduction, energy conservation, habitat restoration, and increasing environmental education. Key accomplishments include Clarksville MS being the first middle school in the county to implement a food composting program, 7th grade partnerships on stream restoration and Bay studies, and student groups raising trout and restoring habitats. The school celebrates its green efforts through annual runs and picnics that encourage reusable water bottles and proper waste sorting.
Greening the Schoolyard Resources
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Growing Bodies; Growing Minds: School Gardens Are about More Than Just Nutrition for New Jersey’s Students
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
At EcoRise, we believe in the power of teachers to ignite innovation and the potential of students to design a sustainable future for all.
This report is a record of our student-driven and organizational impact.
Growing School and Youth Gardens ~ New York City, NY
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
This document provides information on environmental projects at 17 schools in Howard County, Maryland. It includes the contact information and a brief summary of any current environmental projects for each school. Projects include rain gardens, butterfly gardens, tree plantings, vegetable gardens, stream restoration, and more. The document demonstrates that while some schools have established projects, many are still working to develop new environmental initiatives.
Resources for Gardening in and with schools provides an extensive list of books, organizations, curriculum resources, and websites to support school gardening programs. It includes guidance on designing, planting, and maintaining school gardens as well as linking gardening activities to teaching across various subject areas. Recommended resources include books on starting kitchen garden cooking programs with kids, using a permaculture approach to school gardens, and connecting schoolyard projects to curriculum. Websites from organizations like the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation and Australian Association of Environmental Educators offer additional support and information.
Stewardship and Sustainability Handbook for Schools
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Clarksville Middle School Green School Applicationsvinje
Clarksville Middle School has worked to become a Maryland Green School through various environmental initiatives. Students, faculty, and community members have focused on waste reduction, energy conservation, habitat restoration, and increasing environmental education. Key accomplishments include Clarksville MS being the first middle school in the county to implement a food composting program, 7th grade partnerships on stream restoration and Bay studies, and student groups raising trout and restoring habitats. The school celebrates its green efforts through annual runs and picnics that encourage reusable water bottles and proper waste sorting.
Greening the Schoolyard Resources
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Successful school gardens provide hands-on learning opportunities across subjects like science, math, nutrition and more. This guide outlines steps to plan and implement a school garden, including getting permission, identifying a suitable location, deciding on garden types such as raised beds or containers, incorporating curriculum, and finding resources. School gardens engage students, allow them to directly experience natural processes, and develop stewardship of the environment.
The document summarizes research from New Zealand and Australia on listening to young children's perspectives on sustainability. It describes two parts of the research project: Part 1 involved interviews with 36 children aged 2-5 to understand their views, and Part 2 engaged 165 children and 27 teachers across 5 early childhood centers to gather data on children's ideas for making their centers more sustainable based on the "7 R's" framework of respect, reflect, rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle, and redistribute. Key findings showed that children demonstrated knowledge of complex sustainability concepts and had practical suggestions in various areas addressed by the 7 R's. [END SUMMARY]
Cultivating a Successful School Garden Network: Notes from Washington D.C
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The seventh grade students at Andrews Middle School created three large raised bed gardens as part of their Global Scholars Program. Under the guidance of their social studies teacher Kathi O'Donoghue, the students came up with a mission statement, action plan, budget, and divided into committees to plan and build the gardens. They collected seeds, planted and nurtured seedlings, and dedicated a school day to physically building the raised beds. Both students and staff have worked hard on the project, which has provided an opportunity for cross-curricular learning and cooperation. The community has been very supportive of the project through donations of money, materials, and time. O'Donoghue hopes to continue the project as an after school garden
The document outlines a school garden project called "Nuestra Tierra, Our Earth" that includes an edible garden, reading garden, and opportunities for teachers and the community to provide input on the vision. The goal of the project is to encourage gardening in every school to help students discover fresh food, make healthier choices, and become better nourished while integrating lessons across subjects like science, math, and environmental studies. Students will develop observation and thinking skills through hands-on gardening experiences and gain a deeper understanding of natural systems to become better stewards of the Earth.
This document provides information about Green Schools, a nonprofit organization founded by Robin Organ that works to develop environmentally literate students and schools. Green Schools offers programs and resources to K-12 schools focused on connecting students to nature, creating healthier school environments, and driving innovation towards clean energy. It highlights the National Green Schools Society, an environmental honors society for students grades 2-12, and opportunities for students and schools to get involved through free memberships, awards, and recognizing excellence in environmental leadership.
Plenary Session 1: Role of SDGs and ESD in promoting sustainable society, Ms. Malika Preman, Principal - Tagore International School, New Delhi
Presented at the 10th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting, 3 November, 2017, New Delhi, India
Design of Outdoor Education and Active Play EnvironmentsDan Curry
The document discusses design strategies for outdoor education and play environments to support environmental literacy in early childhood education. It provides 3 key objectives: 1) build community through effective site programming, 2) promote child development through site design, and 3) support curriculum through outdoor education and stormwater design. The document then summarizes initiatives by the District of Columbia Public Schools to incorporate outdoor learning, gardening, cooking and environmental education programs. It provides examples of projects completed through the RiverSmart Schools Program that integrated stormwater management with opportunities for play, learning and community engagement.
Simone Domingue is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds a B.S. in Food Science, Health Promotion, and Nutrition from Mississippi State University and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Louisiana State University. Her research interests include environmental sociology, environmental inequalities, and environmental governance. As a research assistant, she has worked on grants related to coastal resilience and Superfund sites. She has authored and co-authored several papers and reports on topics such as citizen participation in Superfund site remediation and flood risk assessment. Simone has also held teaching assistant positions and served the LSU and Mississippi State communities in various roles.
Our school decided to participate in a contest called "Design For Change 2010" after attending a seminar by activist Rahul Bose. The students came up with the idea to address the problem of toxic plastic pollution by making paper bags from old newspapers to distribute in the community as an alternative to plastic bags. Teams of 5 students and a teacher formed to make the bags over two weeks. The bags were painted with environmental slogans and distributed around the school to promote using biodegradable bags and reduce plastic use.
The document proposes introducing reusable bags and eliminating plastic bag use across Kent State University. It would first introduce reusable bags in campus stores in Fall 2014 then eliminate plastic bags by Spring/Fall 2015. This would reduce plastic waste and promote environmental sustainability with support from surveys showing most students support the initiative and are willing to use reusable bags.
The document summarizes a campaign conducted by students of Delhi Public School in Hyderabad, India to promote the use of clay Ganesh idols instead of plaster of Paris idols during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. The students conducted door-to-door signature campaigns and awareness programs to educate people about the environmental damage caused by immersing plaster idols. They encouraged people to buy cheaper clay idols instead. As a result of the campaign, over 200 people promised to use clay idols and many students reported using clay idols themselves. The number of people using environmentally-harmful plaster idols decreased significantly.
The document summarizes the history and impact of the composting and garden programs at Keene Central School (KCS) in Keene, New York. It describes how the compost bin was established in 1995 in response to dump fees, and how the compost is now used in the KCS garden. The garden provides produce for the cafeteria and is used as an outdoor classroom. Students participate in gardening and composting, and over time come to appreciate locally grown and healthy foods served in the cafeteria. The programs have brought the school community together and taught the importance of environmental stewardship.
Green School Bali is pioneering an educational model aimed at equipping kids for the personal and global challenges of 2025. From its Bamboo campus in the jungles of Bali, its building a sustainable vision for the future.But it needs help.....
This document provides an overview of the Permaculture Partners program across six schools in the Warrawong Community of Schools. The program aims to establish permaculture gardens at each school to provide hands-on learning for students in areas like environmental education, healthy eating, and life skills. It outlines objectives over the next five years to construct and maintain living classrooms, train teachers, and develop partnerships within the community. Individual school priorities and garden plans are also presented to guide the continued development of the program.
A new California state resolution establishes an annual Living Schoolyard Month in May to encourage school districts to design green spaces on school grounds and teach academic curricula outdoors. This May will be the first celebration, where schools will bring classes outside and hold community events to honor outdoor learning environments. The resolution expands outdoor education beyond gardening to connect schoolyard greening to child development, health, and community life.
This document provides information about implementing successful school garden programs in Idaho schools. It highlights 10 schools that received grants to start or expand their garden programs. The schools incorporated hands-on learning in subjects like science, nutrition education, and language arts. Produce from the gardens was also used in the school cafeterias when following food safety guidelines. Templates are provided for connecting gardens to the curriculum and common gardening tasks throughout the year.
School Community Gardens: School Ground Greening
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Project Green Schools is a nonprofit that develops environmental leaders through hands-on, project-based learning focused on sustainability, where students work to develop green solutions while gaining job skills. The organization has educated over 500,000 students nationwide, contributed over 20,000 hours of environmental service, and reached over 2 million people through social media since 2007. Project Green Schools offers a membership program and National Green Schools Society chapter membership to recognize student environmental work.
Greenhills school is a leader in green initiatives by jatinder bir sandhuJatinder-Bir Sandhu
Jatinder-Bir Sandhu, a member of the Board of Trustees of Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Greenhills School, details the school’s environmentally friendly programs.
Woodland Elementary School Garden
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Green Education Foundation (GEF) is an international non-profit organization committed to creating a sustainable future through education. Please review this presentation for a complete overview of GEF.
Successful school gardens provide hands-on learning opportunities across subjects like science, math, nutrition and more. This guide outlines steps to plan and implement a school garden, including getting permission, identifying a suitable location, deciding on garden types such as raised beds or containers, incorporating curriculum, and finding resources. School gardens engage students, allow them to directly experience natural processes, and develop stewardship of the environment.
The document summarizes research from New Zealand and Australia on listening to young children's perspectives on sustainability. It describes two parts of the research project: Part 1 involved interviews with 36 children aged 2-5 to understand their views, and Part 2 engaged 165 children and 27 teachers across 5 early childhood centers to gather data on children's ideas for making their centers more sustainable based on the "7 R's" framework of respect, reflect, rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle, and redistribute. Key findings showed that children demonstrated knowledge of complex sustainability concepts and had practical suggestions in various areas addressed by the 7 R's. [END SUMMARY]
Cultivating a Successful School Garden Network: Notes from Washington D.C
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
The seventh grade students at Andrews Middle School created three large raised bed gardens as part of their Global Scholars Program. Under the guidance of their social studies teacher Kathi O'Donoghue, the students came up with a mission statement, action plan, budget, and divided into committees to plan and build the gardens. They collected seeds, planted and nurtured seedlings, and dedicated a school day to physically building the raised beds. Both students and staff have worked hard on the project, which has provided an opportunity for cross-curricular learning and cooperation. The community has been very supportive of the project through donations of money, materials, and time. O'Donoghue hopes to continue the project as an after school garden
The document outlines a school garden project called "Nuestra Tierra, Our Earth" that includes an edible garden, reading garden, and opportunities for teachers and the community to provide input on the vision. The goal of the project is to encourage gardening in every school to help students discover fresh food, make healthier choices, and become better nourished while integrating lessons across subjects like science, math, and environmental studies. Students will develop observation and thinking skills through hands-on gardening experiences and gain a deeper understanding of natural systems to become better stewards of the Earth.
This document provides information about Green Schools, a nonprofit organization founded by Robin Organ that works to develop environmentally literate students and schools. Green Schools offers programs and resources to K-12 schools focused on connecting students to nature, creating healthier school environments, and driving innovation towards clean energy. It highlights the National Green Schools Society, an environmental honors society for students grades 2-12, and opportunities for students and schools to get involved through free memberships, awards, and recognizing excellence in environmental leadership.
Plenary Session 1: Role of SDGs and ESD in promoting sustainable society, Ms. Malika Preman, Principal - Tagore International School, New Delhi
Presented at the 10th Asia-Pacific RCE Meeting, 3 November, 2017, New Delhi, India
Design of Outdoor Education and Active Play EnvironmentsDan Curry
The document discusses design strategies for outdoor education and play environments to support environmental literacy in early childhood education. It provides 3 key objectives: 1) build community through effective site programming, 2) promote child development through site design, and 3) support curriculum through outdoor education and stormwater design. The document then summarizes initiatives by the District of Columbia Public Schools to incorporate outdoor learning, gardening, cooking and environmental education programs. It provides examples of projects completed through the RiverSmart Schools Program that integrated stormwater management with opportunities for play, learning and community engagement.
Simone Domingue is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds a B.S. in Food Science, Health Promotion, and Nutrition from Mississippi State University and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Louisiana State University. Her research interests include environmental sociology, environmental inequalities, and environmental governance. As a research assistant, she has worked on grants related to coastal resilience and Superfund sites. She has authored and co-authored several papers and reports on topics such as citizen participation in Superfund site remediation and flood risk assessment. Simone has also held teaching assistant positions and served the LSU and Mississippi State communities in various roles.
Our school decided to participate in a contest called "Design For Change 2010" after attending a seminar by activist Rahul Bose. The students came up with the idea to address the problem of toxic plastic pollution by making paper bags from old newspapers to distribute in the community as an alternative to plastic bags. Teams of 5 students and a teacher formed to make the bags over two weeks. The bags were painted with environmental slogans and distributed around the school to promote using biodegradable bags and reduce plastic use.
The document proposes introducing reusable bags and eliminating plastic bag use across Kent State University. It would first introduce reusable bags in campus stores in Fall 2014 then eliminate plastic bags by Spring/Fall 2015. This would reduce plastic waste and promote environmental sustainability with support from surveys showing most students support the initiative and are willing to use reusable bags.
The document summarizes a campaign conducted by students of Delhi Public School in Hyderabad, India to promote the use of clay Ganesh idols instead of plaster of Paris idols during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. The students conducted door-to-door signature campaigns and awareness programs to educate people about the environmental damage caused by immersing plaster idols. They encouraged people to buy cheaper clay idols instead. As a result of the campaign, over 200 people promised to use clay idols and many students reported using clay idols themselves. The number of people using environmentally-harmful plaster idols decreased significantly.
The document summarizes the history and impact of the composting and garden programs at Keene Central School (KCS) in Keene, New York. It describes how the compost bin was established in 1995 in response to dump fees, and how the compost is now used in the KCS garden. The garden provides produce for the cafeteria and is used as an outdoor classroom. Students participate in gardening and composting, and over time come to appreciate locally grown and healthy foods served in the cafeteria. The programs have brought the school community together and taught the importance of environmental stewardship.
Green School Bali is pioneering an educational model aimed at equipping kids for the personal and global challenges of 2025. From its Bamboo campus in the jungles of Bali, its building a sustainable vision for the future.But it needs help.....
This document provides an overview of the Permaculture Partners program across six schools in the Warrawong Community of Schools. The program aims to establish permaculture gardens at each school to provide hands-on learning for students in areas like environmental education, healthy eating, and life skills. It outlines objectives over the next five years to construct and maintain living classrooms, train teachers, and develop partnerships within the community. Individual school priorities and garden plans are also presented to guide the continued development of the program.
A new California state resolution establishes an annual Living Schoolyard Month in May to encourage school districts to design green spaces on school grounds and teach academic curricula outdoors. This May will be the first celebration, where schools will bring classes outside and hold community events to honor outdoor learning environments. The resolution expands outdoor education beyond gardening to connect schoolyard greening to child development, health, and community life.
This document provides information about implementing successful school garden programs in Idaho schools. It highlights 10 schools that received grants to start or expand their garden programs. The schools incorporated hands-on learning in subjects like science, nutrition education, and language arts. Produce from the gardens was also used in the school cafeterias when following food safety guidelines. Templates are provided for connecting gardens to the curriculum and common gardening tasks throughout the year.
School Community Gardens: School Ground Greening
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Project Green Schools is a nonprofit that develops environmental leaders through hands-on, project-based learning focused on sustainability, where students work to develop green solutions while gaining job skills. The organization has educated over 500,000 students nationwide, contributed over 20,000 hours of environmental service, and reached over 2 million people through social media since 2007. Project Green Schools offers a membership program and National Green Schools Society chapter membership to recognize student environmental work.
Greenhills school is a leader in green initiatives by jatinder bir sandhuJatinder-Bir Sandhu
Jatinder-Bir Sandhu, a member of the Board of Trustees of Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Greenhills School, details the school’s environmentally friendly programs.
Woodland Elementary School Garden
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Green Education Foundation (GEF) is an international non-profit organization committed to creating a sustainable future through education. Please review this presentation for a complete overview of GEF.
The Green Education Foundation (GEF) is a non-profit organization committed to sustainability education. It provides curriculum and resources to over 9,000 K-12 schools worldwide. GEF's programs include National Green Week, the Green Thumb Challenge, the Green Energy Challenge, and the Sustainable Water Challenge. These programs educate millions of students about environmental issues and empower them to implement solutions in their schools and communities. GEF also offers sustainability certifications and an online clearinghouse of lesson plans to support educators.
Halstead Elementary is working to become a Maryland Green School by incorporating environmental education into its curriculum using hands-on learning experiences like constructing reef balls. Becoming a Green School benefits students by improving test scores, allowing interaction with nature, and creating a healthier school environment. Halstead is taking steps like recycling assemblies, starting an environmental club, and classroom projects to reduce waste as part of its application to achieve Green School status.
Triple Bottom Line: How Green Schools Save Money, Promote Health, and Improve...caiscalifornia
This document summarizes a presentation given at a green schools conference. It discusses how California schools are pioneering green initiatives and profiles four schools that have implemented successful sustainability programs. The presentation focuses on how The Nueva School has integrated environmental stewardship into its curriculum, facilities, and community partnerships. It highlights programs in gardening, design thinking, and service learning. The presentation also provides an overview of Urban High School's sustainability vision and accomplishments in obtaining LEED certification, establishing a green team, and incorporating related topics into its curriculum and outdoor education program.
Green Ribbon Schools Introduction presentationBayBackpack
The U.S. Department of Education launched the Green Ribbon Schools program to recognize schools that reduce environmental impact and costs while improving health and education. Schools are evaluated on environmental performance, health and wellness, and environmental education. The program encourages schools to implement energy savings, promote health, and teach environmental citizenship to prepare students for green careers.
Project Green Schools is a nonprofit organization that has educated over 6,000 schools and 500,000 students nationwide since 2007 on environmental education. It has developed 583 green student leaders who have contributed over 14,000 hours of environmental service work. Project Green Schools aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve water quality, expand alternative transportation, and help develop the next generation of environmental leaders through its innovative programming in schools.
Green school, Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment presentation on sustainable classrooms. This unique school features a recycling program that even recycles cooking grease to biodiesel and soaps.
Colorado School Gardening Guide Chapter 2: Benefits of a School Garden
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Operation Learn & Thrive provides 55 hands-on garden lessons each month to over 1,171 students at 5 elementary schools in San Diego that have high percentages of military families. The program aims to increase healthy eating habits by having students plant, care for, and taste fruits and vegetables they've grown. Teachers report that students have gained confidence gardening at home and encouraging their parents to buy organic produce. The garden lessons integrate science and math standards while also providing physical activity and social benefits for students.
The document provides 10 green ideas that a school can implement to become more environmentally friendly. The ideas include using reusable stationaries to reduce plastic waste, decorating classrooms with eco-friendly materials instead of thermocol, teaching waste segregation and encouraging its practice at home, using metal tiffins instead of plastic packaging for food, maintaining school gardens, going paperless by sharing notes virtually, forming green initiative clubs, saving resources through LED lights and solar energy, organizing monthly classroom cleanups, and asking the school administration to use green cleaning supplies. Each idea includes the need, benefit, and approximate cost of practical implementation.
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
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This document summarizes sustainability efforts at three universities in Worcester, MA - Worcester State University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Clark University. At WSU, recent projects include retrofitting a parking garage with LED lighting, establishing a community garden, and publishing a climate action plan. The composting and move-out donation programs have also diverted tons of waste. WPI focuses on sustainability in academics and construction, and produces an annual sustainability report. Clark University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 12% and invested $1.5 million in energy efficiency, among other accomplishments. The representatives thank the audience for their time.
Embracing Environmental Education: Promoting Sustainability in Schoolsmansurali2343
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The
Green
Issue
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Haas Hall Academy scholars
celebrate Earth Day in 2013
Fayetteville Public Schools has
implemented green teams in every
school in the district
Sustainability is a
word that’s thrown
around a lot,
said Dana Smith,
Fayetteville Public
Schools Sustainability
Coordinator.
But what drives
sustainability,
Smith said, are
environment, equity
and economics.
And those three
things are found
in schools all over
Northwest Arkansas
with all kinds of
different green and
environmentally
conscious initiatives.
From school
gardens to building
efforts, teachers,
staff and students
have gone beyond
the classroom
to incorporate
the environment
into delivering
a wholesome
education.
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Going Beyond the Classroom
A Lesson on How Northwest Arkansas
Schools are Going Green
Green Teams
Haas Hall Academy green teams
are committed to keeping their school a
“zero waste” environment, said Marty
Schoppmeyer, the school’s superintendent.
“The green team’s primary role was
to evaluate Haas Hall Academy’s energy
conservation policies and recycling
programmatic efforts,” he said. Students
involved with the green team provide daily
waste audits and have made an effort to
recycle all trash.
Green teams have also been in place
at Bonnie Grimes Elementary, said
Ashley Siwiec, Rogers Public Schools
communications director.
Bonnie Grimes Elementary students
collected leftover food from lunches and
turned them into compost materials,
using them to help fertilize flowerbeds in
the school’s outdoor classrooms, she said.
Because of these efforts, students have
diverted more than 520 pounds of waste
from landfills.
Fayetteville Public Schools first
introduced its green teams in 2006 and have
implemented them in every school in the
district. Every school’s green team has a
specific goal in mind, and it varies from
school to school, Smith said.
“[The green teams] have the flexibility
to determine what they want to focus on in
their school,” she said. Some focus solely on
waste reduction while others will gear their
efforts toward saving energy or growing the
school garden, and there are some that do a
little bit of everything.
One commonality between all the green
teams is recycling. “Students…go around and
collect paper and take it to the paper dumpster.
It provides an opportunity for students to
be engaged; they are taking an active role.
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They get to see what is being recycled,
what can and can’t be.” This, in turn, often
motivates students to recycle more at home
and share their knowledge with family.
All of Fayetteville Public Schools’ green
teams meet at the end of the school year
for a district-wide celebration at Botanical
Garden of the Ozarks to share ideas and
achievements with other schools as well as
community organizations, Smith said. “It’s a
fantastic program and good model to have a
green team,” she said.
Green teams are also being implemented
as an after-school club at St. Joseph’s Catholic
School beginning this fall, said school
principal Marcia Diamond.
Middle school students are responsible
for collecting paper and cardboard from
the school’s classrooms and taking it to the
recycling containers provided by the city, she
said. Church members are also encouraged to
bring their recyclables to the school, which is
on the church campus.
“I think it’s important in general for
students to understand that resources…are
not unlimited,” she said. “God gave us this
earth and it’s our job to take care of it.”
School Building Efforts
“Everything we look at, we look at from a
greeninitiativestandpoint,”saidVicEngland,
Bentonville Public Schools energy manager.
The school district has taken building and
design measures to reduce waste and lessen
costs, he said.
Timed irrigation systems and water
restrictors, called aerators, are a few ways
the district has reduced waste and cut water
expenses. Irrigation throughout the district
is tracked by the gallon and cost. England
also keeps tabs on water consumption from
school to school; that way he knows exactly
what each school is utilizing.
He also said that, to ensure irrigation
water goes into the ground instead of
evaporating and wasting, sprinkler
systems are designed to irrigate at 3 a.m.,
when it’s the coolest, as opposed to the
heat of the day.
Aerators placed on water faucets
throughout the district are helping cut
costs, England said. They reduce a faucet’s
water flow from 5 gallons per minute
to 1.1 gallons per minute. Through this
initiative, Bentonville Public Schools
have saved 4.5 million gallons a year and
$50,000 in costs.
“It’s a win-win,” England said. “It’s going
to save the district money and also save…
wasted water that we would have utilized
for no reason.”
Rogers Public Schools have also taken
building efforts to be more energy efficient,
Siwiec said. The district recently did a lot
of retrofitting of lighting and installed new
windows that will help reduce heating and
cooling expenses, she said.
These energy-efficient efforts have been
reflected in designing and constructing
Rogers’newestschool,JanieDarrElementary,
which is set to open this year, she said.
“We’re always looking for ways to save
energy whether it’s through our lighting,
temperature control, shutting down our
computers more frequently. It helps us save
money to put back into education instead of
utilities or other costs.”
Fayetteville’s Butterfield Trail Elementary
and Happy Hollow Elementary are
certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) schools, designed to
qualify as an energy-efficient building with
a conservation of resources and materials,
Smith said.
Designs ranging from low flow plumbing
to a storm water pond near the school are
part of Happy Hollow Elementary’s LEED
certification efforts.
Fayetteville’s Butterfield
Trail Elementary
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School Garden at
Rogers’ Russell D. Jones
Elementary
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School Gardens
and Projects
Appreciation for nature and experiences in
nature’s beauty are part of the curriculum to
provide an environmentally rich education for
students at Walnut Farm Montessori School in
Bentonville, said Ellen Beach, school principal.
“When the children work in our outdoor
classroom, they use real tools and are exposed
to real work in this outdoor classroom
setting,” she said. “Our fruitful environments
allow the children to develop their senses
and practical life skills; this type of exposure
to these formative activities serves useful all
the way into adulthood.”
Springdale Public Schools have
incorporated several school gardens to
help supplement students’ education, said
communications director Rick Schaeffer.
T. G. Smith Elementary’s outdoor
classroom was started nearly 20 years ago,
he said. And since then, gardens have been
added at Harp Elementary and Willis D.
Shaw Elementary schools.
Rogers’ Russell D. Jones Elementary
teachers planted the school’s garden in 2007
and have kept it going since then, Siwiec said.
The goal of the garden was to create a
hands-on experience for the young students
at Jones Elementary and help them become
responsible environmentalists. Flowerbeds
in the garden were constructed with the help
of Walmart and Farm Bureau grants given to
the Rogers School District, she said.
Grace Hill Elementary students and
staff, also in Rogers, have taken on green
initiative projects through avid recycling and
composting, Siwiec said.
Fayetteville Public Schools have taken
a similar initiative with their school
gardens and Farm to School program. Ten
of Fayetteville’s 14 schools have their own
gardens that teachers and students tend to.
Schools are able to use some produce from
the garden in the cafeteria, Smith said.
“They can grow some lettuce greens
that supplement what’s needed on the
salad bar,” she said. “We have seen that
when students know that it came from
the garden, they’re more excited. When
students are a part of the growing process,
they’re more connected.”
Fayetteville Public Schools were recently
recognized among 14 other schools
nationwide for its sustainability efforts
with the U.S. Department of Education
Green Ribbon School Sustainability
Award, Smith said.
“It’s important to provide this
environment for students,” she said. “They’re
going to be our leaders. If they grow up in
this environment where they learn and take
an active role, it’ll make them good decision
makers for the community and the world.” ■
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Students inspect
plants at Russell
D. Jones Elementary
Walnut Farm
Montessori School
in Bentonville
Walnut Farm
Montessori School
Walnut Farm
Montessori School
Springdale’s Harp
Elementary students
work the garden