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2009 Golden Apple Awards for Schools in NYC
Show us your school recycling program!
Demonstrate how your school reduces waste!
Brag about your school’s beautification projects!
Enter your efforts in one (or all three) of the contests associated with the 2009 Golden Apple Awards:
TrashMasters! Super Recyclers
TrashMasters! Reduce & Reuse Challenge
TrashMasters! […]
Category Archive for 'Education'
This summer, the Cloud Institute is going to teach teachers how to teach sustainability. (I think I’ve got that right.) Here are the deets:
The Cloud Institute’s Advanced Summer Institute: EfS Curriculum Design Studio
Learn how to incorporate EfS into your curriculum. In this 5 day workshop participants will have the time and space they crave, and […]
CUE Labs–Teaching Kids (And Relieving Parents) During School Breaks
Posted in Education, Urban Environment on Feb 8th, 2009
Brilliant idea by CUE. Give students something fun, informative, and potentially life-changing to do during their school vacations. And give parents the break of needing to worry about what to do with the lil ones in that time off. Check out this program:
If your children are interested in the environment or sustainability—the Center the […]
New School to Launch New Environmental Studies Program
Posted in Education, Urban Environment on Jun 30th, 2008
From the New School’s website:
Beginning in fall 2008, pending approval from the New York State Department of Education, The New School will offer two new programs of study focusing on the environment, a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies.
This innovative new program, administered by the Tishman Environment and Design Center, […]
PS 6 Science Teacher Honored with Rooftop Eco-Center
Posted in Education, Green Building on May 27th, 2008
From Treehugger:
When beloved 34-year-old science teacher Eric Dutt died suddenly last June because of an enlarged heart there was little that could be done to stem the feeling of loss at school.
Dutt often wished for an ecology center on the roof of P.S. 6, the school on the Upper East Side of NYC where he […]
PlaNYC Progress Report 2008
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Energy, Green Building, Health, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation, Urban Environment, Waste, Water on Apr 22nd, 2008
From the Mayor’s Office:
MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES UPDATE ON PLANYC INITIATIVES AND ISSUES THE 2008 PLANYC PROGRESS REPORT
Detailed […]
From CUNY to Harlem to Antarctica
Posted in Climate Change, Education on Apr 9th, 2008
Somewhat more refreshing news of a rather awesome program going down at CUNY. From their increasingly indispensable Sustainable Cities blog:
CUNY Professor Steve Pekar is embarking on yet another voyage to Antarctica, this time with a focus on reaching Harlem Middle School students, with the hopes of generating interest in the sciences amongst minorities. His plan […]