Archive for the ‘composting’ category
November 22, 2011
By James C. Malley, Board Chair, Connecticut Partnership for Sustainability Education The Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker in Hartford hosted a “Best Practices in Sustainability Education Workshop” on November 10, 2011 during National Sustainability Education week. Sponsored by the Connecticut Partnership for Sustainability Education, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, climate change, climate education, composting, garden-based education, student climate action
Tags: Community Catalyst Fund, conference, Connecticut, environmental education, LEED building, magnet schools, National Sustainability Education Week, school garden
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July 25, 2011
By Amy Jolin, President, Eat Local Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Catalyst Fund, Eat Local, Inc. was able to purchase lumber, fencing, water barrels, and soil for a large, beautiful garden in the wooded and rocky soils of Ringwood, NJ.The project started in 2010 as a charity garden organized by Girl Scout [...]
Categories: Community Action, composting, environment, Food, garden-based education, gardening, Gardening/horticulture, organic, organic food, sustainability
Tags: Community Catalyst Fund, community garden, community supported agriculture, food and climate, garden, New Jersey
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July 22, 2011
By Brenda J. Anderson, Spencer-Van Etten Middle School The 7th and 8th grade students in my Greenhouse Program (GHP) at Spencer-Van Etten (S-VE) Middle School in Spencer, NY, plan big . The students in this hands-on integrated elective continued their work from previous years of promoting Green Education in their building, district and community in a variety [...]
Categories: Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, fossil fuels, gardening, Global Warming, Green House Gas Emissions, green jobs, local energy, New Generation, organic, organic food, Recycling, Renewable energy, Solutions, student climate action, Uncategorized
Tags: carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Climate action, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, composting, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, field trips, global warming, K-12 education, New york, Recycling
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July 20, 2011
By Dr. Beth T. Gankofskie, Food Service Director Mansfield Public Schools With support from the Community Catalyst Fund, Southeast Elementary School’s Garden Project started last summer (2010), has continued through to this spring (2011), and will continue through the summer. The garden is a raised bed measuring 20 feet by 24 feet with a surrounding [...]
Categories: Uncategorized, Gardening/horticulture, Community Action, Food, Recycling, environment, gardening, garden-based education, organic, organic food, growing season, composting
Tags: garden, vegetable garden, food and climate, Connecticut, Community Catalyst Fund, raised garden beds, K-12 education, garden-based education, food services, organic gardening, community partnerships
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May 6, 2011
By Denise Devone, Chairperson, Springfield Environmental Commission With a grant from the Community Catalyst Fund, the Springfield (NJ) Environmental Commission is finishing up Phase II of our Community Gardens. This winter provided a plethora/multitude of tasks for the Springfield Department of Public Works (DPW). The DPW are the fellows who build all of the wooden [...]
Categories: Community Action, composting, environment, Food, garden-based education, gardening, Gardening/horticulture, organic, organic food, Uncategorized
Tags: Community Catalyst Fund, community garden, local food, New Jersey, organic
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October 20, 2010
By Jennifer Andrews Director of Program Planning and Coordination, Clean Air-Cool Planet CA-CP achieved a milestone last week with the unveiling of the new online CHEFS tool, in Denver, at the annual campus sustainability conference hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). CHEFS, or Charting Emissions from Food [...]
Categories: Campus Climate Action, Carbon Management, Climate, climate change, climate education, Climate Science, Community Action, composting, Energy Efficiency, environment, Food, Global Warming, local energy, organic food, Planning, Recycling, Research and Development, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability, waste
Tags: AASHE, ARAMARK, Campus Carbon Calculator™, Campus Climate Action, campus sustainability, carbon footprint, Carbon Management, Charting Emissions from Food Services, CHEFS, Claire Roby, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change, climate change solutions, Community Planning, community supported agriculture, Energy Efficiency, environmentalism, Food, food and climate, foodprint, free webinar, global warming, green business, Jennifer Andrews, Local Energy Committees, New York University, sustainability
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August 18, 2010
Watch the Community Catalyst Fund help the Groton Student Farm grow. For more information on the Community Catalyst Fund, visit www.localfunds.org.
Categories: Campus Climate Action, climate education, Community Action, composting, environment, Food, Fundraising, garden-based education, Gardening/horticulture, growing season, organic food, Recycling, Solutions, student climate action, sustainability, waste
Tags: “Rot-in-Groton”, Chad Devoe, clean air-cool planet, Climate action, climate change solutions, Community Catalyst Fund, Community Planning, environmentalism, farming, Finger Lakes Region, food and climate, Fundraising, garden, Groton Central School, Groton Farmer’s Market, Groton Girl Scout Troop, Groton Rotary Club, Groton Student Farm, Groton Youth Department, hoop house, New york, raised garden beds, seasons, sustainability, The Appalachian Teacher, vegetable garden
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