GreenWorks! Grants for Environmental Projects

Do you have an idea for a school/community native plant garden, a forest improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or energy conservation project for your students? Need funds to implement it? Apply for a grant!

GreenWorks! is the service-learning, community action program of Project Learning Tree that partners PLT educators, students and communities in environmental neighborhood improvement projects. GreenWorks! action projects make a difference in young people’s sense of responsibility toward their communities, and in their understanding of their relationship to the environment. Learn more here. Grants are due Sept. 30.

EPS Summer Institute still accepting applications

The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, in Hesston, Kan., is inviting K-12 teachers to apply for the 2012 Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) Program, beginning with the program’s summer institute June 4-8.

At the Summer Institute, learn to engage your students in the process of prairie gardening on school grounds, earn three hours of graduate credit, take home an extensive curriculum, eat good food for a week, and have a fun and meaningful experience at the Dyck Arboretum! This 40-hour institute for school teachers and staff will train you in the award-winning Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) Program that you can share with your students and colleagues for years to come. Visit the Dyck Arboretum Web Site or contact Brad Guhr at 620-327-8127 or bradg@hesston.edu for more information.

A Course for You and Your Classroom.

This summer, Baker University will be offering a variety of graduate courses for educators both onsite and online. One of those courses, “Integrating Green Themes Into the Classroom,” is focused on helping educators create more environmentally aware students and is being offered online. The early tuition deadline is May 18. Learn more and check out the other courses being offered here.

It’s National Ground Water Awareness Week!

 

March 11-17 is the National Groundwater Awareness Week! But why is groundwater important?

“Ground water flows slowly underground through pore spaces between sand, gravel, and cracks in rock, in underground formations called aquifers.  These aquifers supply water that is used for sources for drinking water, agriculture, feeds our lakes and recharges our streams and rivers. More than 90 percent of all public drinking water systems rely on groundwater to supply the population with drinking water.  And millions of Americans rely on ground water from aquifers to supply their private wells.” (EPA)

Learn more about groundwater, National Groundwater Awareness Week and how you can get involved at The National Groundwater Association Web site,  Kansas Green Teams Web site  and the EPA’s Web site.

Sedgwick County E.A.R.T.H. Workshop

Sedwick County E.A.R.T.H. Teachers – If you have not yet registered for the E.A.R.T.H. Workshop on April 24, you are not too late! Please click here to register today! Contact Dena with any questions at denab@ksu.edu or 316-660-0129.