Since Inception

Dream in Green Achieved:

$5.2mil Saved.

5.85 Gigawatt-hours Saved.

88.6mil pounds of CO2 reduced.

7,500 Homes off Grid.

More to come!

.

WE-LAB Achieved:

$346.000 Saved.

2.3 Megawatt-hours Saved.

88.6mil Gallons of water saved.

3.43mil pounds CO2 reduced or offset.

Year 20: 2026

Celebrating 20 years of instilling environmental stewardship in our future generation.
Released it’s annual Impact Report for the sixth continuous year and published it’s 2nd Strategic Plan 2024-2027.

Year 19: 2025

Relaunch of Recyclepedia tool with additional features ex. games for students and community calendar.
Green Leadership Grants awarded $100,000 to schools since its inception.
The Green Schools Challenge educates over 14,000 students and 1,000 educators!
Global E-STEM Excellence Prize recipient awarded by Pratt & Whitney and the North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE).
First Orange County School registered for the program.

Year 18: 2024

Awarded a formal partnership with the School District of Palm Beach, launching the Green Schools Challenge.
Conducted the 135th WE-LAB workshop since inception in South Florida.
Receiving a proclamation from Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Awarded in recognition of DIG as a ‘Sustainability Education Organization’ for Miami Dade County Public Schools.

Year 15: 2021

The Dream in Green Academy simply becomes the Green Schools Challenge.
Launched the program in Broward County School district and entered a formal partnership.

Launched the original Recyclepedia Website and application on Android. DIG received the Innovation Prize from the Children’s Trust to create its original Recyclepedia Website + application on Android.
Geared up for the 15th year with a record number of events in 2022.
Won the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation’s “Innovation in Education” award.

Year 12: 2018

The Dream in Green Academy is transformed into 3 separate Green Schools Challenge Curriculums for ES, MS, HS.
Became part of Resilient305
Strategic partners. They launched in 2009 as a comprehensive, collaborative strategy to address regional economic, environmental, and social changes.

Launched a new partnership with Live Arts Miami providing art workshops & performances related to the environment and sustainability increasing DIG’s STEAM content.

Year 9: 2015

The Green Schools Challenge program was able to register over 115 schools.
Received Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties for the Water & Energy Learning and Behavior
(WE-LAB) Program.

Year 7: 2013

The Green Leadership Grants program was added to the Dream in Green Academy.
The WE-LAB program was created with the support of the EPA and Miami-Dade County’s Office of Resiliency.
Received the CLEO Institute – Leadership Circle Inductees award.

Year 3: 2009

Received Sustainable South Florida Award for Green Education & Outreach from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

Year 1: 2006

Dream in Green was established as a non-profit.
Green Schools Challenge program began with 3 schools.
Certificate of Recognition for Miami’s First CO2 Emissions Event hosted by Dream in Green from Mayor Manuel A. Diaz, the City of Miami.

Dream in Green became official M-DCPS partners.

23h

Missed a session from Dream in Green’s Green Career Speaker Series? 🌱

Hear directly from sustainability professionals and explore real-world green career pathways—now available anytime on our YouTube playlist. 🎥

Watch here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLiMHwdCBqj4dA_pR1nVDSmdBxaAlp3eZ&si=ea5-5IB9xo-ql_zV

#GreenCareers #DreamInGreen

Reply on Twitter 2031107326208299263 Retweet on Twitter 2031107326208299263 Like on Twitter 2031107326208299263 Twitter 2031107326208299263

8 Mar

Happy International Women's Day! 💚

Dream in Green is proud to be a women-led nonprofit empowering the next generation of environmental leaders. When women lead, our communities—and our planet—thrive. 🌎🌱

#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSustainability

Reply on Twitter 2030734846805352760 Retweet on Twitter 2030734846805352760 Like on Twitter 2030734846805352760 2 Twitter 2030734846805352760

5 Mar

Looking for a quick way to make recycling simple? ♻️Check out Recyclepedia — your go-to guide for what goes in the bin and what stays out. From plastics and paper to those tricky everyday items, http://Recyclepedia.info helps you recycle right.#RecycleRight #Sustainability

Reply on Twitter 2029582205651939540 Retweet on Twitter 2029582205651939540 Like on Twitter 2029582205651939540 1 Twitter 2029582205651939540

4 Mar

Get ready to turn trash into TREASURE!
Show us your creativity and your boldest designs as we prove that eco-friendly can be fabulous.
Registration is required and all designs will need to be approved in order to walk the runway: https://forms.gle/uQUN1K51bQiqnH2T7