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Robert Morgan Educational Center Students Host Earth Day Celebration, Educate School-Wide Population
On April 24 Robert Morgan Educational Center celebrated Earth Day 2014 by hosting a school-wide Eco-Summit. The celebration, held during the students' lunch period, helped to raise awareness about actions that protect the environment. The school’s Green Team, the Science National Honor Society (SNHS), received a $500 grant through Dream in Green’s Green Leadership program in support of this event. Specifically for this event, they created banners and posters containing environmental messages, printed T-shirts for their members, bought paint for their hand painting stand, gave out fruit [...]
E.W.F Stirrup Elementary Students Host Eco-Summit and Arbor Day Celebration
On April 25 E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary celebrated Arbor Day at their annual school Eco-Summit, the final activity of the Green Schools Challenge (GSC). The Eco-Summit kicked-off with a tree planting ceremony and included facility staff, teachers, students, the school Principal, Dr. Hernandez, as well as special guests from Perris Ellis and Dream inGreen. This year, the event featured a unique performance by Pre-K students as they sang ‘We Planted a Tree” to end the ceremony. This annual celebration was spearheaded by GSC teacher champion, Ms. Jenkins. During the ceremony, students involved [...]
Dream in Green Schools Win Back-to-Back Samsung Education Contest
Have you ever considered how math and science might benefit the environment? Samsung’s Solve for Tomorrow National Education Contest focuses on how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education can help the environment. Last year Leewood K-8 Center won the contest and this year G.W. Carver Middle also won. Both schools are part of the Green Schools Challenge. To become more environmentally aware, students at G.W. Carver Middle began monitoring the school’s energy and water bills. In addition, students conducted a comprehensive energy audit at home. But [...]
Creating Sustainable Paradise, One Habitat at a Time!
Written by Sam Van Leer, Founder of Urban Paradise Guild Urban Paradise Guild (UPG)was created to put the tools in your hands, so you can be the change you wish to see in the world. We offer volunteer opportunities every day of the week! Every UPG project protects Miami from the causes, and sometimes the effects of Sea-Level Rise (SLR). Expect real work, and a real workout. What will you do? Urban Forestry: Protect, restore or create Native Habitat, and put the life into wildlife [...]
Sustainable Energy for a Warming Planet
Written by John Parker, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, Florida International University Many scientists think that climate change is the most serious long-term threat to natural ecosystems and human society, posing a global risk to human health, water supplies and food security. 97% of climate-change scientists agree that global warming is caused primarily by carbon emissions from human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide levels are higher than they have been for over 800,000 years. Scientists have documented an increase in extreme [...]
Students Take the Environmental Sustainability Message Home and to their Communities!
As we approach the end of the program cycle, GSC Green Teams are ramping up efforts to continue to save water and energy and spread the environmental sustainability message learned from exciting monthly challenge activities relating to our six core topics: Energy Efficiency & Conservation, Water Conservation, Waste Reduction & Recycling, Alternative Transportation, Green Careers and Green Buildings. In April, Green Teams will be busy organizing a school Eco-Summit to educate the school population and wider community about the importance of sustainable practices in their daily [...]
Carbon Footprint for Dummies, and I’m the Dummy-in-Chief
Via Melissa Hunsberger, GSC Coordinator Carbon emissions, carbon footprint and carbon offsetting; scientists and environmentalists use these terms often, but I imagine that few of us, myself included, have taken the time to investigate each of their meanings or how they play a role in our daily lives. Starting at the beginning is usually a good place to start. Carbon, I haven’t thought much about this element since studying the periodical chart in middle school, but truth be told, it’s essential to all living things. [...]
Walk the Green Carpet with Us
For a change of pace, head over to The Standard for one of the greenest get-togethers of the year. Dream in Green invites you to party dockside, enjoy breathtaking views of the bay, and specialty cocktails at our ‘Setting the Standard,’ fundraiser from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on April 11, 2014 at The Standard Spa in Miami Beach. The affair kicks off with the presentation of the 2014 Green Innovator Awards, recognizing local companies and individuals for undertaking green initiatives. The honorees at the event "Setting the [...]
Ransom Everglades Students Focus on Environmental Stewardship
Environmental stewardship has been an important part of Ransom Everglades and is one of the school’s six major goals with in its 2009 improvement plan. Students at the school took water conservation to the next level by replacing older plumbing fixtures with high-efficiency fixtures with motion sensors, retrofitting existing traditional filtered tap water fountains with water bottle filling stations throughout campus, reducing the demand for disposable water bottles. Students are afforded the opportunity to join sustainability and gardening clubs. School gardens provide experiential learning opportunities for [...]
Nautilus Middle Eighth Graders Win Awards at Future City Competition
The 2013-14 Future City Competition asked students from around the country to tackle tomorrow’s transportation needs by designing ways to move people in and around their city. Student competitors were placed in real world situations and became problem solvers as they brainstormed ideas and design solutions. Students from various grade levels at Nautilus Middle competed in the Future City Competition, sponsored locally by Florida International University (FIU). Using SimCity, an engineering software, students first designed a virtual city, conducted research and wrote up their findings. [...]