Hi All,
As some of you know, the Town of Greenwich Conservation Commission has been
working hard to get environmental literacy in our schools. Although we all
run programs, there has not been an organized effort by the BOE and the
Administration.
We have been working with the PTAC Greenwich Schools Committee to bring the
CT Green Leaf Schools program to Greenwich and had also been working with
BOE Administration. As we were working on this, we received a call from
Laurel Kohl, who is running this for the state to let us know that GHS and
Parkway School had enrolled in the program by finding it on the website. We
also have Greenwich Academy and Whitby School interested. So we are now on
our way! This happened quickly and we are thrilled that it has just taken
off.
On Tuesday Oct 8 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Laurel Kohl (lead CT Green Leaf)
and Sue Quincy (CT DEEP) will do a work shop for Greenwich on the Green
Leaf program. (see below)
Green Leaf has 3 components : 1) Green Facilities (eg energy conservation,
recycling etc), 2) Healthy Schools (eg. pesticide-free, good nutrition
etc). and 3. Environmental Education (common core, STEM etc)
We are looking for schools to have a Green Leaf Committee that includes
administrators, teachers, parents, and students. And at the Town level, we
also need our core environmental education delivery system in place to
support their efforts.
We hope that you will be able to have someone join us at GHS for this
program. I will then have a follow-up meeting with you to discuss how we
can coordinate to best assist our schools with this effort.
Here is the link to Green Leaf Schools in CT.
http://www.ctgreenschools.org/index.htm
Please let me know if you or a rep from your organization will be joining
us on Tuesday. Or if you can't make that date, if you would be interested
in the follow-up meeting.
Denise Savageau
Conservation Director
Town of Greenwich
101 Field Point Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-622-6461
Fax: 203-622-3795
Mailto:denise.savageau@greenwichct.org
As some of you know, the Town of Greenwich Conservation Commission has been
working hard to get environmental literacy in our schools. Although we all
run programs, there has not been an organized effort by the BOE and the
Administration.
We have been working with the PTAC Greenwich Schools Committee to bring the
CT Green Leaf Schools program to Greenwich and had also been working with
BOE Administration. As we were working on this, we received a call from
Laurel Kohl, who is running this for the state to let us know that GHS and
Parkway School had enrolled in the program by finding it on the website. We
also have Greenwich Academy and Whitby School interested. So we are now on
our way! This happened quickly and we are thrilled that it has just taken
off.
On Tuesday Oct 8 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Laurel Kohl (lead CT Green Leaf)
and Sue Quincy (CT DEEP) will do a work shop for Greenwich on the Green
Leaf program. (see below)
Green Leaf has 3 components : 1) Green Facilities (eg energy conservation,
recycling etc), 2) Healthy Schools (eg. pesticide-free, good nutrition
etc). and 3. Environmental Education (common core, STEM etc)
We are looking for schools to have a Green Leaf Committee that includes
administrators, teachers, parents, and students. And at the Town level, we
also need our core environmental education delivery system in place to
support their efforts.
We hope that you will be able to have someone join us at GHS for this
program. I will then have a follow-up meeting with you to discuss how we
can coordinate to best assist our schools with this effort.
Here is the link to Green Leaf Schools in CT.
http://www.ctgreenschools.org/index.htm
Please let me know if you or a rep from your organization will be joining
us on Tuesday. Or if you can't make that date, if you would be interested
in the follow-up meeting.
Denise Savageau
Conservation Director
Town of Greenwich
101 Field Point Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-622-6461
Fax: 203-622-3795
Mailto:denise.savageau@greenwichct.org
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