Late last winter we conducted a professional development session with the Riverstone International School middle school teachers. We discussed ideas for how they could get support in their classrooms with sustainable objectives and projects, and created a dream list of sustainability projects and ideas for...
Winter is a great time to work on getting ready for the spring planting season. This February we designed a rewarding project for the Riverstone International School 9th grade Wednesday field experience. The school wanted to create community gardens along the back of the play...
This fall we got approval to create a laydown yard at Riverstone International School. We identified and area and signed up for ChipDrop, a platform connecting professional arborists with those in need of free mulch. Utilizing ChipDrop we are delivered arborists woodchips and logs which...
October is a great time to plant perennial shrubs and trees. This project day started with lessons in: ecology, fire and windbreaks, succession, native plants and restoration. The Riverstone International School 9th graders are a great group of students who seemed to enjoy making campus...
This winter and spring I had the pleasure of working with an amazing educator, Sydney Bergen, from Riverstone International School. Together we worked with the school administration to design a curriculum for her 8th grade Design Technology Class to create a pilot Nature Play Area...
This spring Lucky Peak Nursery, a USFS production nursery, overproduced native plants for their needs and had to sell the extras to the public! In early April I purchased 50 sage brush, 50 bitterbrush, and 100 ponderosa pine seedlings....
"We had a fabulous harvest and feast today!!! Everyone tried them and most came back for more! They said to tell their “mushroom teacher” that they were brave and ate the mushrooms!!! Thank you for an amazing experience." Mrs. Beltrami, Riverstone Pre-K teacher....
The Warm Springs Creek project has been an amazing site for youth and student groups to participate in real ecological restoration and get their hands dirty. In partnership with the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited, we have hosted volunteer groups from several schools and...
One of the most amazing things about Project GREEN is our sponsors and supporters. With their support we were able to cover the costs of running the Summit and could offer the registration fees back to teachers as grants. These grants are allowing them to...
There are so many benefits to having living plants in indoor and especially in educational spaces. Indoor plants are important for mental health; they contribute to feelings of peace and solitude, and are inherently calming. Several years ago the Riverstone Green Team (Snake Plant Blog)...
Earlier this fall my college Ben Brock (interim garden teacher) asked if I would help lead a garden class with him at Peace Valley Public Charter Waldorf School which I eagerly agreed to do! I was interested to see this school model and how it...
We are excited to have the ability to have green team meetings! Given how strange a year its been and health focused restrictions we are meeting outside once a week to work on projects wearing masks! One silver lining that our outdoor focus and outdoor...
To get our populace into the mindset of making big changes the Green Team and Sustainability Council came together to start planning our Earth Week last year. We decided a great way to introduce our plan and a good kick off would be a community...
