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February 2015
2015 Highlight: Summer School for Teachers: Learn How to Bring Sustainability Initiatives to Your Classroom
December 2012
2012 Highlight: Explore A Rooftop Living Classroom with PBS
Greenworks science barge and greenhouse in Yonkers, NY inspired a group of parents to build a greenhouse on top of their kids public school--PS333--on the upper West side of Manhattan. Watch science teacher Shakira share their vision for rooftop classrooms of the future in this beautiful segment on rooftop greenhouses as living science labs in urban environments.
February 2010
2010 Highlight: NYTimes – On a School Rooftop, Hydroponic Greens for Little Gardeners
Shakira Castronovo stood in a classroom at the Manhattan School for Children on West 93rd Street on a recent afternoon and hushed a squirming group of kindergartners perched around a blue carpet. “Where do you think I picked this?” she asked, pinching a leafy-looking thing between her index finger and thumb. “It was picked fresh just few minutes ago.”
February 2010
2010 Highlight: NYTimes – Turning Asphalt Into Edible Education
When Celia Kaplinsky, a Brooklyn elementary school principal, visited a schoolyard garden project in Berkeley, Calif., a few years ago to see if it could work back home, something impressed her more than the lush rows of tomatoes and cucumbers.
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