Earth in the News

News

Take a look at some of the recent mentions of the Earth School in the news:

• Daily News: A great school, against the grain: A warm, diverse, child-focused place where tests don't matter much

• DNA Info: East Village Students Win Fight for LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum in Classroom

Archive

• Earth School on WNYC: Brian Lehrer interviews our principal, Alison Hazut, as part of a Principals Roundtable, 2/18/13. Listen to the podcast!

• Our very own teacher Colin Schumacher's blogpost on Huffingtonpost.com, "Human Rights and the Human Need for Love"

• Insideschools.org reviews the Earth School

Press clips on the Fifth Street Farm, our rooftop garden:

• Edible Manhattan http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/foodshed-2/raising-food-roof/

• www.good.is Feed Your City: How Architecture and Farming Work Together

• UFT.org: Up on the Roof, They’re Down on the Farm

• New York Times: In the Book Bag, More Garden Tools

• The Epoch Times (English Edition): Gardens Add Life to a Growing Number of School Curriculums

• Pavement Pieces posts video "The Fifth Street Farm Project" on vimeo.com: "A rooftop garden opens on an East Village public school." Complete with an interview with Alison, Pamela Ito, and students.

• New York Press: "East Village Schools Unveil Rooftop Garden"

• EV GRIEVE http://evgrieve.com/2012/10/cool-for-kids-schools-unveiling-new.html

• i4U.com http://www.i4u.com/2012/10/michael-arad/farm-rooftop-opens-school-east-building-village

• Curbed: Michael Arad Designs a Rooftop Farm

• DNAinfo NY: Alternative East Village School Unveils Million Dollar Rooftop Garden

• The East Village Local: Lettuce Now Turn Our Attention to Robert Simon’s Rooftop Garden

• Metro: Rooftop farm opens at East Village school building