Additional Resources
Contact Information
Dream in Green
Program Manager: alexandra@dreamingreen.org
Executive Director: barbara@dreamingreen.org
Links
Additional Funding Opportunities
Whole Kids Foundation School Garden & Bee Programs Grants.
Florida Association for Water Quality Control E2 Fund.
E2 Energy to Educate grant program.
Teacher Innovation Grants. (For Broward School Teachers)
The President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA).
The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE).
Happening in your Community
Where to Obtain Native Plants - Miami-Dade Chapter
What are Native Plants in your Zipcode? - Search what native plants, habits and animals live and thrive in your zipcode.
Garden to Cafeteria Toolkit is provided by a partnership between Whole Kids Foundation and Slow Food USA to help school district food services safely bring school garden produce onto the lunch line!
FPL Energy Curriculum (View interactive map of local solar stations to learn about solar energy production and environmental benefits. Link to clean energy instructional courses and curriculum materials are provided for science teachers.)
PepsiCo Recycling (View recycling resources and tools. Join the Recycle Rally competition for awards and prizes.)
Connect to Protect (Become a member as a school and get free pine rockland plants. All members have the opportunity to act as citizen scientists, providing information to improve local conservation initiatives.)
Green Apple Day o f Service (Create a project to engage your community in environmental sustainability initiatives. A project should make measurable change on one or more of the three pillars of a green school: environmental impact, health and wellness, and environmental and sustainability literacy.)
National Energy Education Development Project (View resources for students and a curriculum that provides comprehensive, objective information and activities on the energy sources -renewable and nonrenewable- that fuel our country, including each of their economic and environmental impacts.)
Statistics in Schools (View program that provides resources for teaching and learning with real life data.)
Florida Envirothon (Participate in regional competition where students are challenged to work as a team to answer written questions and conduct hands-on projects focusing on environmental issues.)
Action for Nature (View environmentally-friendly educational resources, green degrees, career paths and top paying green careers.)
Go Green with your Degree (A quick guide to degrees that relate to environmental science and sustainability.)
Environmentally Endangered Lands Volunteering opportunities (Help to restore environmentally sensitive lands in Miami-Dade County and earn Community Service Hours.)
Walk to School Day 2022 (Walking and bicycling events bring schools and communities together for a common purpose - saving the nature, feeling connected with their community, enjoying one another’s company without the usual distractions)
Nature Adventure Tours at the Environmental Center at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Take your students to Nature Adventure Tours for a fun, hands-on, environmentally-based field trip in our nine-acre nature preserve. All programs follow the Sunshine State Science Standards. Booking form.)
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