After-school environmental science provided to 9 sites. Programs create action projects.

The Arboretum is just beginning outreach to local Headstarts, providing buses so children can come to the Arboretum.

The South Bay is a new development area in downtown Boston that is located adjacent to Chinatown and falls 2/3 within Chinatown zoning jurisdiction.  A community task force has been assembled to provide community input into this 10 acre develpment project, however, notably missing from this task force is the presence of youth.  The South Bay Youth Project is a branch of ACDC's youth program, the Young Leaders Network (YLN), that aims to represent the voice of area youth concerned about the project and its' impact upon the Chinatown community.

Collaboration with Greater Boston YMCA and South Boston Neighborhood House, Camp connects children from Boston's neighborhoods to downtown waterfront and harbor.

Launched in 1995 to promote and carry out a conservation Good Turn in their home communities.

Individual or Unit award.  For distinguished service in conservation.

Hands on environmental and community service education in the Charles River Parklands.

Custom designed per school/youth group.  We have a special mobile adventure, nature, farm program that can be done virtually anywhere contracted.  We have mini buses, canoe trailers, inflatable mountain, animals, project adventure mobile initiatives, mountain bikes, hiking, rockclimbing gear to run programs in situ.

We work with specific partner schools to run their 6th grade outdoor education retreat, send their children to our 21 day Summer Camp and follow up 1x per month in their classrooms with asset development model outdoor education.

Youth stewardship program providing hands-on activities in the parks, including a rose garden.

GHB has combined efforts with Hale Reservation to provide environmental lessons to urban kids in outdoor summer camps.

 

For more information about this experience, please refer to the "Agency Camp Programs" program offered by Hale Reservation.

A pilot Nature/Environmental afterschool club held in school and led by a teacher with a GHP intern and using Greentimes materials and focus.

Harbor Connections is an environmental education program that introduces teachers and Boston public school students to the Boston Harbor Islands as a rich resource for teaching about physics, the environment, and social history. Students have in-class teachings, special guests, and on island expeditions two times a year. The program currently serves over 1700 students in 10 Boston area schools.

Professional Development Programs and Resource Learning Center provide opportunities available for educators, out-of school time providers and others interested in developing an understanding of the environment as a setting for integrated sciences.  BNC promotes an audience-centered, inquir-based approach where staff, volunteers, interns, cultural organization partners and participants create together a community of learners.

BNC offers on-site weeklong, all day fun adventures and exciting learning opportunities.

An educational partnership between commercial fishermen and K-12 classrooms.  Program goal is to have teachers utilize fishermen as a resource to teach about marine resources and life of a fisherman.

Building and utilizing an ROV (remote operated vehicle) for monitoring the environment.

Kayak by moonlight off the coast of Maine, build accessible trails in a local state park, or learn how to rock climb in the greater Boston area—all in a fun, supportive, and inclusive environment! Participate in one of our many programs for people with and without disabilities, of all ages and backgrounds, and be a part of our mission for social change.

At various locations around Boston, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay staff teach young people how to explore the marine environment in the field – using field guides, lobster pots, dip nets, fishing rods, etc.

Students who complete the summer program can join the AYP where they lead volunteers, work in shelters, and learn about agriculture/environment/hunger/service/leadership/communication.

We hire 50 teenagers, ages 14-16 and 10 crew leaders and assistant crew leaders, ages 17-24, to grow food on urban and suburban farmland for shelters, soup kitchens and farmers markets.  Youth go through a broad curriculum about land, food, community and personal development.

Outreaches: programs delivered for a fee in schools throughout the North East;  Overnights: for private groups (including scouts) at the Aquarium; Family Programs: for young children and families; Community Programs: free for afterschool programs and projects.

WoW Explorers is targeted at middle school students. An 8-week course on Saturdays that trains volunteers.  Teen Interns are 16-18 year olds that work paid during the summer (85 students) and year round (15 students).

Participants develop and learn techniques and skills for teaching others angling and aquatic ecology including water testing using biological and chemical indicators, fishprinting, macro invertebrate sampling, population dynamics, fish anatomy, identification and behavior.

Hand-on, inquiry-based education programs offered to any group (schools, scouts, etc.) for a fee.  Programs cover a wide variety of topics and are taylored to the age of the group.

Set of education programs for 4th and 5th Graders in select Boston Public Schools.  Program is partially grant funded through Howard Hughes Medical Institute and focuses on MA Standards of Adaptations, Populations, and Ecosystems.