Boston Latin School

Boston, MA

Plastic recycled: 580 lbs; Paper recycled: 1500 lbs; Energy Saved: 15000 kWh

• Established 1st green roof enclave in Boston with 5 local colleges
• Installed 28 extensive solar panel array on school gymnasium
• Used produce grown in greenhouse and rooftop garden for cafeteria dining effectively reducing "food miles"
• Lobbied the city to pilot single stream recycling program
• Collaborated with The Food Project to create farm-to-market summer camp to maintain campus greenhouse and garden.

Paul Robeson High School

Brooklyn, NY

• Raised awareness for key environmental issues through educational green games played by the students
• Established Urban Green Group and created 16 PSAs and an environmental blog, using twitter to drive participation
• Hosted Earth Day in local garden and farmer’s market; painted a mural on local Garden shed
• Designed a recycling plan for the 1st ever recycling program at their school.

DeRuyter Central School

DeRuyter, NY

• Combated vampire energy, the surplus energy being consumed when appliances are not powered off fully
• Used the school play to educate the audience and get them involved!
• Established a system for ensuring that unused appliances were shut down
• Recycled all cans and bottles in the school
• Held a Green Dance and raised over $500 for Save the Rainforests campaign

St. Luke School

Barrington, RI

• Created a community garden at their school using recycled materials
• Started a blog called Garden Green Angels which allowed students to share all that they learned about the environment using photos and video
• Contributed to the spread of information through signs around the school