Two GreenWorks! Service-Learning Grants in Colorado

Congratulations go out to Liberty High School in Colorado Springs and Front Range Community College’s High School Program in Fort Collins for their 2010 GreenWorks! Grants.

“These grants support Colorado students who understand the value in working together on a common project,” said Shawna Crocker, Colorado PLT coordinator. “The projects also enable groups of students to do hands-on learning outdoors.” The recipients are:
Liberty High School, Colorado Springs, Butterfly Garden: Students with special needs, as well as the Student Council, Environmental Club, and other student groups, will create a garden in the front of the school to provide butterfly and other wildlife habitat. This is a project that will take place over several years, with students building on previous work.

Front Range Community College, High School Program, Fort Collins, “Communities, Cameras, and Conservation”: Students from 10 area high schools in the college’s wildlife and forestry program will partner with the Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy to collect and analyze data about mountain lion behaviors and movement. They will share the information with Larimer County Park managers, other land managers, and the local community.
Since 1998, Colorado educators have received 46 GreenWorks! grants! To view the list of past recipients, go to http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/47_193_0.html

Since 1992, Project Learning Tree has distributed more than $800,000 to fund nearly 1,000 grant projects in communities across the country.
For more information about GreenWorks!, and a complete list of Project Learning Tree’s GreenWorks! grant awards, visit www.plt.org or contact Vanessa Bullwinkle, Director of Communications, 202.463.2472 or vbullwinkle@forestfoundation.org.