Eco Education


SUMMER CAMP – Sprouts – 2014

2014 Sprouts Summer Camp  5 days – Monday–Friday from 9 am–4 pm (Extended care available from 8 am–6 pm) For Rising 1st through 5th graders Group Size 1:8 adult-to-child ratio for high caliber instruction and maximum safety Tuition: $350 per week...

UNEP & TreeHugger Launch Blogging Contest for World Environment Day

Source: treehugger.com Published: February 7, 2013 © UNEP Chris Tackett ChrisTackett It is estimated that forty to fifty percent of the food produced each year goes to waste. Thankfully, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and TreeHugger are partnering to...

How to Make a Solar Cooker

Source: solarcooking.org Published: July 31, 2012 Kristi Jerger’s 5th grade class Dublin, Ohio Public Schools provided this lesson plan. This is a great project with easy to follow step by step instructions. See How to Make a Solar Cooker.pdf 20120731 How to Make a...

Summer Project – How to Make A Fake Oil Spill

Source: youtube.com Published: July 27, 2011 Oil spills affect and harm the entire environment.There are several ways to clean those up (with chemicals, biological agents and mechanically).Here you’ll find the recipe to create fake oil for your experiments and...

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM – Youth Media Lab Project – 2005

Matter of Trust is the fiscal agent for Youth Media Lab (YML), an organization dedicated to providing media training to educators, youth service providers, youth and their parents. YML conducts after-school television and digital video production classes for Oakland...

CONFERENCE – Environmental Leadership Forum – 2008 – 2010

Matter of Trust was the fiscal sponsor for Holly B. Shepard and Evan Henrich’s Environmental Leadership Forum. Their mission was to accelerate the social movement towards a sustainable and just world. Their Forum / Training series focused on Food / Water /...