Tag: education
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Green Classroom Curriculum
Green Classroom Curriculum January 8, 2019 Due to renewed interest in science-based learning for children, we’re making available a gardening curriculum published by the New Alchemy Institute in 1988. The Green Classroom is a tested, convenient way for teachers to provide garden-focused knowledge to today’s students, with practical benefits in a climate-challenged world. Developed by…
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Pick your “ick”
The following letter to the editor by Hilde Maingay was written in response to an editorial in The Falmouth Enterprise criticizing the “ick” factor of eco-toilets. The same paper published the letter on March 13, 2015. The alarm bells of the climate (and environmental) crisis have been ringing in our ears for years and…
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The Costs of Clean Water
Join the Falmouth Climate Action team for a forum on pollution in our groundwater, ponds and estuaries and what Falmouth voters can do about improving local water quality! Sunday, March 23 from 4 to 6 PM Falmouth Public Library, Main Street, Falmouth Hermann Meeting Room (downstairs) Presentations will cover background on why local water sources…
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A Toast to Green Drinks
We were delighted to host the first Cape Cod Green Drinks of 2014 on January 29. Over 60 people came for delicious food, refreshing drinks and stimulating conversation and presentations about eco-toilets and aquaculture. Attendees came from as far away as Maine and Vermont, Plymouth and Eastham— as well as local residents who are interested…
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Separett President to Give Talk at the Eco Toilet Center!
We’re pleased to invite you to a special presentation by Mikael Billsund, president of the Swedish eco-toilet company Separett on November 6, 2013. Mikael will give a talk and show a short video starting at 2 PM, followed by a tour of the Cape Cod Eco-Toilet Center. Attendees will have the chance to learn about Separett,…
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Keeping Cape Cod’s Waters Clean
Written and illustrated by Molly Bang with research by Citizens for Economic and Ecological Sustainability (CEES) Sponsored by: The Falmouth Climate Action Team, The Green Center, GreenCAPE, Water Alliance and the Coonamessett Farm Foundation
The Green Center 