At the beginning of the 2009/2010 academic year, the Greenfox5 Club entered the broad spectrum of extracurricular programs offered at Yale University. As an extension of Greenfox Schools, a nonprofit based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we work to empower New Haven public school students with the knowledge they need to understand sustainability and apply it to their everyday lives. Greenfox Schools believes that we can best explain sustainability by organizing our curriculum into five main categories: Energy, Waste, Food, Products, and Greenspace. We plan to teach children a myriad of ways in which we can all benefit the environment; from using wind, solar, hydroelectric, and other renewable sources of energy, to recycling, composting, and employing other waste-reduction methods, to purchasing organic and locally grown food and non-toxic, biodegradable, and energy efficient products, and finally to using environmentally friendly building products.
This semester, we have been working on finalizing our lesson plans and raising awareness on campus. We are also partnering with YSEC Education, an initiative spearheaded by Greenfox President and Founder Annelies Gamble and YSEC President Dacia Thompson. By partnering with YSEC Education, we are able to immediately enter schools that YSEC has long-standing connections with and can begin instant, hands-on training. We are scheduled to enter classrooms soon after the New Year and are very excited about teaching and getting to know our students!
For more information, you can visit Greenfox Schools website at http://www.greenfoxschools.com/index.html or email Annelies Gamble (annelies.gamble@yale.edu), Willa Frej (willa.frej@yale.edu), or Phil Gross (phillip.gross@yale.edu).
This blog will be updated weekly with news about our organization and editorials on current issues in sustainability, so please check in with us soon!
Thanks for checking us out,
The Greenfox5 Team
