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Wellness

Wellness

Wellness is holistic care for the body, mind, and spirit.  Spending time on wellness, shifts our mindsets, and allows the body to function better. Everyone benefits when we take care of ourselves.

Students can then better engage in educational activities, as they develop self-awareness, self-control, self-expression, and social-cooperative skills.

Educational and Skill-Building Connections

  • Our bodies need rest, healthy food, and exercise to function well
  • Our bodies are connected to nature
  • Nutrients and our bodies
  • Yoga
  • Meditation and quiet time
  • Physical Fitness
  • We learn how to manage our energy and keep our bodies healthy.

Sustainability

Sustainability

Learn about our renewable and non-renewable resources, our consumer habits, and the effects of it all on the planet.

Learn how to track, calculate, and adjust water and energy usage, or focus on recycling with our waste management module.

Educational and Skill-Building Connections

  • Interdependence of our built and natural environments
  • Learn how green spaces and urban planning benefit communities
  • Understanding resources and consumption

Nature Crafts

Nature Crafts

The study of Ethnobotany shows how humans have used plants for many things, from clothing to crafts, tools, housing, food, medicine, and furnishings. Mother Nature provides us with many colors, shapes, textures, scents, and patterns to explore.

Create art using materials we find, collect, repurpose, and reuse from nature and our built environment.

Educational and Skill-Building Connections

  • Creative, flexible thinking
  • Practice in a variety of art mediums
  • Using natural materials in creative ways
  • Recreational expression

Green Infrastructure & Street Tree Stewardship

Green Infrastructure & Street Tree Stewardship

Learn what happens when plants and architecture come together.

Green Infrastructure like greenroofs, green streets, rain gardens and bioswales  lower city air temperatures reducing the heat island effect, controls Stormwater runoff, creates habitat for animals and insects, AND beautifies the city!

Educational and Skill-Building Connections:

  • The interconnected nature of our built and natural environments
  • Urban planning for communities
  • Community service-learning module
  • Train to be a tree steward

EnviroSci Garden & Nutrition

Gardening & Nutrition

The garden provides an opportunity to engage the whole body and mind. A place where children (of all ages) can explore and learn something new about the science and magic of plants!

Whether indoors or outdoors, in containers, or in raised beds, Grow your food! Learn how we are connected to plants for nutritional health; grow and taste the amazing variety of food plants we have available to us!

Students build cognitive connections in language arts, science, math, and social studies. They also build valuable kinesthetic abilities, as those who learn by doing and moving flourish in these environments.

Educational and Skill-Building Connections your students will learn

  • About the interconnected nature of our built and natural environments
  • Gardening basics to grow food, herbs, and native pollinator-attracting plants.
  • How gardens and green spaces benefit communities
  • To make yummy, healthy, easy recipes and develop safe kitchen skills