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Environmental Education
2019 – Present
Environmental Education engages with students in the Chicago Public School system and spreads knowledge about various topics related to the environment, our relationship with it, and sustainability as a whole. The goal is to instruct students about ways that they can interact with and help our planet.
Our project group is dedicated to helping students better understand their relationship with the environment around them and the impacts that climate change is having in their communities. We aim to provide students with the tools and resources that they need to engage with sustainable living in order to help them become environmental advocates.
We partner with public and charter schools (K-12) to teach lectures on a wide range of sustainability related topics, such as climate change, agriculture, green technologies, and the future of clean energy. To enhance these lectures we lead students in hands-on activities such as poster-making, outdoor gardening, and urban agriculture initiatives.
Project group leader Defne leads an interactive soil activity (2019)
In December 2021, we had the opportunity to present our work to UChicago President Alivisatos at the inaugural Sustainability Town Hall.
Project Group Leaders Defne and Ally present Environmental Education's poster to President Alivisatos.
Environmental Education members pose with their poster at the Sustainability Town Hall Poster Fair.
Garden Club
A student's work during in-person instruction (2019)
Environmental Education lead Garden Club virtually in 2020-2021, where meetings focused on a variety of sustainable topics:
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endangered species
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pollination
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global impact of food production,
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sustainable lifestyles
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water
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green careers
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urban farms
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sustainable innovations and technologies
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sustainable agriculture
Environmental Education members for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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