2012 Great American Cleanup Continues Here!
REGISTER HERE or if your cleanup is done REPORT YOUR RESULTS HERE
VIDEO Contest – deadline for entries extended to Wednesday May 23rd Details
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Click here to REGISTER for Mini Golf or to SPONSOR this event (mail in form)
Register Online for Mini-Golf (credit card payments)
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Artful Receptacle Exhibition at the Orangetown Highway Department
16th Annual Open House-May 19th (details)
ARC Artists – Beautifying Rockland County
Pictured from left: William McGowan, Janet Jarer, Art Therapist Anne Scully, Daisy Thomas, Tamar Sarian and Lucrezia Belardo pose with hand-painted trash cans designed for Keep Rockland Beautiful’s Artful Receptacles Project. The ARC artists used acrylic paints to create the colorful scenes. The receptacles will be on exhibit Saturday May 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at 119 route 303 in Orangeburg during the 16th annual Open House presented by the Orangetown Highway Department in conjunction with National Public Works Week.
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Farm to Family Fest: Planting a Vision for the Next Generation-June 2, 10-3pm
School Health and Environmental Education Workshops 10:30am-11:30am
West Nyack BOCES Campus
This year, KRB’s Rockland Environmental Education Symposium (R.E.E.S.) is being held in conjuction with the Rockland County School Health and Wellness Coalition’s Connecting Health with Learning Symposium. These workshops are part of this county’s first Farm to Family Fest, a collaborative effort that includes the Town of Clarkstown, Rockland BOCES, Rockland County Department of Health, Rockland County School Health and Wellness Coalition, Rockland Alliance for Health, Keep Rockland Beautiful, Rockland Farm Alliance and a representative of farmers’ markets.
Farm to Family and workshop flyers
Download School Health Showcase registration form (click to represent your schools gardening, nutrition education, recycling, composting, outdoor education or physical activity project at Farm to Family)
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Going Green has never been more Rewarding!
New York State is participating in the pilot year of the U.S. Department of Education’s (USED) Green Ribbon Schools recognition program. This voluntary federal program rewards schools that have achieved or have made demonstrable progress toward:
1. The school facility has a net-zero environmental impact
2. The school enviroment has a net-positive impact on the health and performance of students and staff members
3. The school’s graduates are environmentally literate
While the award confers no immediate federal funds, winners of the Green Ribbon (like the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon award winners) are more likely to see extensive media coverage, enhanced community support and access to new business partners and other financial assistance.
Click here for more information
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