Save The Bay’s education program wins Sustainability Award
Project Green Schools has named Save The Bay???s K-12 education program the recipient of its 2017 Sustainability Award, recognizing Save The Bay???s ???outstanding environmental education program with a proven track record of five or more years.???
Save The Bay Education Director Bridget Prescott accepted the award at a ceremony at the Massachusetts Statehouse on May 19, 2017. “It is a great honor to be recognized by Project Green Schools. Our education program has been educating future generations about Narragansett Bay and how daily actions can impact our environment for over thirty years,” said Prescott.
“Fostering a child’s appreciation of Narragansett Bay and the natural world is very important work and very gratifying. More often than not, the students we teach have never been on a boat and sometimes its their first time to the Bay. Witnessing the first time a student holds a sea star, finds a fiddler crab in a salt marsh or sees a lighthouse is always very rewarding and at times humbling.”
Project Green Schools, based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, works on local, regional, national, and international levels to develop the next generation of environmental leaders through hands-on, project-based, solutions-based learning, community service and action.
Reaching more than 6,100 schools through environmental education and 500,000 students worldwide, Project Green Schools works with students to develop sustainable solutions, soft skills, and college and career readiness.
The organization???s Annual Green Difference Awards Program honors outstanding national environmental education and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education efforts.
Save The Bay???s education program, Explore The Bay, has been connecting students, teachers, and families to Narragansett Bay for more than 30 years. Every year, Save The Bay environmental educators introduce more than 15,000 students to Narragansett Bay through a hands-on, experiential learning approach.
Twenty-eight Rhode Island school districts participated in Save The Bay education programs in 2016; 51 schools and school districts have partnered with Save The Bay for five or more years.
“Our education team is fueled by their love of the Bay and their passion and dedication to environmental education. We are proud to be considered a partner in education and look to continue to be a resource to the educational community for many years to come,” Prescott said.