GREEN
Welcome to the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
2009 marked 20 years of General Motors' partnership with the GREEN program.
Thank you, GM!
The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) seeks to engage young people as active citizens who improve conditions in their watersheds now and in the future. GREEN empowers young people to learn more about the watersheds they live in and use their findings to create lasting solutions to pressing water quality issues.
The GREEN program is focused on providing middle and high school students with opportunities to acquire essential academic skills including critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving and decision making, all while actively engaging in their communities around water quality issues. To do so, educators use an award-winning curriculum, Protecting Our Watersheds, and rely on the support of GREEN staff to correlate these experiences to required learning standards.
GREEN also works to connect educators to outstanding local partners and GM facilities to assist with water quality monitoring, classroom support, community connections and event coordination. These partnerships provide educators with access to innovative resources such as a network of national and community support, online resources, technical manuals, activity guides and water quality monitoring equipment.
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GM GREEN Spring Events 2010
Trinity River Watershed Conference in Grand Prairie Texas
The purpose of the event was to give both students and teachers a background on the local watershed and prepare them for selecting an issue for the Earth Force GM GREEN service-learning project they will be working on in the spring.
The day started out with a convocation where everyone got an excellent overview of The Trinty River and facts about the geologic makeup of the Texan environment.
After this, Students and teachers were given the opportunity to chose their own curriculum from educational sessions going on in 5 rooms during 3 different time periods.
Putting students on equal educational ground with teachers before their GREEN service-learning experience begins will enable the students to lead their community action project; using their teachers and Earth Force community partners as advisors. More...
GREEN Students Win the Great Indy Butt Out Contest
Students in Mary Pat O’Connor’s Environmental Science class at Cardinal Ritter High School collected a total of 41.4 pounds of cigarette butt litter this past April to win the Great Indy Butt Out Contest.
2008 GM GREEN Annual Report
2008 was a very successful year with 250 GM employees supporting 225 educators and 6,900 students in local stream investigations and watershed action projects. The program also received more media than ever before!
More...Experience GM Educational Website- Tools for Teachers
As such, Earth force and GREEN would like to recognize and share some invaluable GM educational resources available through the GM website. More...