News
CELF Summer Institute:
Middle & High School, July 12-16, 2010 - Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Middle & High School, July 19-23, 2010 - Simmons College, Boston, MA
Elementary K-5, July 19-21, 2010, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Hot off the Press:
“Student ideas for green roof make school a teaching lab,”
Boston Globe, July 2010
CELF Newsletter
June '10
New eco-friendly emailed format featuring links to upcoming CELF programs and calendar, Student EXPO'10 stats and feedback, and CELF Eco-Footprint program brief. Look for this new format of CELF news in the future, rather than our longer Balance format. If you are not receiving this news, but would like to be added to the mailing list, please email patti@celfeducation.org.
Winter '09
Green Schools Coalition of Westchester, highlights of Student EXPO'09, Summer Institute featuring '09 success stories from two schools and CELF Eco-Footprint program news.
Fall '08
FCWC honors CELF for green leadership, Student EXPO'08, Summer Institute-A Catalyst for Sustainability, and The Gateway School of Manhattan, The Cooper Union-Designing and Engineering for the Future.
Winter ’07
Colleges and sustainability, CELF and districts chosen for national grant project, integrating sustainability into fourth-grade essay writing, engaging leadership in sustainability, World Cafe, and the costs and benefits of sustainability, introducing the CELF Eco-Footprint Program, Sierra Club of Lower Hudson Valley.
Fall '07
CELF professional development programs, sustainability education vs. environmental education, and A Real-World Perspective: Cradle-to-cradle design, My CELF: reflections from a two-time Summer Instititute graduate, Middle School Students Forge Partners with Corporate America.
Spring/Summer '06
Inaugural EXPO, Sustainability in Schools: Collaborative is Key, Engaging Educators: Crisis or Opportunity?, Student/Teacher Seminars: a pilot middle school program.
Press Releases
CELF Boston Summer Institute Helps Teachers Generate Curriculum for Change
Green Schools Coalition of Westchester Holds First Membership Conference - November 14, 2009
CELF and Local Schools Chosen for National Grant Project
Westchester County Global Warming Task Force - January 2007
Media Coverage
CELF Leadership and General:
"FCWC Honors County Executive and CELF for Green Leadership"
Westchester Environment, Fall 2008
"Pint-sized Eco-Police, Making Parents Proud and Sometimes Crazy"
The New York Times, October 10, 2008
CELF Summer Institute for Sustainability Education:
“Student ideas for green roof make
school a teaching lab,”
Boston Globe, July 2010
“Bringing the Planet Into the Classroom,”
New York Metro Parents, June 2009
"Educators learn new teaching techniques,"
Putnam County Courier, July 21, 2005
"UPDATE: Students for a Sustainable Future"
NewCastleNOW.org 4/20/09
"CELF’s 2008 EXPO inspires, teaches and helps set a tone for the future"
NewCastleNOW.org, 5/22/08
"Chappaqua students to attend Students for a Sustainable Future EXPO ’08 at Pace on April 30,"
NewCastleNOW.org, April 24, 2008
"Getting kids to think about their world,"
The Patent Trader, September 9, 2006
"Pace EXPO Promotes 'Sustainable Development',"
Inside Chappaqua, June 2006
"Chappaqua foundation aims to spark environmentalist spirit in children,"
The Journal News, April 28, 2006
"Wanted: Stinky Sneakers."
The New York Times, 4/23/06 (article appears on the second half of the page)
Ecological Footprinting
"Milton Students Track School’s Ecological Footprint: Shoe Size' Has Shrunk Over Past 18 Months.”
Rye Record, October 23, 2008
“Milton students leaving their footprints.”
Rye Sound Shore Review, October 23, 2008