January 2016
What are your goals for 2016?
To make the world a better place for your kids and future generations? To make 
one small change that can inspire others to follow? Whatever your resolutions are 
for the year, we support you.


to be an
EfS MODEL
TEACHER TOOLS: RESOLVE TO BE A MODEL-  
OF SUSTAINABILITY
Small changes can make a big impact when we each do our part. We know that our students learn by example, so modeling sustainable habits and values is an effective EfS lesson. Here are five simple ways teachers have shared with us that show our students sustainable choices.


CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WARWICK, NY VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT!

The U.S. EPA has awarded a $91,000 environmental education grant to Warwick Valley Central School District to support its 
Envirocation Project.

With funding from a recently awarded EPA grant, Warwick's Envirocation Project will provide environmental education throughout the K-12 school district and the surrounding community, and includes comprehensive composting and recycling initiatives in all school buildings. CELF is pleased to be providing customized professional development in sustainability education to support the district's project goals. 
Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator asserts, "Participants in this grant project will come away with a unique perspective of integrating environmental education through real-life projects that will benefit their community."


THREE WAYS TO "SUMMER WITH CELF"

CELF SUMMER INSTITUTE@Manhattanville College
Join us for our transformative K-12 professional development learning experience in Education for Sustainability. Our flagship program returns to Manhattanville College for the 11th summer. Our widely respected facilitators will be joined, once again, by dynamic industry leaders who will provide thought-provoking insight, engaging activities and extensive resources to help you incorporate the big ideas of sustainability into your curriculum. July 18-20/21 in Purchase, NY. Learn More
 


New York City becomes a living laboratory for teachers in Grades 5-12. 
"CELF was extremely attentive to our individual school's needs, realizing that we all have different backgrounds."
- PS 110 Principal Anna Cano Amato, participant at CELF's Greenpoint Summer Institute 

SUMMER IN THE CITY: CITIZEN SCIENCE & SOCIAL JUSTICE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Connecting hard science and public policy, CELF is partnering with Mt. Sinai Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and CUNY School of Law's Center for Urban Environmental Renewal to provide three powerhouse days of professional development for teachers in grades 5-12, with breakouts by level. Connect with industry-leading science research professionals, learn to use New York City to a make authentic place-based connections and come away with citizen science opportunities for your students. July 12-14 in Manhattan and Long Island City, NY. P-credits will be available for NYC DoE teachers. Contact Alan Cass to learn more.


BE CELF-ISH AND BRING CELF TO YOU
 
There's still time to work with our team to create a custom summer or fall workshop to meet the unique needs of your school or district. Add your school to the growing list of districts who have benefitted from this individualized approach: Scarsdale Public Schools, Boston Latin School, Greenpoint, Brooklyn public schools, New York City DoE and more. 


CELF LIFESTRAW® "100 SCHOOLS" CAMPAIGN REACHES 84 SCHOOLS AND COUNTING!

CELF recently purchased LifeStraw ® Community Filter Systems for 15 schools in Kenya -- providing safe drinking water for 750 students for up to four years.



CELF has now provided 84 schools in Kenya, Haiti and Nepal with access to clean drinking water thanks to the generous support of schools and community groups across the land. This success is made possible by champions like Paul, who demonstrated the LifeStraw by drinking muddy water during his congregation's fundraiser.   
Pastor Paul Metzloff and at his congregation, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Kingston, PA.
CELF's mission is to make Education for Sustainability (EfS) an integral part of every school's curricula and culture - from kindergarten through high school - to prepare current and future students to be active and responsible citizens of a sustainable world.