Outstanding Educator
Robert Carter
Robert (Bob) Carter is an outdoor and environmental education instructor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, who has used PLT for over 30 years.
Service Learning
Outstanding Educator
Outstanding Educator
Nakia Brown
Nakia Brown teaches sixth grade at Wingo Elementary School in Wingo, Kentucky, and helped her school receive Kentucky Green and Healthy School certification.
Outstanding Educator
Cynthia Lawhon
Cynthia Lawhon, a discoveries teacher at Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport, Louisiana, has worked hard to enrich her school’s teaching environment.
Outstanding Educator
Kathleen Yeloushan
Kathleen Yeloushan is an education coordinator at Renaissance High School in Clarkston, Michigan, and works to provide PLT training for all local science educators.
Outstanding Educator
Barbara Adams
Barbara Adams teaches her young students at Clifton Park Nursery School in New York about the environment and promotes greener school policies.
Outstanding Educator
Augustine Frkuska
Augustine Frkuska is a teacher at Crestview Elementary School in Live Oak, Texas, who incorporates PLT into his curriculum and mentors other teachers.
Outstanding Educator
Kelly Gallo
Kelly Gallo is an environmental education specialist at Soldier Hollow Charter School in Midway, Utah. She created a school Green Council to promote sustainability.
Student Service-Learning Projects, Year-End Roundup
Exploring Mars while recycling on Earth, composting in the classroom, creating a wildlife garden. These are some highlights from service-learning projects funded by GreenWorks! grants.
Triple Green Status and Still Going Forward
“Kids can always make a difference in society” exclaimed a student from this exceptional green school in Alabama. Learn how teachers are inspiring their students.
Middle School Students Honored as “Heroes” for Making a Difference
In Washington, D.C., ABC Channel 7 interviewed students about their work outside of the classroom that’s raising the environmental awareness of their community.