Courtney Kimmel 
Grantee: The Susquehanna River School – Harrisburg, PAProject Title: The Purple Martin Bird House ProjectGrant Type: ecoTech The birds will not consider a home where there is just water and land– they need people nearby. They have become completely dependent on human activity, and it shows in their living preferences. … Read more
Grantee: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. – Atlanta, GA Project Title: Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) for K-12 Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s LLALC project provides students with lessons that they can share with their families about how to keep their waters clean and safe from pollution and why it is important to use water … Read more
Grantee: West Career and Technical Academy – Las Vegas, NV Project Title: Aquaponic System to Revamp School Lunches Grant Type: ecoSolution Description: The students at West Career and Technical Academy have decided to revamp their school lunches with vegetables and herbs grown in their very-own aquaponics system! Using the school pond, they have built shelves … Read more
Grantee: Kwiaht Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea – San Juan Islands, WA / 2013Project Title: Fabulous Filtering FungiGrant Type: ecoSolution Description: As a result of increased tourism and vehicular traffic, motor oil was washing off of roads, into the fragile shoreline systems surrounding the islands, and out into the Puget Sounds. High school students on … Read more
The Institute @ CPF is getting teachers ready for new science standards
Communications Intern ProfileSummer 2017 Tell us about yourself: I was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. to study when I was sixteen years old. I am currently in the third year at Emory and studying media studies as my primary major. I have appreciated my opportunity to work for CPF throughout this … Read more
