The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council was awarded a Loraine Tisdale grant to help develop and implement a project involving local children with the construction of insect hotels for installation along the Fred Lippitt Woonasquatucket River Greenway.
The San Miguel School in Providence was awarded a Loraine Tisdale grant in order for them to improve their own composting process at the school.
Students and teachers at the Henry Barnard School, working with the Rhode Island College Environmental Club, will create an educational video about composting that will teach other students at HBS how to properly separate out food scrap for composting. In addition, the video will be shared with other schools around the state.
The San Miguel School, a Lasallian middle school, provides a high quality, holistic education for boys from diverse and challenging backgrounds.
In a caring, safe, and structured environment, we foster a spirit of mutual respect and brotherhood among all students. We walk with our students and their families throughout their educational journey at San Miguel and beyond.
The mission of Henry Barnard School’s faculty and staff is to provide an inclusive, positive, safe, creative hands-on learning environment, where children are challenged academically and encouraged to be socially responsible members of our diverse learning community.
Our mission is to raise awareness for environmental and social concerns through the Arts while providing a venue to local musicians, composers and poets.
The Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island assesses, informs, and activates efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in or attributable to Rhode Island. The purpose of CACRI is philanthropic and includes promoting social learning about climate change, including especially the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improving the commonweal, and protecting the environment and the functioning of the ecosystem.
In a partnership with the Eastern RI Conservation District, Melville Elementary School in Portsmouth will create a rainwater garden to manage stormwater runoff on the school grounds.
In partnership with families and community, the mission of Melville Elementary School is to provide all students with a strong academic foundation through diverse and challenging instruction in a safe and nurturing environment, enabling them to achieve their greatest potential while developing self-confidence, respect, responsibility, compassion, and a love of learning.
In a partnership between the Greater YMCA, the Harry Kizirian Elementary School in Providence will create pollinator habitat in a local community garden as part of an after-school program.
