GREEN EDUCATOR — Rachel Arbor, the director of environmental education at the Garrison School, on Aug. 1 was one of nine teachers from around the country to receive a Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators from the Environmental Protection Agency. She is shown in Washington, D.C., with Mark Rupp, an EPA administrator, and Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. “If a teacher’s role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldn’t we be helping them solve the climate crisis together?” Arbor said. (Photo provided)
NEW GARDEN — The Green Teen programs of Beacon and Poughkeepsie last month held a ribbon-cutting for their 4,000-square-foot community garden at Dutchess Community College. More than 130 pounds of lettuce, yellow squash and green squash have been harvested and donated to the DCC food pantry. Shown are Matt Shayley, Lily Bartlett, Dutchess County Executive Sue Serino, Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers, Assembly Member Jonathan Jacobson, Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess Executive Director Mary Lou Carolan and Green Teen Program Manager Samantha Brittain. (Photo provided)
