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  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | Filed under Engineering , Environmental Stewardship , School Garden Installation , Community

     

    They are smiling because the water conserving drip system has been engineered and installed at Burton Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth, TX on Friday, May 10 with the most expert guidance and assistance from them; and they are Debbie Key and Bill Vandever, Tarrant County Master Gardeners extraordinaire. They’re happy that 200 + folks from the community at large, specifically volunteers from Mercedes Benz Corporation, parents, teachers and students have completed another REAL School Garden for instructing and facilitating knowledge through nature in context with the real world.

    People like these folks (Debbie and Bill) volunteer their time ...

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | Filed under Volunteering , Community , Family Activities

     

    As a college student, I can be the first to admit that I spend way too much time inside, glued to a computer screen, or texting on my cell phone. Adults struggle with getting outdoors and in turn, children are having the same struggle. Ronda Grimes, in the video posted below, gets right to the point when she says that our children are living in a world of technology that hinders their ability to get outside and actually enjoy that time outdoors. Here at REAL School Gardens, we think it's not only important for kids to be outdoors but ...

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  • Thursday, March 14, 2013 | Filed under Volunteering , Student Behavior , Community , Instructional Aids , Science , REAL Supporters , Smart Potatoes

     

     

    REAL School Gardens, Surgical Care Affiliates, The United Way and Richardson Bike Mart were part of an amazing occasion held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Gaylord Texan Resort for the children of the organization, Bea’s Kids.  This event was created to increase interest in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM.  This event not only reached out to the areas of STEM, but it also gave the kids confidence and a feeling of accomplishment after creating each project. 

     


     

    With around 200 volunteers and about eighty children involved, ...

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  • Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | Filed under Environmental Stewardship , Community , Family Activities , Science

    Most people probably remember learning about butterflies early in their elementary careers. I remember lessons about butterfly metamorphosis and our teacher purchasing a butterfly habitat for the classroom, but there is one mystery about butterflies that still fascinates students, researchers, and teachers through the years. The Monarch Migration takes place every year during the spring and fall when millions of monarch butterflies make their way from Canada to Mexico and back again. This magnificent spectacle has caught the eye of many onlookers, and recently of IMAX filmmakers.

     

    Flight of the Butterflies is a compelling and awe-inspiring 3D film that ...

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  • Tuesday, February 05, 2013 | Filed under Educators , Community

     

    Our ancestors were tough, tenacious and smart, if they were not we wouldn’t be here today, the genetic transfer would not have taken place and we wouldn’t have all the modern miracles’ that surround our life today.  We would not have cars and airplanes whose metal components come from rocks, how did they figure that out? And imagine the most modern technological device (computers) are made from dead and decaying plants and animals in that plastic comes from oil and oil is dead and decaying plants and animals, include too, that some computer parts also come from rocks, (the ...

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  • Tuesday, January 29, 2013 | Filed under Environmental Stewardship , Community


    I grew up in the Great Basin, where California, Oregon, and Nevada might as well be the same place, on 318 acres of organic pastures that were seasonally filled with either munching dairy heifers or four feet of snow. On our “small” working pasture ranch in Oregon, my family grows organic grass for hay and to run organic cattle in the summer months. I grew up in the cowboy way of life. It’s still strange to describe my childhood and my lifestyle and then realize that it’s a concept that is completely foreign to most people. Many of them stare ...

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  • Wednesday, January 23, 2013 | Filed under Volunteering , Community , REAL Supporters

     

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"  On Monday, January 21, 2013, our nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in honor of Dr. King Jr.’s legacy.  Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the MLK Holiday to serve their neighbors and communities. [http://mlkday.gov/]  Going beyond providing community service on just one day out of the year, Dr. King Jr. calls us to continue to serve our neighbors and communities throughout the year. 

     

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  • Tuesday, January 15, 2013 | Filed under Volunteering , Student Behavior , School Garden Installation , Educators , Community

    Saturday was my first “Big Dig” with REAL School Gardens.  Those are the days where we join our partners to create a learning garden at a low income school.  It was cold.  It was rainy. It was muddy.  And I loved it.

     

    As the new marketing and communications director, I was there to get a sense of how these community-powered events work.  I was also getting some fresh photos for the website.  To get these pictures, I asked one of our educators, Eric Vanderbeck (a.k.a. Mr. V), to do some of his hands-on lessons with 12 kids whose ...

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  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 | Filed under Environmental Stewardship , Community , Family Activities

    It may be January, but we're ready to get growing! Check out these 5 projects to prep for springtime, in the garden or inside!

    1) If you're bundled up inside with no interest in venturing out to garden just yet, why not make yourself an indoor tabletop water garden? Helpful instructions and tips from Megan of radmegan: in words and pictures to get this project underway:

     

    2) Upcycle those broken tools in the shed and revamp them into a trellis for climbing vines:

     Photo credit: Better Homes and Gardens

    3) Do the dirty work of prepping your soil for spring. ...

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  • Tuesday, December 04, 2012 | Filed under Environmental Stewardship , Community

    What do REAL School Gardens, a New York City juice bar, a fisherman, and a mountain climber have in common? What may sound like the beginning of a bad joke is actually an international non-profit agency giving millions every year in the name of the environment. RSG recently received funding through 1% For The Planet, an organization with the mission to “build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet.”

    By encouraging businesses to donate 1% of their sales to environmental non-profits, 1% For the Planet not only gets businesses to take a more ...

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