APPLY TODAY! Planting Seeds of Hope: Statewide School Garden Conference

Posted On: May 12, 11

July 7-8, 2011 at Hoa ‘Aina O Makaha

School Garden Educators from throughout the state are invited to learn, share, and grow together as this statewide conference comes to O’ahu for the first time. ‘AINA IS staff, along with several other school garden and farm to school practitioners will be offering a variety of hands-on workshops and networking opportunities for teachers.

The conference is being hosted by Gigi Cocquio and the Staff of Hoa ‘Aina O Makaha, The Kohala Center’s Hawai’i Island School Garden Network, and The Kokua Hawai’i Foundation’s ‘AINA In Schools Program.

School principals and vice principals are also invited to attend a special session for administrators on Thursday, July 7. Download an invitation to share with your school’s administrator.

As space is limited, we encourage you to apply to attend right away. In order to facilitate team building and the creation of sustainable school garden programs, preference will be given to pairs of teachers (over individual applicants) who apply together from the same school. To apply for the conference and learn more, go to kohalacenter.org.  Applications are due by May 15.

We also have a limited number of travel scholarships available for neighbor island educators through Kokua’s Environmental Education Mini-grant Program. Scholarship applications are due by May 27.

On Saturday July 9, there will be morning workshops on School Food Basics and School Garden Basics presented by ‘AINA In Schools staff. If you cannot attend July 7-8, come and join us on Saturday July 9. Conference participants are encouraged to stay through Saturday for networking and collaboration with other school garden/class teachers from every island across the state. To RSVP, write to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).