Building a Community for People and Wildlife
Jill Keating-Herbst Program Manager, CT School Garden Resource Center It is late on a Wednesday afternoon in September. At Edgewood School in
Learning Doesn’t Take a Vacation
By Kate Cebik, Development Assistant Common Ground's school building still buzzes with learning this summer, as hundreds of campers gear up for daily adventures.
ED Reflections: How Soft Skills Make a Concrete Difference: A Day in the Life of Site Crew
By Melissa Spear Executive Director Last week was the first week of Common Ground’s Green Jobs Corp summer Site Crew. We have
New Haven Independent: An Eel, A Crayfish—And Maybe A Career
“Oh! That felt really weird,” Keelin Mathews said. The 15-year-old was scooping macro invertebrates out of a tub of water, when a
New Haven Independent & New Haven Register: Schoolyard habitats unveiled!
East Rock School Unveils An “Urban Oasis” Children at East Rock Community Magnet School gathered in a field Monday to witness a
New Haven Register: New Haven, Yale ‘are part of each other’
Urban Resources Initiative volunteers Kathiana Torres, Lovell Davis and Omar Mercado, Jr., of Common Ground High School position a cherry tree for
Paving a Path to A Successful Career
By Tom Gaudioso Earlier this month, Jesus Reyes, who arrived at Common Ground as a reserved freshman, demonstrated his growth into a
67 Summer Jobs Build Greener, Healthier City
Students Help Neighbors Improve 23 Greenspaces
In summer 2014, Common Ground High School students took on 67 different paid environmental and community leadership jobs -- teaching, planting, stewarding, monitoring, building
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School Garden Resource Center
Launched in partnership with the Green Village Initiative, the School Garden Resource Center supports the creation and effective use of educational vegetable