Learn the basics of backyard composting and how to create and maintain a composting worm bin. This two hour workshop is a great way to learn how to divert kitchen and yard waste from our landfills and turn them into a nutrient rich soil amendment.
First grade teacher Ting Ortiz will share some of the many ways she incorporates curriculum into the school learning garden. Ting leads an after school garden club which is very popular with students. Discussion followed by a tour of the Kaumana Elementary student learning gardens. Refreshments provided as well as free plants and seeds to share.
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Please join us as we continue learning about nutrition basics and how we can help reduce health risks for our students and ourselves. Nutrition experts from Hawaii Island will be sharing their expertise and tips for incorporating healthy lifestyle changes.
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hat is happening to honeybees? That is the question facing our island, our state and a significant portion of the planet as bee colonies are weakening and dwindling. Join us as we learn about what we can do to help our important pollinators. Critically acclaimed film Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?, a panel discussion with local bee experts and honey tasting.
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Ku ‘Aina Pa, Winter Session Date: January 19-20, 2013, 8:30-3:30 Location: University of Hawaii, Hilo Details: Ku ‘Aina Pa is a yearlong teacher training program for school learning gardens in Hawaii
Please join us as we continue learning about nutrition basics and how we can help reduce health risks for our students and ourselves. Nutrition experts from Hawaii Island will be sharing their expertise and tips for incorporating healthy lifestyle changes
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Monthly STEM in School Gardens Meetings for Hilo/Waiakea Complex schools Date: Friday, January 11, 2013, 3:00-4:30, Junior Master Gardeners Program overview with CTAHR Extension Agent Becky Settlage and tour of the Boys & Girls Club youth garden. Location: Hilo Boys & Girls Club Date: February 8, 2013, 3:30-4:30 Location: Kaumana Elementary Topic: Linking Curriculum with Learning Gardens with Ting Ortiz
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The HISGN is pleased to lend support School Festivals that bring attention and education to healthy eating and healthy lifestyles through the Beacon Award. School Makahiki Festivals will be held at the following schools:
The HISGN will be offering a series of Garden-Based Nutrition Education Workshops for School Garden and Class Teachers in both East and West Hawai‘i. The workshops will focus on the “Foundations of Nutritional Education” especially for Garden Teachers and Class Teachers who work in school gardens. For more information, go to the Web site. The Presenter will be Vivienne Aronowitz. Vivienne holds a Masters of Public Health and is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is the Nutritionist for all Kaiser Permanente Clinics on Hawai‘i Island.
Composting & Vermicomposting Workshop
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminLearn the basics of backyard composting and how to create and maintain a composting worm bin. This two hour workshop is a great way to learn how to divert kitchen and yard waste from our landfills and turn them into a nutrient rich soil amendment.
STEM Education in the School Garden
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminFirst grade teacher Ting Ortiz will share some of the many ways she incorporates curriculum into the school learning garden. Ting leads an after school garden club which is very popular with students. Discussion followed by a tour of the Kaumana Elementary student learning gardens. Refreshments provided as well as free plants and seeds to share.
The Foundations of Garden Based Nutrition, Session #2
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminPlease join us as we continue learning about nutrition basics and how we can help reduce health risks for our students and ourselves. Nutrition experts from Hawaii Island will be sharing their expertise and tips for incorporating healthy lifestyle changes.
Bee the Change: What Is Happening to Our Honeybees?
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminhat is happening to honeybees? That is the question facing our island, our state and a significant portion of the planet as bee colonies are weakening and dwindling. Join us as we learn about what we can do to help our important pollinators. Critically acclaimed film Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?, a panel discussion with local bee experts and honey tasting.
Ku ‘Aina Pa, Winter Session
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminKu ‘Aina Pa, Winter Session Date: January 19-20, 2013, 8:30-3:30 Location: University of Hawaii, Hilo Details: Ku ‘Aina Pa is a yearlong teacher training program for school learning gardens in Hawaii
Garden Based Nutrition Basics for Teachers, Part II
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminPlease join us as we continue learning about nutrition basics and how we can help reduce health risks for our students and ourselves. Nutrition experts from Hawaii Island will be sharing their expertise and tips for incorporating healthy lifestyle changes
Monthly STEM in School Gardens Meetings for Hilo/Waiakea Complex schools
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminMonthly STEM in School Gardens Meetings for Hilo/Waiakea Complex schools Date: Friday, January 11, 2013, 3:00-4:30, Junior Master Gardeners Program overview with CTAHR Extension Agent Becky Settlage and tour of the Boys & Girls Club youth garden. Location: Hilo Boys & Girls Club Date: February 8, 2013, 3:30-4:30 Location: Kaumana Elementary Topic: Linking Curriculum with Learning Gardens with Ting Ortiz
School Food Festivals
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminThe HISGN is pleased to lend support School Festivals that bring attention and education to healthy eating and healthy lifestyles through the Beacon Award. School Makahiki Festivals will be held at the following schools:
Eat Think Grow: Garden-Based Nutrition for School Garden Educators
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminThe HISGN will be offering a series of Garden-Based Nutrition Education Workshops for School Garden and Class Teachers in both East and West Hawai‘i. The workshops will focus on the “Foundations of Nutritional Education” especially for Garden Teachers and Class Teachers who work in school gardens. For more information, go to the Web site. The Presenter will be Vivienne Aronowitz. Vivienne holds a Masters of Public Health and is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is the Nutritionist for all Kaiser Permanente Clinics on Hawai‘i Island.
STEM/School Gardens
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminHow to Make a Classroom Worm Bin with Donna Mitts
Followed by tour of student learning gardens at Hilo High with Ag. Resource
Teacher Steve Nemeth