The green-wood cemetery will implement environmental education programming for middle school students in new york city, providing them with opportunities to learn how to address climate change

The Green-Wood Historic Fund, Inc. received a $535,735 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program. Under the award, Green-Wood will implement new environmental education programming for approximately 2,000 middle school students annually in Brooklyn, New York through August 2024. The programming will expand Green-Wood's existing education offerings and provide hands-on, outdoor opportunities for New York City students to learn about ecosystems and biodiversity, climate change, and evolution and adaptation. Specific program topics will include pollinator gardens, the urban heat island effect, and native and invasive species. Green-Wood also plans to supplement site visits with classroom pre- and post-visit activities. The award will allow Green-Wood to strengthen its ability to serve the public and advance its mission through these high-priority education activities focused on the environment.

The program expands green-wood's existing educational programming and brings outdoor, hands-on opportunities to learn about the environment to new york city students, with a special focus on south brooklyn. The new educational programs will serve approximately 2,000 students per school year. Programs will focus on ecosystems and biodiversity: pollinator gardens; climate change: green-wood and the "heat island" effect; and evolution and adaptation: native and invasive species at green-wood. Green-wood plans to supplement visits to the museum with pre- and post-visit activities that teachers can use in their classrooms.