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Horticulturalist/Gardener

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ORGANIZATION: Green Our Planet

  • 21 people are interested
Students WIth Garden-Grown Vegetables
Students from John S Park Elementary School at their student-run farmers' market

We are looking for someone with some basic gardening experience to help out with maintaining raised bed gardens at local public schools (in Las Vegas). Some of these schools have composting systems, outdoor classrooms, etc. Green Our Planet runs the largest school garden program in the United States. This is an opportunity to help out with the first county-wide school garden program in Nevada.

To learn more about our program, please visit: http://www.greenourplanet.org/learning/school-gardens

To read about us in the local press, please visit:

http://www.greenourplanet.org/inert/press/

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About Green Our Planet

Location:

6795 Edmond St, 3rd Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89118, US

Mission Statement

Green Our Planet runs the largest school garden program in the U.S. Our overall goal is to help conserve, protect, and improve the environment through funding green projects and through education, which includes STEM, nutrition and conservation education in K-12 schools.

Description

Green Our Planet (GoP) is a creative, entrepreneurial, non-profit conservation organization that operates a free environmental crowdfunding platform and also runs the largest school garden program in the United States. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, GoP offers a unique funding and educational model to help individuals and organizations reach their mission goals, while supporting innovative education and conservation efforts. GoP achieves its mission by actively partnering with foundations, individuals, organizations and corporations to collectively create positive impact in environmental education and change. Through its environmental crowdfunding platform, Green Our Planet simultaneously offers the public an opportunity to both learn about environmental challenges and to help fund green projects that can help solve some of those challenges.

To learn more, please visit: http://www.greenourplanet.org/learning/school-gardens

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
Environment
Children & Youth, Education & Literacy, Environment

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

The Innevation Center6795 Edmond Street3rd FloorLas Vegas, NV 89118

(36.06662,-115.21362)
 

DATE POSTED

January 30, 2018

SKILLS

  • Gardening
  • Botany
  • Environmental Education
  • Horticulture
  • Farming

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Must be at least 18
  • Whatever time you can provide

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