55. Green Schoolyards America with Rachel Pringle

Take a closer look at Green Schoolyards America.

This episode is a conversation that includes:

• Rachel's journey BEFORE coming to Green Schoolyards America
• Covid Initiative and how it was formed
• National School Yard Forest System
• Schoolyard Forest System Resource Library
• Living Schoolyards Act
• National Schoolyards Library
• .....and so much more!!!

MEET RACHEL:

Rachel Pringle, MA, is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Green Schoolyards America and has been working in the environmental education and green schoolyard fields for 18 years. Rachel was the VP of Strategy at Education Outside, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that brought science and environmental literacy to life in over 60 green schoolyards throughout the Bay Area. Rachel was instrumental in developing the Education Outside AmeriCorps program model and oversaw corps operations, field staff, program evaluation, and expansion activities. Rachel also taught in a public school garden for four years and conducted environmental education programming for San Francisco Unified School District students with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in conservation biology from the University of Pennsylvania and is co-author of How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers from Timber Press.

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