Greenworks is a global environmental stewardship network linking teachers, students, and communities together via project-based learning.

Two men working on a meliponario, consisting of two vertical wooden beams and a cross-beam connecting them. Level and roof materials are nearby

A building in a densely vegetated landscape, filled with beehive boxes

A box on its side with layers of bee eggs hanging out, with tiny stingless bees flying around

A group of Brazilian kids, adults, and elders surround a teacher who is showing the inside of a small wooden box, where tropical bees are housed.

Multiple girls work on painting beehive boxes on a wooden table outside in the rain forest

Masked students in a canal flanked by buildings, cleaning up garbage, with a yellow and blue bridge and the volcano Gamalama in the background

An older gentleman in a lab coat holding a closed jar with water, a young woman in a lab coat, and another older gentleman in a tie and sweater holding a flask with water

Wooden panel with roofing and multiple alcoves with glass, paper, tin cans, and other garbage and the amount of time it would take the garbage to degrade in the environment

A group of Brazilians standing near boxes full of bees in a rainforest

A view of the canal mural, showing an unhappy sweating Earth, a whale swimming in garbage, and hands holding an ocean setting with the words "Save our Earth"

Circular egg disk with two layers of hexagonally arranged eggs, surrounded by a thin layer of flaky wax, and a number of honey and pollen pots. A layer of dark propolis lines the wooden box outside the pots, and there are Bugia bees everywhere

Layered rocks covered in tree roots rise up at an angle from a river that gently curves around large rocks and pebbles

Three men and a woman gathered around a table signing paperwork

Five people are standing on the bank of a river flowing through a field of grass, with a forest in the background

Three male students to the left pouring compost in a bag and weighing it, two female students to the left crouching and labeling the bags of compost, two male students further to the left handing the female students labels for the compost bags in a room filled with bags of compost

Two women collecting green waste from a market on the side of the street

Two men operating survey equipment, with one looking through the device across a river

A wooden structure with two support columns and planks of wood between them and a sheet metal roof to protect from rain being assembled by a young man on a ladder and an elder man and child measuring

A man in a dark blue Beeworks uniform handing a painted blue beehive box to a woman wearing a bright yellow hijab and bee net hat, surrounded by other women professors in the Beeworks uniform and hijabs

A close up of a Science Voices patch on a uniform sleeve. In the background are students and teachers sitting on chairs amongst beehives while one male student leans backwards to get into the shot from off-frame

An older gentleman squatting by a river with a jar, getting reading to collect water from a clear river on the left flowing over rocks and leaf debris, with a bridge in the background

Two men in dark raincoats standing on a grass embankment near a river with trees lining the other side of the river

Layered gray rocks slanting down into the ground near a river

A rectangular wooden box pained with van Gogh's Starry Night on one side and the word "mel"and some cartoon trees on the other side sits on a table near paint

Two men stand in a field talking, with farms and mountains in the background

Students standing together with their teacher, Erlena, and Dr. Ishak

A smiling man is holding a drone overhead, ready to launch, with controls in his other hand

Indonesian men and women standing in a row in front of a sign that announces the Beeworks workshop in Indonesian

Two older male professors on a green river bank near a small stream flowing past gray layered rocks angled down towards the river

Two men standing in a field with surveying equipment on a tripod. The field is dry as the grass is resting during winter. In front is a river and behind in the distance are trees and a small mountain

A powerful waterfall tumbles over moss-covered cliffs into a pool of water below

Ten people standing in a row, with Indonesians wearing yellow coats

Six students hold a sign showing how much they'll pay for organic waste in front of a building for composting with the signage "Pusat Pengelolaan Limbah, Fakultas Pertanian"

A group of elderly women in colorful headscarves and Sunday clothing standing in front of an Eastern Rite Greco-Catholic church speaking with two older professors

Five Indonesian students sitting at desks in front of a screen showing the image of a student in Ukraine

A group of Ukrainian teachers sitting behind small desks in a classroom with the image of an Indonesian man projected on the wall, who is speaking to the teachers

Triangle showing community on the top vertex, teachers on the lower right vertex, and students on the lower left vertex

Extend Learning Through

Environmental Stewardship Projects!

The Greenworks Program is designed to improve science learning through project-based learning. But it goes beyond teaching students how to do traditional research projects. Our community-centered approach, based on the Latin American “extension” model, will deeply involve you and your students in your local communities to tackle our shared environmental challenges and learn from others around the world facing similar challenges.

Network membership requires completion of a professional development program on active learning and review of the Project Design curriculum (certificates provided)

Student curriculum is available in English, Indonesian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Ukrainian

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For Current Members

Teacher Certificates

If you have completed the active learning professional development workshop (Level 1) and have implemented the lessons learned into your classroom, you can apply for an Implementation Certificate (Level 2). This certificate requires submission of documentation of the changes you’ve made and their impact as well as a site visit by our staff (either virtual or in-person).

Teacher Certificates

Student Certificates

Students working with the Project Design curriculum can be eligible for certificates as well. There are three levels of certificates: Curriculum Completion (Level 1), Project Implementation (Level 2), and Co-Designed Project (Level 3). Submission requires can range from a project proposal (level 1) to proof of work (level 2) to proof of community co-development (level 3).

Student Certificates

Active Extension Projects

Brazil

A collaborative partnership between faculty at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Guapiruvú agroforestry community in São Paulo state, this project focuses on developing knowledge, research, and cultivation skills related to native stingless bees for the purposes of honey harvesting for co-ops that distribute forest products throughout São Paulo state.

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Ukraine

A collaborative partnership between faculty at Lviv Polytechnic and Sukel’ River communities in the Bolekhiv region of the Carpathian Mountains, this project focuses on developing knowledge, research, and teaching resources related to the Sukel’ River and geoformations in the region as part of a broader effort to develop geotourism in the area.

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