Vida Verde's animal pasture provides a unique point of connection for students who may never have encountered a farm animal before. During their 3-day stay at Vida Verde, students get the chance to milk goats, make fresh cheese, and complete the learning cycle by enjoying their homemade cheese with fresh vegetables from the farm with dinner.

PaperSeed worked with Groundwork Bridgeport to provide a much-needed learning garden and accessible natural space for the community.

PaperSeed partnered with Youth in Arts in the fall of 2017 to enhance our annual Recycled Materials Arts Competition by providing targeted teacher training and lesson plans to local elementary school teachers.

We were excited for the opportunity to partner with Vida Verde Nature Education once again. Vida Verde provides free, overnight environmental learning experience for students who don't otherwise get the opportunity

Responsible Consumption and Sustainable Cities and Communities are two of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, and we see education as a key component to achieving these goals. The Recycled Materials Art Competition was developed to help raise awareness among elementary school students about recycling.

To support environmental awareness and recycling, PaperSeed supports Keep California Beautiful in a friendly competition and bench marking tool for school recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to students, families, faculty and staff. Participating classrooms, schools and districts will track and report how much recyclable material they collect for a chance to win prizes.

A non-traditional learning space for inner-city students, the outdoor classroom provides a unique set of educational and personal benefits. Chief among these benefits are improved learning experience, increased retention rate for subject material, improved social skills, lowered school violence and bullying.

Camp Rising Sun's mission is to provide a safe, nurturing and fun environment for kids who have faced the diagnosis of cancer, so that they may grow and learn from their experiences to become the best they can be. More than that, Camp Rising Sun enables children to capture those perfect summer moments that might otherwise be missed.

The children and families of Sandy Hook and Newtown have been affected by the events of 12/14 in widely varying ways.  The book, “Pepper’s Dragons” by Dr. Stacia Bjarnason, Ph.D,.  was written as a healing tool for these families with its primary focus on opening up a dialogue between parents and their children.

Multi-day outdoor environmental education has been shown to increase positive environmental behaviors at home and school and to raise science test scores by 27%, while also resulting in long- term  improvements  in  students’  self  esteem,  behavior  in  class, problem  solving,  and  leadership  skills.