Young Eco-'Cuse Explorers

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The POC's Young Eco-'Cuse Explorers teach urban children between the ages 11 - 14  about science, environmnetal justice and urban ecology.  Our program cost $50 per child and registration is the first Saturday in January. The Partnership limits registration to ten children.  For more information or to get on a waiting list, call Aggie at 478-4571.

Registered children commit to one Saturday morning a month and during the summer they enjoy a week in the Adirondacks at a NYS Department of Environmental Conservation environmental education camp. 

The Saturday mornings are devoted to a pre-selected theme.  In 2012 they studied the impact of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) and stormwater on our community and how green infrastructure make things better.  In 2013, Saturday mornings will explore ways to impove access to healthy foods, good nutriton and how to grow your own food. 

To apply, click here.

Last edited on September 28, 2012

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2012 YECE Update

YECE youth and OEC planting a rain garden
YECE youth and OEC planting trees at Kirk Park

The 2012 Young Eco-'Cuse Explorer (YECE) program ended with 9 children (11-14 yrs old) going to NYSDEC's summer  camp in Adironacks and then doing hands-on projects in the fall with our partner groups Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) and Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI).  Together, we planted a demonstration rain garden off Newell Street and planted trees in Kirk Park, an initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension.  These Saturday activities finished our 2012 program.