2014 Award Ceremony


Photos of all funded projects can be viewed on the
Funded Projects page.
Five groups of Carmel students received Carmel Green Teen Micro-Grant funding in a big check presentation ceremony in the Carmel Japanese Garden on March 20, 2014. We look forward to sharing the details about these new projects on our website as each project is completed.
Student members of the Carmel High School Do Something Club will teach facts and share activities regarding the many benefits of trees to students at several Carmel elementary schools.
Girl Scout Troop 1166 will support one of their members as she earns her Gold Award by developing a lesson plan and using it to educate young students to be good environmental stewards at several Carmel after school extended school enrichment programs.
The Carmel Green Teen Micro-Grant Program is proud and pleased to have the long-term support of Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard.
The Carmel High School Sustainability Club will be creating a Butterfly Garden in the CCS Plots to Plates Community Garden. Like bees and flies, butterflies are excellent pollinators, fertilizing trees, flowers, and other plants. The Butterfly Garden will be available as a teaching tool for all Carmel Clay School classrooms.
The Carmel High School TEDx Club will be hosting a TEDx event called “Things Don’t Have to be Complicated.” They will use their funds to both make the event more eco-friendly and to discuss easy ways for students and community members to go green.The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences.
The University High School EcoBlazers student club will use their Carmel Green Teen funding to implement a compost system and build a multipurpose water saving and rain harvesting structure for their school community garden.