Ohio Students Educate the Community About Green Roofs
Sourced from Ohio University
Ohio University students are taking their voices, their models and even coloring books into the local community to demonstrate the benefits of green roofs to area children and families.
Green Roof education can stimulate interdisciplinary collaborations among students and serve the community. Our rooftop models, and a video that captures their history, have helped make those green roofs more accessible to the community and area schoolchildren.
The first green roof models
This effort began when the Green Initiative Student Organization and the Renaissance Engineers came together in 2019 to develop interactive models that would help children learn about the benefits of green roofs. They created a variety of small systems that could be taken to schools and STEM events serving youths from 3 to 18. Undergraduates studying plant biology, environmental studies, civil engineering, education, communications, and other fields strengthened the effort by contributing coloring sheets, activity pages and their enthusiasm at these events and taking photographs and video at events.
Most recently, the models and other educational activities were shared on Saturday, March 19, when members of the Green Initiative and Plant Club participated in a Family Science Day sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma, a national fraternity for chemistry students.
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