In the annual Green Dollhouse Challenges organized by EnergyTeachers.org, K-12 students, families, youth groups, design/build students, and design/build professionals create toy-buildings to explore any number of concepts and technologies related to energy production and energy use, efficiency, materials, sustainable architecture, utility, aesthetics, appreciation of nature, renewable resources, true wealth, healthy living, clean air, and clean water. Sustainability can be expressed in the building and/or how people play with the finished product.
Every summer the organization asks participants to gather to exhibit their creations to the public and earn non-competitive awards for achievement in over twenty categories. This summer, the New York Green Dollhouse Challenge will be held 9:30AM to 1PM, Saturday, June 29, at the Sustainability Center, 111 N. Albany St, Ithaca, NY. Interested parties must register online. The challenge page at the following URL includes links for registering, descriptions of awards, rules, and a page of inspiring ideas to help get the ball rolling: http://energyteachers.org/greendollhousechallenge.php While supplies last, EnergyTeachers.org is offering material and financial support to youth groups, schools, and home-school families to start building entries. Please inquire at [email protected] . The organization is also seeking help from the public, including donations and volunteers, to keep this successful program going—Click the Donate button on the web page to give today. Volunteers from green building, arts, planning, design, and education are needed as jurors. EnergyTeachers.org is a public charity, IRS 501(c)(3), helping thousands of educators and the general public teach and learn about energy since 2004. Help us avoid credit card fees by sending donations by check to Treasurer 315 Elmwood Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 The 2013 NYS Green Dollhouse Challenge is funded in part by Time Warner Cable. For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
