{"id":16366,"date":"2017-08-03T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2017-08-03T16:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T20:42:41","slug":"project-green-classrooms-kicks-off-in-howard-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/08\/03\/project-green-classrooms-kicks-off-in-howard-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Green Classrooms Kicks Off in Howard County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s Environmental Education Initiative Makes Debut<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16392 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Joanne Throwe helped kick off Project Green Classrooms at Howard County Conservatory on July 29\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/36203346221_5c3535cebd_k-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> joined the Maryland State Department of Education last week to kick off a new statewide initiative dedicated to <span id=\"m_-7567908757164298458gmail-docs-internal-guid-658a5ae0-a9af-a9e3-4631-9db725cef375\">promoting outdoor learning, discovery, healthy play and career exploration in Maryland.<\/span>\u00a0Project Green Classrooms held its initial meeting July 27 at the Howard County Conservancy.<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35503735704_5d38cb737a_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16394 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35503735704_5d38cb737a_b-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Joanne Throwe discusses Project Green Clasrooms' focus on outdoor activities and learning.\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35503735704_5d38cb737a_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35503735704_5d38cb737a_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35503735704_5d38cb737a_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>\u200b\u200bMaryland Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Joanne Throwe led the event, where she discussed the initiative\u2019s focus on outdoor activities and learning. The new program was <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/06\/08\/governor-larry-hogan-renews-commitment-to-environmental-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">established<\/a> by Governor Larry Hogan to educate and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through experiential learning\u200b\u200b toward achievement in environmental literacy, and career and skills development \u200bcombining science and technology\u200b.\u200b\u200b<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16393 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35530961633_3313b94e22_b-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Project Green Classrooms kickoff event was attended by leading federal and state agencies, including the Maryland Department of Health, Maryland Department of Planning and Maryland Department of Transportation as well as a litany of nonprofit organizations and partners such as the Chesapeake Bay Trust and its Chesapeake Conservation Corps.\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35530961633_3313b94e22_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35530961633_3313b94e22_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/35530961633_3313b94e22_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>The event brought together several leading federal and state agencies, including the Maryland Department of Health, Maryland Department of Planning and Maryland Department of Transportation as well as a litany of nonprofit organizations and partners such as the Chesapeake Bay Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s Environmental Education Initiative Makes Debut The Maryland Department of Natural Resources joined the Maryland State Department of Education last week to kick off a new statewide initiative dedicated to promoting outdoor learning, discovery, healthy play and career exploration in Maryland.\u00a0Project Green Classrooms held its initial meeting July 27 at the Howard County<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/08\/03\/project-green-classrooms-kicks-off-in-howard-county\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2959,3562,3563,3207,3558,3151,2952,3560,3561,3020,3402,3400],"class_list":["post-16366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","tag-chesapeake-bay-trust","tag-education","tag-growing-into-green-jobs","tag-howard-county","tag-howard-county-conservancy","tag-joanne-throwe","tag-larry-hogan","tag-maryland-department-of-health","tag-maryland-department-of-planning","tag-maryland-department-of-transportation","tag-maryland-state-department-of-education","tag-project-green-classrooms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16366"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16433,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366\/revisions\/16433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}