CASE STUDIES
Thriving Communities and a Healthy Environment
In 2014, the Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative received a two-year grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support in select Michigan schools a collection of place-based education projects that focused on stewardship. Participating teachers and staff from our hubs worked with the GLSI’s central staff to create a media-rich case study about each project.
![Utilizing Partnerships and Green Infrastructure to Restore Kids Creek at Greenspire Middle School in Traverse City, Michigan](https://greatlakesstewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GreenspireCover-1-400x284.png)
Utilizing Partnerships and Green Infrastructure to Restore Kids Creek at Greenspire Middle School in Traverse City, Michigan
![Schoolwide Stewardship Education at Whitehall Middle School in Whitehall, Michigan (a suburban middle school)](https://greatlakesstewardship.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/adas-1-400x284.jpg)
Schoolwide Stewardship Education at Whitehall Middle School in Whitehall, Michigan (a suburban middle school)
We also developed a set of guiding principles for exemplary place-based stewardship education and an associated self-assessment rubric.
In addition, we wrote two white papers.
- Benefits of Place-based Stewardship Education (PDF)
- Implementing Place-based Stewardship Education Across the Landscape (PDF) Understanding how place-based stewardship education varies across different grade levels (elementary, middle, high school) and community settings (rural, suburban, small town, urban).