BGGreen Directory - Environmental Education

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American Cave Conservation Assoc & Museum
Contact: David G. Foster, Exec. Director
119 East Main Street, P.O. Box 409, Horse Cave, KY 42749
(270) 786-1466 Fax: (270) 786-1467
Email: acca@cavern.org
Web: www.cavern.org/acca/accahome.html

ACCA is a nonprofit membership organization whose activities and proceeds are dedicated to the conservation of caves here and around the world. ACCA offers educational programs, museums, and professional services. It sponsors the American Cave Museum and Hidden River Cave.

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Center for Environmental Education & Sustainability
Contact: Robin Hume, Program Coordinator
WKU, 131 Jones - Jaggers Hall, BG 42101
(270) 745-4687 
Web: www.wku.edu/CEES/

The CEES works in partnership with WKU and a broad set of stakeholders to provide resources and leadership to advance education for a sustainable future. The Center will build upon existing relationships to create new networks, education programs, and models, through professional development, community service and research. It offers teacher-training, program development, regional service, and research in environmental education, and a week-long summer program.

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Lost River Cave and Valley
2818 Nashville Road, BG 42101
(270) 393-0077 Fax: (270) 393-0076
Web: lostrivercave.com/cavetours.html
Email: info@lostrivercave.com

Lost River Cave and Valley is an urban nature reserve.  Sixty-eight acres of green space include a diversity of wildlife habitat including river, wetlands, blue holes, limestone bluffs, grassland prairie, cedar glade, springs, and hardwood forest. The web of life extends into the cave. K-12 cave tours, woodland trail. butterfly habitat, and wild bird sanctuary.

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Mammoth Cave National Park’s Environmental
Education Program
Web: www.nps.gov/archive/maca/learnhome/eeprogram.htm

The Environmental Education Program serves students and educators in the 10-county BRADD area through “extended classroom” programs at the park, and offers curriculum guides and lessons for teachers wishing to use the Park’s resources as a teaching tool. A newsletter is published 2x per year.

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Mammoth Cave Partners in Cave Education
Web: www.nps.gov/archive/maca/learnhome/edpartners.htm

Mammoth Cave and the National Park Service work cooperatively with several organizations that protect and study caves. Explore the link to learn about some of the caves, organizations, and resource

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Montessori School of Bowling Green
506 State Street, BG  42101
(270) 846-1122
Email: lara.spears@montessoribg.com
Business Hours:  M-F  8 am-5 pm

The Montessori School of Bowling Green strives to provide children an opportunity for outstanding Montessori education in a safe, nurturing environment. We service children 2 ½ to 6 years of age offering preschool/Kindergarten programs. We promote a strong responsibility toward peaceful humanity by encouraging respect for world diversity and care of our planet, earth!  Being “green” is a huge part of our daily curriculum, and the children here at MSBG understand recycling and proudly place their recyclable items (mostly from lunch) in designated recycle bins located outside of our classroom in the kitchen.  We compost food wastes and use as many environmentally safe products as possible; use low lighting and adjust the thermostat for hours we are not in operation; use real forks, knives, spoons, plates, and glasses to avoid waste. We also try to use household materials for our projects instead of purchasing items and to support other local small businesses in the community when possible.