My Nonprofit Reviews

My name is Joe Mallon and I run the Island Coast High School's Academy of Natural Resources.
We are a 4 year academically rigorous program with the focus on sustainability through Hydroponics, Aquaculture and Aquaponics.
We run a large farm taking as little from the environment as possible.
We have been successful in getting the word out of sustainability to our students but wanted to share basics of sustainability to ,our middle schools.
through a grant from the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools to build and provide mobile aquaponics systems to the middle schools in our zone.
My students went to the middle schools, set up the systems and taught the basics of sustainability to them,.
This project was a win, win, win endeavor. My students designed and built the systems, created lessons, and had the opportunity to teach, which is the best form of learning.
The middle school children learned about sustainability, but also how to care for live animals, germinate plants care for them and harvest. All science standards. Our program also benefited by getting students into our program with the prior knowledge to have them succeed in our school, but also great stewards of our environment!