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In the News - Media Coverage

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Most Recent Coverage of The Fairchild Challenge  

 

The Miami Herald - Helping The Environment New! 

Miami's Community Newspapers - 200 students participate in Fairchild Challenge event New!

The Miami Herald - Challenge at Fairchild New!

Coral Gables News -  Middle school students present research on "plant superheroes"  

Free Press Florida Keys - Schools join awareness challenge  

The Miami Herald - Butterflies are free at the new science village and conservatory  

TTG - The Fairchild Challenge for Elementary Schools Celebrates Another Exciting Year

TTG - Students use NASA data to measure impact of climate change  

Gables Home Page - Reception for Grad Students 

Gables Home Page - Fairchild Challenge teacher brunch opens new year of learning   

KeysNet - Key Largo school students' wreaths displayed at Olympics  

TTG - The Evolution of The Fairchild Challenge: Ten Years of Exceptional Environmental Education

Miami Herald - Students design new Olympic wreath 

Gables Home Page - Students design Olympic wreaths in Fairchild Challenge 

Gables Home Page - Fairchild Challenge celebrates 10 years of student involvement 

South Dade News Leader - Homestead High students earn top prize at art competition

The Tropical Garden - People Power: Bringing Citizen Science to the Garden 

The Tropical Garden - Get in on the Conservation

The Tropical Garden - Environmental Debates at Fairchild

Gables Home Page - Students debate environmental topics at Fairchild

Gables Home Page - The Fairchild Challenge holds 10th annual environmental debates 

The Tropical Garden - The Fairchild Palms generously supports The Fairchild Challenge 

Trib Live News - Young Achiever, Matthew J. Nemeth

Gables Home Page - Students model 'green' designs in Botanical Fashion Show 

FIU News - FIU hosts high school students for Environmental Immersion Day

The Miami Herald - Planting Seeds of Knowledge (pg.1, 2)   

The Tropical Garden - A Blooming Partnership with CCDH

The Tropical Garden - Educating the Educators: Professional Development at FTBG 

The Tropical Garden - New Fairchild Challenge Logo Unveiled

The Tropical Garden - Mentoring The Next Generation of Environmental Scientists

The Miami Herald - FIU, Fairchild teach students about biofuels 

The Tropical Garden - Volunteers are up to The Challenge

The Tropical Garden - Peru launches The Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partner news!

BBC News - Olympic 2012 garland competition going for green Satellite Partner news!

Please visit our Satellite Partners web page for more information about Fairchild Challenge Satellite Partner programs.

Archived articles for The Fairchild Challenge: 2010-2011, 2009-2010, 2008-2009

 

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2008 - 2009 Fairchild Challenge Award Winning Schools

South Florida students get creative at Fairchild showcase

Miami program for Miami-Dade students deemed a success

Naturally creative, students dream up plants that shade themselves,
catch mice, even slow global warming , page 2

The Fairchild Challenge - Competition challenges teens to get involved
in science and environmental issues, page 2

 

Fairchild Challenge announces 7th student congress

Fairchild awards $6,100 for school garden, habitat resoration

 

 

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News Releases

South Florida's’S Fairchild Challenge Environmental Conservation Program Going Global

More than 350 local teachers attend kick-off for South Florida’s
2009-2010 Fairchild Challenge environmental education program

200 students from 33 South Florida high schools showcase eco-science projects
April 18 at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - April 14, 2009

Hundreds of South Florida students and dozens of scientists team up
March 31 to find ways to save the Planet - March 30, 2009

Fairchild Challenge helps International environmental leaders
establish youth-oriented programs worldwide - March 24, 2009

 

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Awards and Endorsements

Fairchild Challenge Endorsed by the National Forum on Children & Nature - visit website here.

 

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Additional Publications

Education.com - An Environmental Education program that Works in Miami and Around the World
Roots - Vol. 3 - The Fairchild Challenge: engaging teenagers, schools and communities
Florida - History & the Arts - Art in Unfamiliar Places

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Blog Postings

Miami Dish - Fairchild Challenge "Green Cuisine" Contest Winners

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Fairchild Challenge Media Archive - Garden Magazine

 

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