Grades: K - 6
Location: Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
2021 Dates: Check back in Winter, 2021 for Spring Dates
Times: 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 
Maximum students: 45; one chaperone per each 10 students is required
Itinerary: Students learn about composting, healthy soil, water conservation, and environmentally-friendly gardening while participating in a number of hands-on activities. School groups are welcome to pack a waste-free lunch and eat outdoors on the patio after the program. 
Ohio Learning Standards

Grades: K - 12
Location: Greenacres Foundation
Times: 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 
Maximum students: 30; one chaperone per each 10 students is required
Itinerary: Learn about waste reduction through interactive outdoor activities. Programs are tailored for each group. Greenacres provides bus reimbursement for qualifying schools. If your school does not quality for Greenacres' bus reimbursement, you may apply for the District's bus reimbursement after registering for Greenacres' program.
Register: online at Greenacres.org

Grades: 3 - 5 (1 and 2 may request to be placed on the waiting list by emailing Angela Rivera.
Location: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
2020 Date: CANCELLED FOR 2020
Itinerary: Students will use a passport to explore the grounds of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden to learn how recycling helps not only people but creatures all over the world.
Ohio Learning Standards

Grades: 1–6
Locations:  Burnet Woods and Rumpke Landfill
2021 Dates: January 21, January 28, February 25, March 11, and March 18
Times: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Maximum students: 50
Itinerary: Students will participate in an interactive program that includes a hike to observe decomposition, followed by games and activities about recycling, composting, and natural cycles at Burnet Woods' Trailside Nature Center. Then, students will go to Rumpke to see an active, working landfill and learn the ways our environment is protected from this mountain of garbage.  
Ohio Learning Standards

Grades: 3–6
Location: Gorman Heritage Farm
2021 Dates: Check back in Winter, 2021
Times: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Maximum students: 30
Itinerary: From compost exploration to farm animals, students will learn how to reduce wasting food through hands-on activities. Groups may pack a waste-free lunch and eat on-site after the program.  

Grades: 1–8
Location: Fernald Preserve/Rumpke Landfill
2021 Dates: February 11, April 29, and May 13
Time: 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Maximum students: 50
Itinerary: Beginning the trip at Fernald Preserve, students will participate in an interactive hike and activities emphasizing nature’s way of reducing, reusing, and recycling. Programming will continue in the LEED platinum certified Visitors Center. Groups are welcome to picnic at the outside shelter before leaving for the Rumpke landfill tour. At Rumpke, students witness up-close views of an active, working landfill and learn the many ways our environment is protected from this mountain of garbage.
Ohio Learning Standards

Grades: 9–12
Location: Rumpke’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and Rumpke Sanitary Landfill
2021 Dates: April 29 and May 13
Times: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Maximum students: 40
Itinerary: We'll start at the MRF; groups are welcome to pack a waste free lunch and eat indoors at the MRF before heading to the landfill.  
You may also extend your day by visiting Fernald Preserve and touring their facility including environmental cleanup, ecological restoration and legacy management.
Ohio Learning Standards