G.L.O.B.E. Green Technology class offered for 2018 - now accepting applications

The G.L.O.B.E. Consortium is pleased to announce our next course offering, a Spring 2018 after-school class for 10-12th grade students called "Green Technologies: What will it take?" This interdisciplinary college seminar-style course will introduce students to Green Technology concepts and challenges, through scientific, economic and political lenses. We are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to promote K12 STEM education in the field of environmental technology, and will be meeting at the MIT Campus in Cambridge.

For more information, please see the following brochure (click on the icon below)
    

or write to theglobeconsortium@gmail.com.

Want to see more of what we're about? Please watch our 9 minute promotional video, with testimonials from previous students! 

GLOBE 2017 Green Tech from G.L.O.B.E. Consortium on Vimeo.

Green Tech 2017 concludes

The Spring 2017 session "Green Technology - What will it take?" was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to promote K12 STEM education in the field of environmental technology.

The course brought together 15 students from four Boston area public schools: Boston Latin School, the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science, Arlington High School and Somerville High School.  The students met for 8 class sessions at MIT to learn about the science, and the politics, of "green technology," culminating in a project fair where four groups of students shared their own tech and policy recommendations for addressing a particular climate change challenge they chose. The students presented to a panel of MIT professors and graduate students, entrepreneurs, and a representative from the Sierra Club.

We'll hope you'll want to join us next year!

"Green Tech: What will it take?" spring 2016 session completed

Our spring 2016 offering, "Green Technology - What will it take?" was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to promote K12 STEM education in the field of environmental technology.

The course brought together 13 students from four Boston area public schools: Boston Latin Academy, Boston Latin School, the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science, and Watertown High School.  The students met for 8 class sessions at MIT to learn about the science, and the politics, of "green technology," culminating in a project fair where four groups of students shared their own tech and policy recommendations for addressing a particular climate change challenge they chose. The students presented to a panel of MIT professors and graduate students, entrepreneurs, and a representative from the Sierra Club.

Please watch our 7 minute promotional video below for scenes from class - we hope you'll want to join us next year!

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Globe Green Tech Promo from The G.L.O.B.E. Consortium on Vimeo.

G.L.O.B.E. class for Spring 2016 announced: "Green Technologies: What will it take?"

The G.L.O.B.E. Consortium is pleased to announce our next course offering, a Spring 2016 after-school class for 10-12th grade students called "Green Technologies: What will it take?" This interdisciplinary college seminar-style course will introduce students to Green Technology concepts and challenges, through scientific, economic and political lenses. We are funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to promote K12 STEM education in the field of environmental technology, and will be meeting at the MIT Campus in Cambridge.

For more information, please see the following brochure (click on the icon below)
    

or write to theglobeconsortium@gmail.com.

We are excited to announce the orientation session for our Global Studies Course will take place this Friday, April 5th, from 6-8pm at Harvard.

Consortium schools for 2013-2014 finalized

Congratulations to the four high schools who will make up the Consortium for this cycle!  They are:

Arlington High School
Boston Latin School
Charlestown High School
Watertown High School

Each school will create an application process that will result in them sending five students to the course, as well as identify alternates.  Each school also has an appointed liaison/coordinator who will communicate with the G.L.O.B.E. coordinators.

This on top of the good news that we have secured our Boston Foundation Curtis Grant to fund our operations next year!

The G.L.O.B.E Consortium is proud to announce its new course, Introduction to Global Studies.  Click on the icon below to download and view our information sheet, and find out how your school can join the Consortium, and make your students eligible to enroll.

To learn even more about Introduction to Global Studies, watch our promotional video, which helped us earn the funding we needed to launch the course.

Ready to apply?  The student application form is here.