OUR SHARED FORESTS

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OUR SHARED FORESTS Connecting local education to
global conservation Powerpoint developed by
Anne Shenk Director of Education,
State Botanical
Garden of Georgia
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A partnership of

• Georgia PTA
• The Maquipucuna Foundation, Ecuador
• The State Botanical Garden of Georgia,
• UGA, Athens
• Several Georgia Environmental Education Centers
• The University of Georgia
• Institute of Ecology
• School of Forestry Resources
• 1000 Faces Coffee Roasting Company
• Major Funding The U. S. Fish and Wildlife
  Foundation

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• What can we do to involve more parents and
  teachers in our PTA and raise student achievement
  while teaching about
• Georgia forests
• tropical forests
• migratory birds
• coffee production
• and economics?

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Stage an Our Shared Forests 1. FAMILY SCIENCE
NIGHT or 2. COFFEE FUNDRAISER
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Component 1.) SCIENCE NIGHTSA fun, informal
learning opportunity for the entire family!
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Discovery stations. . . introduce students and
their families to the importance of healthy
forests.
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Learners receive a science night Passport that
guides their experience.
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And hunt for Passport questions at the discovery
stations.
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Making herbal tea bags is part of the Gifts
From the Forest Discovery Station.
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Learners map the routes of neotropical
migrantsat the Migration Mapping Station.
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Our school can reserve an OSF Science Night Kit
to conduct an event at our school.
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OSF kits include supplies and instructions for 24
learning stations.
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The OSF Science Night Manual explains how to
conduct a fun and educational science night.
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Research shows that Family Science Nights can
improve student achievement.
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• Science nights are a great way for our PTA to
  support our school and our children!

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Component 2.) COFFEE FUNDRAISERS Providing
excellent coffee for families funds for school
projects or service learning initiatives.
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FUNDRAISING with environmentally-friendly
caféCHOCO ANDEStm coffee can benefit OUR
SCHOOL AND STUDENTS
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You can fundraise ALL YEAR LONG!!!
8 in 10 Americans drink coffee
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Georgia students learn about another culture,
tropical forests, conservation, economics and
more through fundraising with coffee.
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Funds from coffee sales can support. . Longleaf
pine restoration in Georgia or another local
forest project
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Or it could support . . Purchasing of an acre
of rainforest in Ecuador
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Purchase digital cameras for interacting with
schools in Ecuador.
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Or A school habitat improvement project

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• School sports initiative
• School playground
• School band

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Fundraising withcafé Choco AndesTM coffee is

• Educational
• Environmentally Friendly
• Good for Your School
• And the World !

Georgia PTA and the State Botanical Garden
of Georgia endorse and support the environmental
education efforts of the OSF project however, we
cannot endorse a specific fundraising product..

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Our Shared Forests What will we learn?
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Activities about coffee production and migratory
birds introduce an important connection between
Georgia Forests and South American forests.
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Did you know? Many migratory birds share the
forests of Ecuador and Georgia
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These two migratory birds interact with many
plant and animal species in a typical winter
habitat of Ecuador, the Cloud Forest Ecosystem
The Blackburnian Warbler
and Summer Tanager
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Each year they migrate for several weeks
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and arrive in the temperate Georgia forest and
find similar plant and animal species.
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The Canada Warbler
Are two other migrants which winter in Ecuador
forests, like this Tropical Dry Ecosystem
and Red Eyed Vireo
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and they, too, migrate for several weeks
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and arrive in a longleaf pine forest in Georgia
where a similar but different orchid and bear
species live.

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Since many of Georgias songbirds fly about 4800
miles a year to winter in the lush equatorial
forests in Ecuador
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the conversion of TROPICAL FORESTS to
MONOCULTURE CROPLANDS is endangering the
existence of these birds.
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COFFEE GROWS BETTER IN FOREST-LIKE CONDITIONS
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Coffee grown under the shade of trees is MORE
FLAVORFUL and PROVIDES HABITAT for birds
and other animals
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Café CHOCO ANDES coffee is SHADE
GROWN by Equadorian farmers who care
about conservation
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COFFEE PROCESSING A science , social studies
and economics lesson
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THE COFFEE SHRUB
The fruits
The flowers
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THE HARVEST
Hand selecting red, ripe coffee fruits
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Removing the coffee hull
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Drying the beans
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Ready for Roasting
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PROFITS go directly to FARMERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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OUR SHARED FORESTSConnecting local education to
global conservation
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• Our Shared Forests Lesson Plans
• Grades 2-8
• Correlated to Georgia Performance Standards
• Understanding by Design curricula model

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A combination of all 3 components 1. Science
Nights 2. Classroom Lessons 3. Coffee
Fundraisers Can move learners from
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KnowledgetoMotivationtoFundraising
toService learning
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Overarching GoalProvide conservation and
decision making tools to the future leaders of
our world.
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Our Shared Forests
Children in Georgia and children in Ecuador
caring for their forests and the birds they share
in common.
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