Events

2025-2026

  • Our winter meeting featured the First Annual OASIS/NJ Audubon EcoSchools conference, School Sustainability Success Stories. The event took place on December 4th at The Lawrenceville School. The conference was a tremendous success, as we welcomed 90 teachers, students, and staff from over 20 schools and organizations in the region.
  • In the fall, OASIS members participated in a educational hike of the Sourland Mountains on October 5th with Laurie Cleveland, Executive Director of the Sourland Conservancy.
2024-2025
  • Spring meeting was a day of environmental service for students and faculty/staff in a local Princeton forest, Ridgeview Woods, removing invasive plants and learning about forest ecology.
  • The Winter meeting at the Pennington School was about building and supporting student environmental clubs at all ages. High school students from local schools joined to begin to form their own network.
  • The Fall meeting was a canoe trip on the Batsto River in the Pine Barrens for professional development on connecting curriculum to outdoor experiences.
2023-2024
  • Early summer meeting about sustainability of turf vs. grass fields on 6/20/24 at Princeton University with Jeff Graydon, Senior Associate Athletic Director at Princeton University. Click here for slides.
  • Spring meeting on 5/2/24. Host: Peddie School. Subgroup table talks:  How to get people on board with sustainability, Student engagement, particularly around on-campus actions (e.g., composting, recycling), and Interdisciplinary climate and environmental education.
  • Winter meeting on 2/1/24. Host: Princeton Day School. Topic: Campus Growing Projects. Welcome by new head of school, Dr. Kelley Nicholson-Flynn. Presentation by Kari Lloyd on schoolyard native plant garden and learning activity. Visit to PDS greenhouse and presentation by Eric Rempe on using the greenhouse across the curriculum.
  • Fall meeting on 11/2/23. Host: Lawrenceville School. Topic: Green Schools Alliance START program (Sustainability Tracking And Roadmap Tool). Gathering featured a farm-to-table meal provided by the Lawrenceville Big Red Farm and Sustainable Fare (school dining service).
2022-2023
  • Winter Meeting on 1/26/23 from 7-8:15 pm featured three sets of 15-minute presentations by OASIS members and community partners to address the topics of renewable energy, sustainable landscaping, and green infrastructure, followed by a rich Q&A. 1) Approving and Installing School Solar Panels featuring Gery Juleff of Princeton Montessori School 2) Fostering River-Friendly Practices on School Grounds with Olivia Spildooren of The Watershed Institute and Steve Laubach of The Lawrenceville School. 3) Planting Rain Gardens with Bottom-up Student Involvement, led by Kari Lloyd of Melvin H. Kreps Middle School
  • Fall Meeting on 10/13/22. Topic: Eco-Anxiety. Here is a link to a video recording of the presentations; Here is a link to eco-anxiety resources
2022
  • Winter Meeting on 2/24/22. Topic: Place-based Teaching about Climate Change Impacts
2021
  • Winter Meeting. Topic: School Building & Grounds During COVID
2020
  • Online Solar Jam
  • Workshop on Equity, Justice, and Sustainability

2019
  • Hosted a workshop on climate change by: C-Change Conversation
  • Tour of The Willow School
  • Workshop on Sustainability Initiatives and Curriculum in Schools

2018

  • Discussions about Campus as Lab and Sustainable Landscaping  with Mike Van Clef, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space and NJ Invasive Species Strike Team (Jan. 18 meeting)
  • Continuation of discussion from January meeting. Representatives from Waldorf School and Princeton Friends School gave presentations on the sustainable landscape initiatives at each of their schools.
  • Solar Jam for students (May)

2017

  • Partnership with Rutgers Climate Institute: workshops on how to teach climate change, one for MS teachers and one for US teachers (Jan/Feb)
  • Solar Jam for students (May)
  • School Garden Tour at Isles, Trenton NJ
  • Hosted speakers from
    • Green Schools Alliance Purchasing Partnership
    • Sustainable Jersey

2016

  • School Gardens Tour for teachers
  • Solar Jam for students
  • Hosted speaker from We Share Solar and investigated a possible partnership
  • Walton Sustainability Academy in Arizona Dec’16 workshop in Princeton

2015

  • School Gardens Tour for teachers
  • Solar Jam for students
  • Tour of the new educational building at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assn.
  • Hosted speakers from:
    • We Share Solar
    • Princeton Environmental Film Festival
    • The Creature Show (enviro-awareness in NJ)

2014

  • School Gardens Tour for teachers
  • Solar Jam (solar car race) for students
  • Hosted speakers from
    • The Island School
    • Leave No Trace program

2013

  • School Gardens Tour for teachers
  • Hosted speakers from Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assn. about educational partnerships and programs

2012

  • School Gardens Tour for teachers
  • Hosted Speakers from:
    • Rutgers Recycling Audit program
    • Rutgers Sustainable Purchasing Coop

2011

  • Partnership with Princeton Public Library offering three workshops
    • Greening the Curriculum
    • Waste Not
    • Food in Schools
  • Hosted a speaker from The Center for Ecoliteracy

2010 

  • Community workshop with Leith Sharp, Sustainability Educator
  • Workshop for school board members and school trustees
  • Workshop for facilities managers on energy use

2009

  • Hosted speakers from:
    • Terracycle
    • Advanced Solar Products
    • Climate Central
    • Sustainable Princeton

2008

  • Workshop for school administrators
  • 2-day curriculum workshop for teachers with The Cloud Institute