Preserving Avon Open Space
Posted in Unplugged Learning Project on Apr 29th, 2009
- Understand your school rules for biking to school
- using a map, plan the safest route to school (least busy roads)
- invite your neighborhood friends, and those whose homes you pass on the way, to join you. Do not bike alone.
- Before heading out, always check your brakes and your tire pressure
- ride on the right [...]
Posted in Unplugged Learning Project on Apr 29th, 2009
- First, understand the school rules for walking to school
- invite neighbors and kids in nearby neighborhoods, or those along your walking route, to join you. Do not walk alone.
- if you must cross a busy road, have a grown-up be your leader
- using a map, plan the safest route to school
- always walk [...]
Posted in Unplugged Learning Project on Apr 25th, 2009
Please read our recent article in the latest issue of Seasons of the Farmington Valley Magazine. Thanks to Beth Messina for the reprint.
Posted in Unplugged Learning Project on Apr 22nd, 2009
Thanks to the many folks who attended our March 26th Volunteers meeting and have stepped up to help lead the five initiatives undertaken by the Unplugged Learning Project.
Following is the first installment of progress reports from each group:
Nature-based Recreational Infrastructure
This team is working on three distinct projects.
1. Rick Walker is hard at work, with [...]
Posted in Unplugged Learning Project on Mar 20th, 2009
Good News!
Approximately 250 Avon residents and guests attended the Unplugged Learning Project launch on Monday, March 9th. Clearly, the unplugged message resonates with many of you!
At the meeting, people shared project ideas for how Avon can ‘unplug’ and reconnect with nature and with each other. Upon leaving, attendees were asked to select their top five favorites [...]
