Prestigious Green Center​ Award Given To Robinson Nature Center

Columbia MD

05 May, 2021

12:07 PM

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COLUMBIA, MD — Howard County's Robinson Nature Center has been named one of only 42 certified green centers in Maryland and one of only two such centers in Howard County. The designation comes from the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education. The Maryland Green Center Award recognizes and honors a facility's efforts in the implementation of environmental education, best management practices and community engagement. MAEOE-designated green centers educate schools, teachers and parents about the Maryland Green School Program, and offer support to those schools working toward being awarded the Maryland Green Schools status. Situated on 18 acres of land adjacent to the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, the Robinson Nature Center is an award-winning nature education facility owned and operated by Howard County's department of recreation and parks with support from the James & Anne Robinson Foundation. Valid for four years, the Robinson Nature Center was certified a Maryland Green Center in 2013 and first recertified in 2017. To achieve recertification once more, the Robinson Nature Center had to provide documentation and evidence of work completed during the last four years that showed: assistance to local schools becoming green schools; environmental education-based professional development for teachers; and the center being a model of sustainable practices for schools and the community."This recertification reaffirms the Robinson Nature Center's commitment to supporting our Maryland schools, youth and community striving to be good stewards of our environment and learn more about the importance of conservation," Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said. The Robinson Nature Center, along with other certified Maryland schools and facilities, will be recognized during a virtual ceremony this summer.