Green Dream News
Here are some links to recent news:
GreenLife Gala in the Currents news March 17, 2011
Green Life's Eco Fashion featured on Fox 8 News February 14, 2011
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-red-carpet-fashion-looks-local-design-students-txt,0,2984086.story
Green Team Wins North American JA/FEDEX Award August 4, 2010
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Team of Junior Achievement students putting on 'Green Dream' expo Friday at Beachwood Community Center April 12, 2010
An Inspiring Teacher, Fighting Cancer to Create the Ultimate Green Classroom March 24, 2010
Read the inspiring story of Greg Perry, the 2009 Heart of Green Local Hero Award-winner. In April, he will bestow the 2010 Local Hero Award. Who will win? [ Read The Daily Green Article ]
Sustainable Life with Barry Benjamin August 9, 2009
Sustainable Life with Barry Benjamin covers environmentally friendly ideas you can apply in your own life. This pilot covers GreenDream, a GREEN trade show run by Beechwood High School students, bicycles as transportation, and hybrids. [ Watch the YouTube Video ]
Beachwood: Popular teacher returns to class May 19, 2009
The past several months he's been battling cancer, but that didn't stop him from keeping in contact with his class at Beachwood High School through Skype. "They even texted me, called me on their cell phones, it was like I was still with them," says Greg Perry. [ WKYC Article ]
The Green Dream - What is it? April 2009
The Green Dream is a social entrepreneurship enterprise that was born in the Marketing Education class at Beachwood High School. Beginning in 2007, Greg Perry's Marketing class embarked on a socially and environmentally responsible project that has helped to change the way people think, the actions they take, and how business operates. [ News 10 Article ]
Beachwood marketing students make green dream a reality October 15, 2008
Green is more than just a color to a dedicated group of marketing students in Beachwood. About a year ago, they decided to plan and build the "ultimate green classroom." They raised $150,000 through fundraising, donations and sponsorship. [ WKYC Article ]
Beachwood Marketing Students Showcase Green Dream September 2008
Northeast Ohio is going green, if the students from Beachwood and surrounding high schools have anything to do with it. They call it the emerging three E's: education, economics, and the environment. [ Download Columbus C.E.O. Article ]
Local high school students are making a "Green Dream" come true April 7, 2008
It's called the "Ultimate Green Classroom," and students are raising all of the money to make it a reality. Seniors in a college preparatory marketing class at Beachwood High School have already raised $85,000 dollars for a $200,000 project to remodel their classroom into a state of the art "green classroom." [ WKYC Article ]
Greg Perry's acceptance speech at the 2009 Heart of Green Awards
Greg Perry's Green Dream
Greg Perry is an extrodinary high shcool teacher. He has helped his class create the Ultimate Green Classroom and stage the Green Dream, the largest green products and services expo in Ohio. [ The Daily Green Video ]
TCP, Inc. a Sponsor of the Green Dream Eco-Friendly Showcase
As the leader in energy efficient lighting innovation, TCP recently partnered with Beachwood High School, in Beachwood, Ohio to sponsor the Green Dream Eco-Friendly Showcase, an event that brought together 60 Cleveland-area, eco-friendly businesses and organizations to show guests what they are doing to make Northern Ohio “green.” During the environmentally friendly event, which took place on April 25, TCP handed out free compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). [ TCP Website ]
