knowledge equals opportunity
The GLTi Educational Program is an ongoing development by CEO George Irwin, also a former teacher. His love for education was a natural progression to provide services that have become part of the GLTi culture and social responsibility. Our vision includes community & learning opportunities that contribute to the rebuilding of economies, provide living wage jobs and stimulate innovative ideas and problem solving around real world needs.
Like every great educational tool the program is flexible and leaves room for change. We encourage schools and educators to add their own touch to our base program. Centered around the Mobile Edible Wall Unit or MEWU, we deliver the unit as a kit complete with an un-assembled unit, GLTi bioSoil, stainless steel patented Green Living Wall Panels, irrigation and catch basin, gloves, indoor grow light, starter seeds and teachers guide. The MEWU is mobile so it can be rolled through standard doors, in elevators and up ramps. Once the weather is cooperative you can roll the unit outdoors to complete school garden. Complete with 6 – 12″ x 24″ x 6″ panels the kit can accommodate up to 28 – 32 students while providing 12 square feet of vertical growing in only 4 square feet of foot print.
The GLTi program is unlike any other garden program. Our programing starts in September and continues until June. Traditional school gardens start in March or April, outdoors, and the valuable learning opportunities are lost when school ends for summer vacation.
The learning starts as soon as your MEWU kit arrives. The students have to work together to unpack the unit and inventory the parts, they have to follow the easy to use pictorial and written directions using simple tools to assemble the unit. From the very start we implement the skills set forth with the STEM philosophy enhancing study within Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Our MEWU crosses over to every subject matter including Physical Education, gardening is a life long / small sided activity!
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