Initiatives

MPC's approach to education is truly unique and multi-platform, combining social media and broadcast television (Growing Greener Schools) with state-approved curriculums (Going to Green) to integrate sustainability into every area of study.

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Going to Green

The Going to Green Academic Curriculum, a text book on sustainability, provides an innovative new approach to educating students about the environment.

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Education
Growing Greener Schools

Children, JFK once wrote, are the world’s most valuable resource. They are also our last hope for environmental renewal. Growing Greener Schools is a series and a movement, empowering students, tea...

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Education

Growing Greener Schools

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Media Model Board of Directors Development Multimedia Broadcast Television New Media Education Outreach Building Communities
media model | board of advisors
  • Andy Lipkins
    Andy Lipkis
    Founder
    Tree People
  • Deborah Moore
    Deborah Moore
    Executive Director
    Green Schools Initiative
  • Genevieve Bertone
    Genevieve Bertone
    Director, Environmental Audit Initiatives
    Santa Monica College
  • Greg Katz
    Greg Katz
    Senior Director of Climate Change Policy
    Good Energy
  • Randy Brit
    Randy Britt
    Director of Sustainability Initiatives
    Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Genevieve Bertone
    Roland Wiley
    Architect
    RAW International
  • Sean Miller
    Sean Miller
    Director of Education
    Earth Day Network
  • Stacy Sinclair
    Stacy Sinclair-Tarr
    Ed.D.Media Policy Center
    Director of Education
media model | research

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media model | development

Development

Sponsored by:

  • Siemens
  • PBS
media model | multimedia content

What makes a GREEN SCHOOL?

What makes a GREEN SCHOOL
media model | new media
  • User Generated Content

    Article Submissions for GGS Magazine

    GGS Magazine
  • Web Magazines

    GGS Magazine: www.ggsmagazine.org

    GGS Magazine
  • Online Communities

    Facebook Twitter
media model | broadcast television
  • Strategic Partnerships with PBS

    Growing Greener Schools Television Event
    on PBS Member Stations Around the Country





    Original 2010 Broadcast Schedule



    PBS World, Sunday, April 25, 7pm ET
    WNET, New York, TBA.
    WLIW, New York, TBA
    New Jersey Network, New York/Trenton, TBA
    NYC Media Group, New York, TBA
    KCET, Los Angeles, Sunday, April 18, 10:30pm
    KLCS, Los Angeles, Monday, April 12 8pm; and Tuesday April 13, 11am
    KOCE, Los Angeles/Hungtington Beach, Sunday, April 25 at 10pm
    KVCR, Los Angeles/San Bernadino Friday, April 30 at 7pm
    WTTW, Chicago WYCC Chicago Saturday, April 25 at 9pm
    WYIN Chicago/Merrillville Sunday, April 11 at 9pm
    WHYY Philadelphia Sunday, April 4 at 12:30pm

    FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM LISTINGS: click Here
  • DVD Sales

    DVD


    Growing Greener Schools (DVD)

    PRICE: $49.95
    This multi-media resource offers a comprehensive look at best practices for creating sustainable schools. Educators and green experts country-wide discuss environmental curriculum and its effect on student health, attendance, learning, tests scores, and preparedness for green jobs. You'll also get an inside look at new eco-friendly buildings, retrofitted classrooms, daily operations, and the benefits - including cost savings.
media model | education
DVD

Education

This multi-media resource offers a comprehensive look at best practices for creating sustainable schools. Educators and green experts country-wide discuss environmental curriculum and its effect on student health, attendance, learning, tests scores, and preparedness for green jobs. You'll also get an inside look at new eco-friendly buildings, retrofitted classrooms, daily operations, and the benefits - including cost savings.
media model | outreach

Traditional PR

WHPR campaigns combine strategic planning, exceptional news instincts and smart media placement to deliver the right message, reach the right audience, elevate client stature and generate positive results.

WHPR
media model | building communities

Building Communities

Building Communities

Children, JFK once wrote, are the world's most valuable resource. They are also our last hope for environmental renewal. Growing Greener Schools is a series and a movement, empowering students, teachers, and parents to incorporate green ideas into both school buildings and classroom curriculum.

And Thou Shalt Honor

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Media Model Board of Directors Development Broadcast Television Education Outreach Building Communities
media model | board of advisors
  • Ron Barkley
    Executive Director
    New Hampshire Oncology & Hematology
  • Rona Bartelstone
    CEO
    Rona Bartelstone Care Management
    & Home Healthcare, Ft. Lauderdale
  • Chad Boult, M.D.
    Associate Professor
    Department of Family Practice and Community Health, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Robert Butler, M.D.
    President and CEO
    International Longevity Center, New York City
  • Gloria Cavannaugh
    President
    American Society on Aging, New York City
  • Joseph F. Coughlin, Ph.D.
    Director
    MIT AgeLab, Cambridge, MA
  • Dr. Rose Dobrof
    Professor of Gerontology
    Brookdale Center on Aging, New York City
  • Lynn Friss Feinberg
    Executive Director
    Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco
  • Howard Fillit, M.D.
    CEO
    Institute for the Study of Aging, Inc. NYC
  • Rabbi Allen Freehling
    Director of Human Relations
    City of Los Angeles
  • Susan Friedman
    UJA Federation, New York City
  • Lynn Friss Feinberg
    Executive Director
    Family Caregiver Alliance, San Francisco
  • Deborah C. Glik, ScD
    Director
    UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles
  • Harley Gordon
    President
    Corporation for Long Term Care Certification, Newton, MA
  • Janett C. Greenberg
    Independent Consultant
    Austin, TX
  • Jennie Chin Hansen
    President
    AARP, DC
  • Gail Gibson Hunt
    President/CEO
    National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda
  • Carol Levine
    Director
    United Hospital Fund of New York, Families and Health Care Project
  • Beth Witrogen McLeod
    Pulitzer-Nominated Author
    Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Suzanne Mintz
    President
    National Family Caregiver Association, Maryland
  • Mary Mittelman, Dr. P.H.
    Director of Caregiver Research
    Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University Medical Center, NYC
  • Nancy Morith, Ph.D.
    CLU, N.P. Morith, Inc., Princeton, NJ
  • Alan D. Solomont
    Co-Chair,
    CEO of Solomont-Bailis Ventures, LLC,
    Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Political Activist
    Newton, Mass.
  • Percil Stanford
    Director
    Center on Aging, San Diego State University
    San Diego
  • Peter Strauss
    Eldercare Attorney
    Esq.Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.,
    New York City
  • David Tillman, M.D.
    CEO
    Motion Picture TV Fund, Woodland Hills, CA
  • Fernando Torres-Gil Ph.D.
    School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA, Los Angeles
  • Donna Wagner, Ph.D.
    Towson University, Maryland
  • Monika White
    President/CEO
    Center for Health Aging, Santa Monica, CA
media model | development

Development

Sponsored by:

  • Axa Equitable
  • There Care Inc.
media model | broadcast television
  • Strategic Partnerships with PBS

    And Thou Shalt Honor aired in 2002 on PBS member stations around the country

    This one-hour PBS special is presented in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Older Americans Act in 1965. Dale Bell, executive producer with Harry Wiland, of the 2002 And Thou Shalt Honor PBS caregiving outreach project, puts the plight of America's family caregivers on the national agenda.
  • DVD Sales

    Thou Shalt Honor DVD


    And Thou Shalt Honor (DVD)

    PRICE: $29.95
    As seen on PBS, the complete two-hour original broadcast, including all of the profiles and interviews. Plus Caregivers Go To Washington, an episode deleted from the broadcast version. Also: the executive producers tell their caregiving stories, originally broadcast on Los Angeles' KCET, the complete, printable Viewer's Guide and Action Guide for Community Organizers, and hot links to valuable Web sites.
media model | education
  • Action Guides for Community Organizers

    Action guide

    pdf's available for download at:

    www.andthoushalthonor.org/home/download.php
  • Partnerships

    • American College of Gastroenterology
    • Hospice Education Institute
    • Community Health Accreditation Program
    • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.
    • Homecare University
    • National Cancer Institute
media model | outreach
  • National & Local Partners

    • AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
    • Accreditation Commission for Health Care
    • ALS Acssociation
    • AARP
    • Administration on Aging
    • Alzheimer's Association
    • Abledata
    • Alliance for Retired Americans
    • American Cancer Society
    • Association of Daily Money Managers
    • American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
    • Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
    • American Foundation for the Blind
    • American Bar Association
    • American Council on Life Insurance
    • American College of Gastroenterology
    • American Gastroenterological Association
  • Traditional PR

    Kelly Salerno

    Kelly & Salerno Communications

    Kelly & Salerno Communications provides a full range of marketing and communications services, specializing in advancing public awareness of issues and ideas.

  • Gala Screenings & Events

    USC

    University of Southern California

    Located in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology and international trade, the University of Southern California is one of the world's leading private research universities.

media model | building communities