Atra-Niese lends her talent to a student video for Climate Action KC
Green Works student Atra-Niese proudly joined other Greater KC area youth in participating in a student voice video on behalf of Climate Action KC. Watch for Atra-Niese at about 1:30 minutes into the video. With her interest in engineering, sustainability and the environment, we might…
Update on Alyssa
One of our early employees, Alyssa Housh, left Green Works several years ago to move to Denver. Alyssa and her business The Organic Salon were recently highlighted in an on-line Denver magazine where Alyssa talks about her passion for transforming the hair styling industry and…
Ad 2 Kansas City Selects Green Works!
We are so excited to announce that Ad 2 kc selected Green Works as their 2019-2020 virtual agency client! We’ll be working with them this year on our brand identity, social media strategies, advertising and PR. Ad 2 Kansas City is a community of ambitious,…
Repair Event this Saturday, October 5th
This Saturday from 12 – 5pm around the intersection of 31st and Cherry, we’re hosting a repair event with our neighbors Maker Village, 816 Bike Collective and Stitching Change. Bring your broken metal and wood items, bicycles, and clothing and jewelry for repairs and our…
Green Works ECOS Summer Programs – a Big Success!
Green Works ECOS Urban Outdoor Nature Discovery Staff had a full summer working with some of our partner organizations. We teamed up with Operation Breakthrough to bring outdoor learning to the 4th grade summer school class on Fridays. The students were champions, venturing out in…
Green Works featured on The Bridge Give Back Friday
Green Works staff Tamika Doolin and Elaine Warren, along with Green Works student Atra-Niese appeared on 90.9 The Bridge Give Back Friday segment on Friday, July 26th. If you missed it, you can listen on-line.
Workforce Development Funding from State Street Foundation, Inc.
We are so grateful to the State Street Foundation for a $28,000 grant in support of our workforce development program including Excelerate, and summer internships. Thanks to the State Street Foundation, our students are spending their summers exploring careers that include engineering, architecture, social work,…
Join us at Wanderfest, Sunday May 5th
This Sunday, May 5th, we’ll have our classroom open from 12 – 6pm as part of Wanderfest in the TowerEast neighborhood. TowerEast (centered at 31st and Gillham) is hosting a day full of fun including art, crafts, music (live bands), food trucks & drinks. No…
Earth Day Happy Hour at Boulevard benefits Green Works!
Join us Monday April 22nd, at Boulevard Brewery (2534 Madison Avenue) from 5-7 pm for Happy Hour with our friends from Ripple Glass. Ripple Glass will be talking all things glass recycling & doing a few fun giveaways. Green Works will receive $1 from every…
Planting for Backyard Birds
Join us on Saturday, March 30th from 4 – 5:30 for a fun session dedicated to our feathered friends! We’ll learn about common backyard birds, how they live their lifecycles in our yards and how we can support them. We’ll be joined by special guests…