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Jan 12, 2011
TIOBEC Staff News
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center 1/12/11 Staff Newsletter
Dec 12, 2010
TIOBEC Staff News
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center 12/12/10 Staff Newsletter
Nov 27, 2010
TIOBEC Staff News
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center 11/27/10 Staff Newsletter
July 29, 2010
TIOBEC and CWC featured on NPR
Connecting with Courage (CWC), TIOBEC’s summer expeditions for 12 and 13 year-old girls was featured this summer on Boston’s National Public Radio station. Reporter Monica Brady-Myerov interviewed CWC students and parents before, during, and after their expedition.
Hear the story and see companion photos here
April 29, 2010
Thompson Island Outward Bound Wins 2010 Boston Green Award
Pictured left to right: James W. Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services, City of Boston;
Bill Dowd, Director of Operations, Thompson Island Outward Bound (TIOB); Jon Hislop, Director of Admissions, TIOB; Arthur Pearson, President, TIOB; Mayor Thomas M. Menino
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center is honored to be one of the recipients of Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s 2010 Boston Green Business Awards. The awards recognize local business and neighborhood leaders for doing their part to make Boston a greener, more sustainable, and livable city.
Thompson Island was recognized both for its environmental programming for 6,500 Boston area youth each year and for its ongoing efforts to improve the sustainability of its business and land management practices. These include:
- Consolidating ferry scheduling to reduce fuel consumption by 22% while increasing participants and clients served by 14%
- Reducing the landfill waste stream by 30% by recycling office paper, cardboard, plastics and scrap metal
- Deploying thousands of volunteers from local corporations to remove acres of invasive species by hand to reduce the amount of harsh chemical herbicides used
- Removing tons of recyclable material and waste from Thompson Island
- Conducting recurring beach clean up with students and volunteers to promote environmental stewardship
- Implementing state of the art procedures for handling waste oil and hazardous materials
- Creating a composting system to utilize leaves, felled trees, brush, and clippings, and having students participate in the program by weighing and graphing food waste while on the island
Thompson Island considers this award a call to action to continue to improve our business operations and to reduce our environmental impact. We aspire to set an example for young people by maintaining the highest possible standards.
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Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center 2010 Green Award nomination.
2010 Green Business Award recipients:
Harvard Business School
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston Properties
Millennium Partners
First Wind
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center
Boston Neighborhood Network
CB Richard Ellis New England
Jacobs Engineering Group
New Generation Energy
Boloco
Allston Collision Centers
Southwest Boston Community Development Corporation
Ula Cafe
“These award winners demonstrate the many ways in which individuals and businesses can contribute to making Boston a leading green city. Their commitment to our community and the environment and is an outstanding example of the leadership necessary to advance Boston’s ambitious sustainability goals and continue to grow our green economy.”
–Mayor Thomas M. Menino
