Marie Culver

Marie has been an elementary educator for 27 years and is a gifted resource teacher at Seatack Elementary School, a Title 1 school in Virginia Beach, Va. She has created a curriculum for each grade level involving sustainable environment education, as well as, butterfly gardens, rain gardens, and organic gardens along with a greenhouse and compost area on the school grounds.  She started a “Go Green” group to participate in environmental field trips. After a beach clean up day, they learn how the trash can affect sea life. Her “breakfast club” enjoys an outside breakfast where they plan the day’s garden activities.