Greensboro launches free summer camp for girls on sustainability
Greensboro will run a free four-day camp that takes middle school girls from Price Park to White Street Landfill, tying science lessons to local environmental jobs.
Greensboro is putting girls in the middle of its sustainability work, not just talking about it. Green Girls, a free four-day camp for middle school-age girls, will run June 22 through June 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. each day, with a rain date set for June 26 and registration required.
The city says the program is designed to introduce participants to a possible career in science and research through hands-on learning indoors and outdoors. That makes the camp more than a summer activity: it is an early workforce pipeline into the kinds of environmental, planning and public-works jobs that help keep Guilford County running.
The camp is being run by the City of Greensboro Office of Sustainability and Resilience, which sits within the Solid Waste & Recycling Department, along with the Water Resources Department, Guilford County Planning & Development and Guilford County Soil & Water Conservation. The city says campers will explore water quality, waste and recycling, pollinators and sustainable planning, with each topic tied to a different Greensboro site.
Those sites give the program its local weight. Water-quality learning will happen at Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch, which sits in Price Park, a 98-acre tract with walking trails, a bird and butterfly meadow, a reading garden, ponds and wetlands. Waste lessons will take place at White Street Landfill, while pollinator and greener-planning activities will be based at Gateway Gardens.
The camp also reflects work already underway inside Greensboro’s sustainability office. The city says that office runs programs in sustainable landscapes, composting, tree canopy, household hazardous waste and recycling education. Its recycling education program teaches residents about recycling, waste reduction and what happens to recyclables after they leave the home, a focus that fits naturally with the landfill visit.
Guilford County Soil & Water Conservation says it provides educational and outreach programs to K-12 students and the broader county community, along with technical assistance on soil and water quality and a state cost-share program for farmers with water-quality problems. County conservation leadership, including chairman George Y. Teague, gives the camp a direct link to an established local system rather than a one-off event.
Green Girls has also shown up before in Guilford County’s environmental education calendar. A 2025 county release placed it alongside Guilford Creek Week, suggesting Greensboro is building a recurring program that connects youth outreach, public infrastructure and the county’s long-term sustainability needs.
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