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Food & Agriculture Programs

Food & Agriculture Programs

Mountainside’s campus hosts a two acre vegetable garden, a high tunnel greenhouse, and 60 acres of agricultural fields. It is an ideal setting to educate youth about soils, how to...

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Green Education Center

Green Education Center

The Bar-T Mountainside campus is an ideal facility for hosting an educational program, workshop, or conference. Just a few miles from Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick County, Mountainside’s unique rural location...

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Science & Environmental Education

Science & Environmental Education

MEE works with K-12 schools in Montgomery and Frederick County and other locations in the Metropolitan Washington and Baltimore region. MEE’s variety of educational and enriching programs includes hands-on exploratory...

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Sustainability & Renewable Energy

Sustainability & Renewable Energy

The Bar-T Mountainside campus is a showcase for energy efficiency, renewable energy, green building, and more. Bar-T was the first business to be approved for Frederick County’s Commercial Property Assessed...

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Youth Sponsorships

Youth Sponsorships

MEE environmental education and agricultural programs are available to all regardless of an individual’s or school’s ability to pay full program fees. MEE’s Sponsorship Fund allows students and schools to...

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Our Mission

To offer both children and adults educational and enriching activities focused on the environment, agriculture, wetland stewardship, best land practices, and methods to develop renewable and sustainable energy systems.

Food & Agriculture Programs

Mountainside’s campus hosts a two acre vegetable garden, a high tunnel greenhouse, and 60 acres...

Science & Environmental Education

MEE works with K-12 schools in Montgomery and Frederick County and other locations in the...

Sustainability & Renewable Energy

The Bar-T Mountainside campus is a showcase for energy efficiency, renewable energy, green building, and...

Youth Sponsorships

MEE environmental education and agricultural programs are available to all regardless of an individual’s or...

Welcome to MeeGreen

We teach, demonstrate and engage all ages in scientific explorations and environmental sustainability.

Education has always been a passion for Joe Richardson, Sr., the owner of Bar-T summer camps and after-school Kids Clubs that have been operating since 1961. In 2002, Joe discovered his passion for environmental land stewardship and he quickly began transforming the Bar-T Mountainside farm campus in Urbana, MD into a model for sustainability initiatives and an ideal location for offering hands-on outdoor science and environmental education for students and others. Its net-zero campus produces as much energy as it uses. Mountainside hosts a 10 kW wind turbine, 83 kW of solar photovoltaics with battery backup, an energy efficient green...

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North Branch of Bennett Creek Restoration Complete! Watch the County Spotlight.

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2019 – A Year in Numbers

Check out MEE's 2019 Achievements and Milestones!

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Atlas Helps You Save Energy, Save Money, and Support MEE!

MEE’s partner Atlas Home Energy Solutions provides a no-cost way that Pepco and Potomac Edison...

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Help Us With Our Mission

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, our goal is to broaden environmental and scientific educational programs, provide community engagement opportunities, and attract grant funding and donations for sponsoring low-income youth in MEE educational activities.

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We teach, demonstrate and engage all ages in scientific explorations and environmental sustainability.

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