Squirrelville started out as a comic written and drawn by several students from Millennium Arts Academy who participated in the Green Institute's career education Visual Media program in Fall 2007. During the school year other Green Institute Visual Media participants from the Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy, Gateway School for Environmental Research and Technology, and the New York City Summer Youth Employment Program adapted the story, created new characters, drafted a storyboard and developed it into a public service animated cartoon. The story is about overdevelopment, wetland destruction and the coming together of a community. The preview below illustrates some of the highlights of the student-produced work.

Squirrelville is funded in part by The NY State Office of Children & Family Services SAFE Grant.

The Squirrelville Animation Production is a part of The Green Institute in Soundview Cycle III; a Knowledge Project program. The Knowledge Project (TKP) is a not-for-profit educational reform and mentoring organization. TKP designs and implements effective communication arts & literacy programs that are sustainable, interdisciplinary models. TKP programs meet the goals of a Comprehensive Education Plan as an Academic Intervention Strategy. Our uniquely trained mentoring professionals work with both teachers and students.