There are few things the extreme right wing, the Congress and the White House would agree on these days but one of them seems to be scaling back or eliminating … Read more
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From the Heartland: An Inside Look at the Extreme Right’s War on K-12 Climate and Environmental Education
America’s extreme right has been attacking climate change and environmental education in schools for decades using a variety of tactics aimed at keeping it from becoming core knowledge our children … Read more
Campus Youth – Enter the NWF Journey in your Backyard Sweepstakes to win a trip to the adventurous island of Oahu
National Wildlife Federation has teamed up with the film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island to inspire students and their families to get outdoors, to explore nature and to learn about … Read more
Green Schools Trend on Display in Texas
The green schools movement is now a bona fide national trend. Case in point: the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) voted to include environmental education provisions … Read more
Observations from a Camp Counselor: Kids Need Natural Play
Maddie Caldwell is an education intern at the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Regional Center and a senior at the University of Michigan majoring in Environmental Science with a specialization … Read more
Virginia’s Community Colleges are going green
The Virginia Community College System hosted its annual Hire Education conference, Extreme Innovation – Workforce Edition, last week at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. More than 400 workforce development faculty and … Read more
Habitat restoration and conservation, how students and staff are protecting space for wildlife at 3 U.S. campuses
National Wildlife Federation’s 2011 campus sustainability case studies are online now at www.nwf.org/campuscasestudies. The following is the third in a series of blog posts to highlight some of the notable … Read more
Retirees Go Green in Maryland Community
In the summer of 2011, resident George Walter submitted an application to the National Wildlife Federation to designate his retirement community, Oak Crest, as a Certified Wildlife Habitat®. Oak Crest is the largest retirement … Read more
Smokey Bear Lives On, But Budget Cuts in Congress Loom Large
Great news for Smokey Bear! An American icon has been spared from the axe (for now). Thanks are due to wildlife advocates nationwide, who spoke out in the past week via … Read more
Growing On Campus: 4 Sustainable Gardens at American Colleges & Universities
National Wildlife Federation’s 2011 campus sustainability case studies are online now at www.nwf.org/campuscasestudies. The following is the first in a series of blog posts to highlight some of the notable … Read more