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Green Education Funding Remains in Limbo after White House Summit on Environmental Education
Today I attended the first ever White House Summit on environmental education. There were speakers ranging from Richard Louv to NASCAR. The Presidential Environmental Youth Awardees were inspiring. And it was wonderful to hear Education Secretary Arne Duncan express… Read more >
Bi-Partisanship Hits Capitol Hill – Thanks to Environmental Education!
Today the bi-partisan No Child Left Inside Act (NCLI) (S.1372 and H.R. 2547) was introduced by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD). The NCLI Act will provide states with incentives to create environmental… Read more >
Environmental Education is the Key to U.S. Students’ Success!
Last week must have been a slow news week for the right wing media, as the new Maryland state environmental education graduation requirement was placed on their “most wanted” media hit list alongside the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign; which… Read more >
Green Ribbon Schools: The Win-Win Scenario our Students Need!
Written by: Danielle Moodie-Mills and Jenna Peters The U.S. Department of Education announced today the creation of the Green Ribbon Schools program, which will recognize schools that have taken great strides in greening their curricula, buildings, school grounds and overall… Read more >
Environmental Education Advocates Descend On Washington, D.C.
Written by: Danielle Moodie-Mills and Jenna Peters This week, members of the No Child Left Inside (NCLI) coalition traveled from as far as Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kentucky to educate their Members of Congress about the NCLI Act and… Read more >
Secretary Arne Duncan, Congressman John Sarbanes Address Sustainability Education Summit in DC
This post was written by Patrick Fitzgerald, NWF’s Director of Education Advocacy. NWF’s Campus Ecology Team is back for Day 2 of the Sustainability Education Summit where hundreds of environmental, education and business leaders are working together to create an… Read more >
Perspective: Changing Curriculum Connects Faculty with Each Other, Students with Their Environment
Sustainability activity is mushrooming on campuses around the nation-except in one vitally important place: college classrooms. As the recent National Wildlife Federation National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education recently revealed, growing numbers of colleges and universities are… Read more >
