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Upcoming Austin Event: Tour the New Demonstration Wildlife Habitat
Join the National Wildlife Federation in celebrating the new Rocks to Roots demonstration wildlife habitat and outdoor classroom in Austin! Making Space for Wildlife in Schoolyards Gardening for Wildlife begins this month encouraging and celebrating those who make a difference… Read more >
My Green Roof Halloween Costume
This year’s recycled Halloween costume was inspired by the green roof at PS41 in New York City – our hearts are with the teachers and students today! Read more >
Weekly News Roundup – October 26, 2012
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: HISD Celebrates New Collaboration with National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools USA Program October 26 – The Houston Independent School District and National… Read more >
Green Roof Inspires New York School: Video
I grew up watching movies set in New York City, so I have many pre-conceived images of life there. A peaceful garden on top of a school was not one of those images. PS 41 is this magical school with the… Read more >
Greening the Way for our Kids’ Future
We all need an oasis. Standing on New York City Eco-School PS41’s new green roof, I found a truly inspiring one. Seeing the whole sky, feeling the late summer breeze, smelling fresh herbs, and hearing the happy exclamations of PS41’s… Read more >
Motorola Solutions Foundation Support Grows STEM Learning and Gardens
Written by Julie Gustafson, Senior Education Manager, NWF In the summer of 2011, NWF supported by the Motorola Solutions Foundation began a journey in education with our partners, Earth Force and Earth Partnership for Schools and the school communities they… Read more >
First Green Flag School West of the Mississipi River
On Friday, June 22, Courtney Sullivan (NWF Education Manager, Pacific Region) and I traveled to Bothell, WA to award the NWF Eco-Schools USA Green Flag to Skyview Junior High School. Skyview is the seventh school in the country, and first… Read more >
Back to [Green] School!
The arrival of fall marks the end to longer days, ice cream trucks and the return to the classroom. For some students around the country this return is often marred by preventable illness due to unhealthy school facilities—classrooms that are… Read more >
Changing the World One Backyard at a Time
Dave Wasmuth, Sabina Ernst, Anne Stires, Jose German and many National Wildlife Federation volunteers in Montclair, New Jersey are true wildlife rock stars. Over the course of six years, these wildlife rock stars–and yes, volunteers–got more than 180 Montclair homes (30… Read more >
First Eco-Schools USA “Green Flag” Awarded
On April 28th, I traveled to Savannah with my colleague, NaTaki Osborne Jelks, to visit the Savannah Country Day School Lower School (SCDS). SCDS was one of the first schools to be registered as an Eco-School in November 2009, and… Read more >
