Taking STEM Outside: Using Environment-based Education to Empower Student Learning Schools are similar to bee colonies, they are constantly buzzing with activity from teachers, students, administrators, cafeteria workers, and custodians, … Read more
Kathleen Race’s Archive
Water Connects Us All
Students Share Stories to Advocate for Clean Water Water connects us all, from watersheds to oceans, to wetlands. In the summer of 2019, students from Taiwan, the Kumeyaay Nation, and … Read more
Eco-Schools USA June Newsletter
It’s Great Outdoors Month! How does celebrating the outdoors look to you? Do you fish, hike, bike, or climb? Is it green, brown, or blue spaces you enjoy? Do you … Read more
Eco-Schools USA May Newsletter
What is a teacher? Close your eyes for a moment and let the words and memories flood your mind. The definition of a teacher as provided by online dictionaries reads, … Read more
Eco-Schools USA April Newsletter
Ecological Resilience The capacity of an ecosystem to respond to disturbances by resisting damage and recovering quickly. Daily, National Wildlife Federation staff work to support resilience projects that will lead … Read more
Eco-Schools USA March Newsletter
Climate change is ravaging our shared world, yet the voices uplifted aren’t those of climate refugees or of frontlines land defenders. We rarely hear from indigenous peoples, the holders of … Read more
Eco-Schools USA February Newsletter
Abolitionist Teaching The practice of working in solidarity with communities of color while drawing on the imagination, the creativity, the refusal, (re)membering, visionary thinking, healing, rebellious spirit, boldness, determination and … Read more
Eco-Schools USA December/January Newsletter
“The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we care about so deeply become endangered, … Read more
Celebrating 10 Years of Eco-Schools USA
What a decade! Over the last 10 years, shared stories of success from students and educators have highlighted the positive impacts from the National Wildlife Federation’s Eco-Schools USA program. Beyond … Read more
Eco-Schools USA November Newsletter
“What we practice on a small scale sets the patterns for the whole system.” ~Adrienne Maree Brown As 2019 slows down and we look forward to upcoming breaks and quality … Read more