Just as students get excited watching the metamorphosis of a butterfly from an egg to an adult, the National Wildlife Federation’s K-12 education team is bursting with enthusiasm and excitement … Read more
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Education Newsletter Spring 2023
Hello, from the National Wildlife Federation’s Education Team What if every school provided equitable access to nature that supports children’s well-being, learning, and unstructured play while contributing to community engagement … Read more
Are You Ready to Take the Clean Earth Challenge?
Simple actions can have a collective impact! In 2022, the National Wildlife Federation teamed up with Johnson Outdoors to launch the Clean Earth Challenge. The ask is simple—pick up trash … Read more
Education Newsletter Winter 2023
Hello, from the National Wildlife Federation’s Education Team In this edition, we’re interviewing Kim Martinez, our Vice-President of Education and Engagement. We talk about climate work happening around the world … Read more
MLK Day 2023: NWF Education Team Plants Seeds of Service
In the fall of 2022, the Education & Engagement Department leadership team, led by the Vice President of Education & Engagement Kim Martinez, started to prepare a team-wide planning meeting … Read more
Hatching a Plan for Salmon Stewardship
On a gray, drizzly morning at the end of October, a small fleet of volunteers departed the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (ODFW) forested campus. Each carried a cooler … Read more
Teachers Explore Climate Resilience Education at RiSC Summer Professional Learning Institute
Resilience has become a buzzword, but what does the term really mean, especially in relation to the climate crisis, and how can it be discussed in the classroom? This was … Read more
Connecting Underrepresented Youth with STEM Career Opportunities
According to a recent study done by Pew Research Center, “Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce compared with their share of … Read more
RiSC Students: Climate Resilience Ambassadors in Coney Island
Over the past decade, the need to protect our nation’s coastlines from sea level rise, erosion, and coastal storms has become one of the most critical and immediate challenges we … Read more
Next Generation’s Pronghorn Conservation
A hot July weekend in 2021 set me on one of my greatest undertakings as a conservationist and teacher. That summer, I volunteered through NWF’s Artemis to work on a … Read more
