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Green Schools Trend on Display in Texas

 |  Feb 1, 2012

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

kids playing in leaves.

Observations from a Camp Counselor: Kids Need Natural Play

 |  Dec 20, 2011

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

 |  Dec 16, 2011

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

 |  Dec 13, 2011

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

This squirrel enjoys Oak Crest's Certified Wildlife Habitat

Retirees Go Green in Maryland Community

, ,  |  Dec 13, 2011

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

 |  Dec 9, 2011

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

 |  Nov 22, 2011

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

Annapolis Hopes to be the First of Many Around the Chesapeake Bay

,  |  Nov 22, 2011

“The National Wildlife Federation is excited to support the City of Annapolis in their efforts to become a Certified Community Wildlife Habitat™,” said Tony Caligiuri, Regional Executive Director of NWF’s … Read more

The RePaper Challenge Spurs Campuses to Reach 75% Paper Recovery Rate by 2015

,  |  Nov 9, 2011

With the start of a new school year, a growing coalition of sustainability and recycling organizations, including National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Campus Ecology Program, is engaging with North American campuses … Read more

Students and Other Clean Energy Advocates Mobilizing Against Setbacks

, ,  |  Nov 3, 2011

Two weekends ago, over 400 people gathered in Cleveland for one of several regional Power Shift meetings all across the country where the culminating event was a rally focused on stopping … Read more