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Greening Our Schools: The Challenge For NWF Eco-Schools USA

 |  Nov 8, 2009

America's increasing focus on things that are "green" most certainly extends to our K-12 schools — all 130,000 of them. The new NWF Eco-Schools USA program will help many U.S. schools to … Read more

One Minute to Midnight: Educating for Action

 |  Oct 17, 2009

Responsibility is in the air at this weekend’s Bioneers conference. The attendees are, by and large, concerned about the impact they and their organizations exert on a stressed planet, and … Read more

QOTD: How Sustainability Rankings Influence the University

 |  Oct 15, 2009

On the heels of our earlier post on sustainability rankings comes this quote from Charlotte Strem, interim director of physical and environmental planning at the University of California's Office of … Read more

Consequences

 |  Oct 6, 2009

The current generation of college students and young professionals will be the ones to pay the price for the catastrophic climate change that's already affecting our planet. So really it's … Read more

Little Green Thumbs: Gardening with MLK Jr. Elementary

 |  Sep 14, 2009

Would you rather stay in the office on a Friday or join a fun bunch of elementary school students in planting flowers? The choice was easy for me! As part … Read more

Time Out Fuels Classroom Performance

 |  Sep 2, 2009

For kids these days, back to school sometimes means back indoors. In fact, the opposite should be the case—NWF has compiled vast research connecting the dots between classroom performance and … Read more

International Youth Leaders: Make Enviro Education Mandatory

,  |  Aug 24, 2009

The United Nations Environment Program is currently hosting the Tunza International Children and Youth Conference in South Korea, the biggest-ever youth gathering on global warming. The title “tunza” is a … Read more

A Green-Read Hour

 |  Jul 8, 2009

Green Hour readers share their favorite kids’ books about the outdoors with Mary Quattlebaum. Read more

Will Steger Foundation’s Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

 |  May 10, 2009

The Will Steger Foundation is having a Summer Institute for Climate Change Education in August. This Institute will provide an opportunity for educators to increase their comfort level for teaching … Read more

Count Down to Spring

 |  Mar 16, 2009

If your family is like mine, you’re counting down the days till spring begins officially on March 21. But this month delights in unpredictable weather. Lion or lamb? How did … Read more