Students and Nature

NWF and Where The Wild Things Are

 |  Oct 9, 2009

NWF has always been about “wild things,” so our latest partnership is especially exciting! The National Wildlife Federation has teamed with the upcoming feature film Where the Wild Things Are, … Read more

Interior Secetary: Kids Spending Just Four Minutes A Day Playing Outdoors

 |  Oct 8, 2009

Can you imagine a world where people no longer care about wildlife or nature? Many of us may feel there is already too little concern for nature but that could get worse … Read more

Outdoor Kids: Stillness

 |  Oct 8, 2009

Stillness. What feelings or pictures does that word conjure up for you? Maybe vacation. Maybe hugging your child, grandchild, niece or nephew. Maybe reading a good book in a favorite … Read more

Ranger Rick: Behind the Scenes

 |  Oct 7, 2009

Find out what it was really like interviewing people whose co-workers are dogs, whales and penguins! 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

When Words Become Endangered: Oxford Junior Dictionary Removes Nature Words

 |  Oct 1, 2009

Noted Washington naturalist Robert Pyle once asked, “What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?” In other words, if children can’t recognize … Read more

Outdoor Kids: The Space In Between

 |  Oct 1, 2009

Rebecca Cohen finds time–even in the midst of her family’s busy schedules–for nature. Read more

Shop Class Saves Electricity

,  |  Sep 29, 2009

NWF September 29, 2009 Energy is no longer being wasted by lights left on at the Kwantlen College Polytechnic University’s Cloverdale campus (BC, Canada) thanks to a simple, yet effective … Read more

Master Planning for Sustainability

,  |  Sep 29, 2009

NWF September 29, 2009 Call it a sign of the times. For decades, sustainability initiatives in higher education were conceived and executed through grassroots, bottom-up efforts, from sustainable investments to … Read more

Outdoor Kids: A Family Garden

 |  Sep 24, 2009

To me, a family garden is an outdoor landscape (if even a balcony, windowsill or community park or school garden) that has something for everyone in your family, and a … Read more