Students and Nature

A group of five college students pose for a photo in a clearing in a forest. Some of them are holding yard tools.

Wild Kingdom Grant Awardees

National Wildlife Federation and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom have teamed up to inspire and support the efforts of the next generation of conservation leadership. We are collaborating on a series … Read more

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Recruiting the 2024 Cohort of Graduate Student Research Fellows

National Wildlife Federation’s Education and Engagement Department regularly supports a cohort of Graduate Student Research Fellows who contribute to the advancement of programs across the department through dedicated research projects. … Read more

The Multidimensional Impacts of Eco-Green Gardens and Beyond

While diverting excess rainwater and increasing native habitat, Eco-Green projects are also providing school communities a place of learning and healing. In 2023 we saw the warmest year on record … Read more

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Plastics Reduction Partner Awardees

The National Wildlife Federation, in partnership with the Campus Race to Zero Waste Program, is excited to award Bard College in New York and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, the Plastics … Read more

Climate Equity Collaborative’s Inaugural Youth Advisory Council

The Climate Equity Collaborative™ (CEC) is a public-private partnership that engages nontraditional partners, with an emphasis on youth and underserved communities, in climate innovation and climate action. CEC engages at … Read more

Nature-Themed Reading for Black History Month

This Black History Month, we are uplifting Black leaders that have made a difference by sharing personal, ancestral, and contemporary connections with nature, gardening, and community education. Progressive Nature Studies … Read more

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Earth Tomorrow’s “3’Peat” Service Learning Confluence

I share this poem because it speaks to confluence. Confluence: Merriam Webster defines as a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point. The flowing together of two … Read more

Data-Driven Sustainability: Tracking Tools for K-12 Success

Join the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) March 5-7, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for this year’s Green Schools Conference (GSC). We are proud to be one of over a … Read more

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New Climate Education Bill for New York

In November 2023, scientists in Europe reported that Earth’s global average temperature was briefly two degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. NOAA and NASA— U.S. federal agencies—both confirmed that 2023 … Read more

NWF 2023 Black ERG Scholarship Awardees

7 Young Conservation Leaders Receive College Scholarship from NWF’s Earth Tomorrow Program

There are a lot of companies talking about JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion). Although many of them have good intentions the reality is there’s more talk than substance in … Read more