Starting June 27, National Wildlife Federation is kicking off a season of camping with this year’s Great American Campout. You may have seen our new spokesperson, wildlife fan and great … Read more
Students and Nature
Teaching a Kindergarten Class in the Great Outdoors
How many children get to say that they spent the morning not only in the great outdoors, but doing their part to help wildlife as well? One perfectly sunny, but … Read more
Campus Conservation Nationals Celebrates 5th Anniversary
National Wildlife Federation’s partnership with Campus Conservation Nationals hits milestone as 2015 competition inspires college students across North America to reduce their electricity and water consumption. National Wildlife Federation, in … Read more
Students at NWF Eco-School Help Monarchs
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ_fjsH9S7s[/youtube] It doesn’t get more heartwarming than this. Students at PS 179 in Brooklyn are learning about the life cycle of monarch butterflies and helping this declining species at the … Read more
Bronx Eco-School’s Earth Day Event Showcases Many Aspects of Sustainability
Bronx Theater High School is one of eight schools on the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Campus. The JFK Campus building boasts a large solar panel installation that generates 5% of … Read more
HBCU NWF EcoLeaders Advance Their Environmental Leadership Development
During the weekend of April 10-April 12, 2015, nine Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students and one HBCU alumnus came together in Atlanta for our first National Wildlife Federation … Read more
A NYC Eco-Schools Teacher Helps Her Classroom Go Plastic-Free
The environment did not start out as a curriculum objective. It happened as a result of the principal’s insistence on integrating current events into our lessons. Different themes and concerns arose … Read more
Kindergarteners Help Grow a Wild Brooklyn
One morning in early March, Park Ranger Michelle Luebke from Gateway National Recreation Area and Michael Butts from the Greenbelt Native Plant Center in Staten Island visited our kindergarten class … Read more
