Taking STEM Outside: Using Environment-based Education to Empower Student Learning Schools are similar to bee colonies, they are constantly buzzing with activity from teachers, students, administrators, cafeteria workers, and custodians, … Read more
Students and Nature
Plant with a Purpose: Help Protect Salmon Habitat with Your Garden
Salmon are marathon swimmers, transitioning from freshwater streams to the ocean, and back again. To reach their destinations they often face—and miraculously overcome!—staggering obstacles. They climb fish ladders to push … Read more

Water Connects Us All
Students Share Stories to Advocate for Clean Water Water connects us all, from watersheds to oceans, to wetlands. In the summer of 2019, students from Taiwan, the Kumeyaay Nation, and … Read more

Eco-Schools USA June Newsletter
It’s Great Outdoors Month! How does celebrating the outdoors look to you? Do you fish, hike, bike, or climb? Is it green, brown, or blue spaces you enjoy? Do you … Read more

Colleges and Universities Stop 380 Million Plastic Bottles From Going to the Landfill
Close to 300 U.S. and Canadian campuses recycled, donated, and composted 48.6 million pounds of waste and cut out more than 380 million plastic bottles from the waste stream during … Read more

The 15th Annual International Endangered Species Day is May 15 – How Are You Planning to Celebrate?
Endangered Species Day is a day to learn about and take action for the threatened and endangered species in your community, state, and around the world. This year, you may … Read more

A Climate Hero in the Big Apple
During these challenging times, the National Wildlife Federation’s Emily Fano stands out as a beacon of hope and leadership on some of today’s most pressing challenges in the nation’s largest … Read more

Eco-Schools USA May Newsletter
What is a teacher? Close your eyes for a moment and let the words and memories flood your mind. The definition of a teacher as provided by online dictionaries reads, … Read more

EcoCareers Conference 2020 Provides Insight and Inspiration During Uncertain Times
As global temperatures rise, habitats are lost to development, more species become threatened—and now, as our global community confronts a mass pandemic—the need for more leaders in environmental science and … Read more

Happy Earth Month: How College Students Can Celebrate At Home
This April marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. How are you going to celebrate? Need ideas of how you can enjoy it safely at-home and online? … Read more