Dec 30, 2019
By. Amy Meuers, National Youth Leadership Council Despite recent civic action by young people, a June 2018 report by the Democracy Project doesn’t shed a positive light on the state of our Union. Democracy is facing its most significant challenge of recent...
Dec 19, 2019
By. Jennifer Gaddis and Melissa Terry John Dewey, the famed Progressive Era educator, was convinced that food held the potential to teach children about more than just nutrition. He saw school gardens as a pedagogically powerful platform for connecting children to...
Dec 19, 2019
Events and Competitions 2020 Green Schools Conference and Expo The eleventh annual Green Schools Conference and Expo will be held at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon, March 2 – 4, 2020. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and network with...
Dec 19, 2019
By. Salvatore Vascellaro Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #110, Summer 2016. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Dec 12, 2019
By. Constance Flanagan, Erin Gallay, and Ethan Lowenstein “This is me, I’m giving back to my community, bettering it. I should keep this up. I go home and started planting trees. Worked with my neighbors, they came out cause they found it interesting that I was...
Dec 5, 2019
By. Susan A. Abravanel “High-quality, school-based civic learning fosters civic knowledge, skills, and attitudes; promotes civic equality; builds 21st Century skills; improves school climate and lowers school drop-out rates.” (Guilfoile and Delander, 2014, p. 5) For...
Nov 26, 2019
Events and Competitions 2020 Green Schools Conference and Expo The eleventh annual Green Schools Conference and Expo will be held at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon, March 2 – 4, 2020. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from and network with...
Nov 26, 2019
By. Allan Foster Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #81, Summer 2007. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Nov 21, 2019
Mark your calendar for GivingTuesday – a global day of giving – on December 3, 2019. This annual event celebrates our collective capacity to do good, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. This...
Nov 21, 2019
By. Jessica Diaz, Sara Diaz-Montejano, Connie Lau, and Francisco McCurry, Environmental Charter Schools Historically, mainstream environmentalism has informed environmental movements, such as the green schools movement. Yet, mainstream environmentalism has roots in...
