Jul 23, 2019
Events 2020 Green Schools Conference and Expo Save the date! The tenth annual Green Schools Conference and Expo will be held at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon, March 2 – 4, 2020. Registration for the conference will open in Fall 2019. 2019 Drawdown...
Jul 23, 2019
By. Sarah Hackworth and Ana Houseal Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #112, Winter 2017. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Jul 18, 2019
By. Skylar Primm, High Marq Environmental Charter School I teach at High Marq Environmental Charter School in Montello, Wisconsin, an area surrounded by lakes and rivers. As an outdoor educator, I am quite used to adapting my practice to whatever Wisconsin’s weather...
Jul 11, 2019
By. Suzie Boss, PBLWorks Across diverse contexts, I regularly meet students who are taking action to build a more sustainable future. Whether it’s first-graders designing a rain garden for their playground, middle schoolers educating adults about composting, or high...
Jul 2, 2019
By. Korah Soll, Rural Aspirations Project In Maine, our roots are entwined in three major legacy industries: fishing, farming, and forestry. Our use of natural resources has been, and continues to be, an integral part of community vitality. There are 1.3 million...
Jun 27, 2019
By. Tashanda Giles-Jones, Environmental Charter Schools Defining environmental literacy is crucial when you are cultivating a curriculum that fosters a sustainable school culture. According to California’s Blueprint for Environmental Literacy, “An environmentally...
Jun 25, 2019
By. Jennifer McQuillan Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #114, Fall 2017. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Jun 25, 2019
Events 2019 Cornell Lab of Ornithology Summer K-12 Educator Retreat Join the Cornell Lab of Ornithology education team in Ithaca, New York for a one-of-a-kind program, July 16 – 19, 2019. Participants will experience four days of activities, guest speakers, and field...
Jun 20, 2019
By. Katie Shenk, EL Education Turning on Curiosity Motors We all know children who become “obsessed” with sharks, rockets, butterflies, or dinosaurs. Their interests push them into books that seem too long, too hard, or more complex than they would choose if their own...
Jun 13, 2019
By. Leona Williams, Brandywine School District Forwood Elementary School’s journey to becoming a green school started with a simple question. During a nutrition lesson led by a college intern, a student of mine asked, “How did you make the...
