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Earth Team
EarthTeam's mission is to create a new generation of environmental leaders by introducing into the classroom and the community environmental experiences that are so active and engaging that they inspire dedication to a healthy environment. |
How to Start an Environmental Club at Your School
Starting an environmental club at school is a great way to get students energized about taking care of the Earth and helping their community while learning about some of the most important issues facing the world in the 21st century. |
Teach Your Content Using the Environment
The US Environmental Protection Agency has developed the "Teach English, Teach about the Environment" curriculum to assist teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) to teach English to adult students while introducing basic concepts about the environment and individual environmental responsibility. |
Environmental Education Week
National Environmental Education Week (EE Week) is the largest organized environmental education event in the United States. It's a full week of educational preparation, learning, and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. By participating in EE Week, you encourage your students to make a difference in their schools, homes, and communities! |
Clackamas High School is a model green high school
Built by Boora Architects with civil engineering done by Compass Engineering, Clackamas High has also been deemed one of the first "solar schools" in Oregon. The School was also a winner of the DesignShare Recognized Value Award in 2003. |
Free ebooks on Environmental Education
Provided by National Environmental Education Foundation, these publications offer guides and resources to assist teachers in using quality resources to build student understanding of environmental issues across the curriculum. |
Green Schools Programme
There are now 73 North Tipperary schools participating in the Green Schools, 32 of which have Green Flags. Green Schools is about whole-school action for the environment, with the main focus in the initial phase being on litter and waste. Reserach has shown that active green schools have reduced waste by over a half. Schools follow a seven step programme in order to attain their Green Flag, which is in effect an environmental management system for their school. |
Environmental groups and resources serving K–12 schools
Information about environmental groups and resources (such as those provided by government, its agencies, and existing or proposed legislation) that serve K-12 schools in the United States and internationally. |
Green WiFi
Green WiFi is committed to providing solar powered access to global information and educational resources for developing regions and K-12 school children striving for knowledge in a digitally divided world. There are approximately 3 billion people under the age of 15 living in developing nations. 42 percent of... |
Clean Energy Project
Kids and teens who earn a Clean Green Power Certificate help their neighbors see that clean renewable power is here now and is growing. To earn a certificate, kids, teens, and adult leaders learn together with a visit to a local clean energy site (sites provided in Massachusetts), meet and interview a person who has made smart energy choices, create a project, and spread the good news! Projects range from crafts, displays, experiments, brochures, film, and community service to name a few. |
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STEM
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs. |
A calendar of online events in Tapped In, a community of educational professionals
RSS Feed listing hundreds of free events and other meetings for professional development. |
City Mayors and Education
Schools could save money and raise
educational standards by going green |
Strength-Based Assessment
Strength-based asssessment is a new way of thinking about special education and mental health. Rather than focus on "what's wrong," a strengths-based approach identifies the positive resources and abilities that children and families have. |
Cultural Competence
List os resources that provide more information about cultural competence. |
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action is the first of its kind to look at the effectiveness of specific violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring. |
School Violence Prevention and Intervention
Multiple documents on being prepared and avoiding violence on K-12 campuses. |
School Connectedness
America is a country on the move. Today, many
children relocate frequently. Though few will
move with the frequency of military children, the
extent to which schools create stable, caring,
engaging and welcoming environments is the
extent to which all our kids will thrive. |
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
It is the mission of the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice to support and promote a reoriented national preparedness to foster the development and the adjustment of children with or at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance. To achieve that goal, the Center is dedicated to a policy of collaboration at Federal, state, and local levels that contributes to and facilitates the production, exchange, and use of knowledge about effective practices. |
Becoming a Culturally Competent Educator
Where can you and your colleagues begin the journey to becoming culturally competent? There is no one place to begin. Individuals and schools start at different points along a cultural competence continuum. |
Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight
The 2008 CARE Report seeks to improve U.S. education for all students by expanding the way education leaders, federal and state policy-makers, and the public understand the complexities, inequities, and strengths of the U.S. educational system. This report is intended to encourage realistic and actionable discussions about how societal distinctions of race, class, ethnicity, language, and other cultural factors are constituted in the day-to-day operations of American schools. |
Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight
The 2008 CARE Report seeks to improve U.S. education for all students by expanding the way education leaders, federal and state policy-makers, and the public understand the complexities, inequities, and strengths of the U.S. educational system. This report is intended to encourage realistic and actionable discussions about how societal distinctions of race, class, ethnicity, language, and other cultural factors are constituted in the day-to-day operations of American schools. |
Where Teachers Mentoring Works: Real Examples
Numerous articles from around USA on success of mentoring teachers to explain the how, what and why. |
mentoring teachers
National Education Association - articles on mentoring teachers. |
Professional Learning Communities: What Are They And Why Are They Important?
In education circles, the term learning community has become commonplace. It is being used to mean any number of things, such as extending classroom practice into the community; bringing community personnel into the school to enhance the curriculum and learning tasks for students; or engaging students, teachers, and administrators simultaneously in learning - to suggest just a few. |
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Earth911 -
Recycle resource for almost any product at school.
EPA - Learn about
recycling with material for lessons and/or activities.
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The Environment Site
Offers teachers a number of ways to help introduce students to environmental concepts. The purpose of our teacher resources page is to provide links and content for teachers to integrate into an environmental education program. |
Challenging students to join the fight against waste
EPA is reaching out to Hispanic, urban African American, and Native American communities to foster environmental awareness and encourage waste reduction, recycling, and neighborhood revitalization. |
Resource Conservation Challenge
The Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) is a national effort to conserve natural resources and energy by managing materials more efficiently. |
Sierra Student Coalition
The SSC's Student Environmental Leadership Trainings, led by the nation's top student organizers, are week-long sessions where you'll learn to develop effective groups and tackle serious environmental issues. |
Encyclopedia of Earth - online
The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, and the general public. |
Plum Grants - Awarded Weekly!
Did you recently create a sustainable community improvement project, program, or organization? Do you need $500 to further the growth and success of your program? If you answered, "YES!", you are eligible to apply for a Plum Youth Grant. Plum grants are given out weekly by Do Somthing. |
Greenworks Grants - Deadline April 30, 2008
Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help fund neighborhood environmental improvement projects that partner Project Learning Tree educators and their students with local businesses or community organizations. |
Pay It Forward Mini-Grants - Three funding cycles in 2008!
Applications for the first round of Pay it Forward Mini-Grants are currently being accepted. The Pay It Forward Foundation provides these mini-grants to support one-time-only service-oriented projects identified by youth. In order to be considered, applicants must demonstrate that their projects contain a "pay it forward" focus, based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially. Mini-grants of up to $500 will be awarded. Applications are due April 15 and October 15. |
Captain Planet Foundation - Deadline March 31, 2008
The Captain Planet Foundation accepts applications four times each year for funding projects that help students better grasp environmental issues. Grants range from $250 to $2,500. Projects must promote understanding of environmental issues, focus on hands-on activities, involve children and young adults ages 6 to 18, promote interaction and cooperation within a group, help young people develop planning and problem-solving skills, include adult supervision, and commit to follow-up communication with the Foundation. |
Inner City Outings
Every year, community groups across the United States and Canada express a need for more and more outings. |
Wilderness Awareness School
More than a survival school, our Adult Wilderness Courses provide thorough training in all of our core curriculum areas. |
Outdoor Outreach
Outdoor Outreach is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide an opportunity for at-risk and underprivileged youth to gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in outdoor activities. |
Fall 2008 Study Abroad Program
From the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute, the People, Ecology, and Development study abroad program will focus on the links between culture, ecology, and sustainability through the experiential study of specific communities and ecosystems. |
ARMADA Project - Research and Mentoring Experiences for Teachers
Submit your application today to this exciting experience that provides K-12 teachers an opportunity to actively participate in ocean, environmental, and polar research and peer mentoring. |
GreenWorks! grants
Awarded in the spring and fall of each year in the following two funding categories:
$250 to $1,000 GreenWorks! Grants. |
Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste
Consumers can help alleviate America's mounting trash problem by making environmentally aware decisions about everyday things like shopping and caring for the lawn. Like the story that says that cats have nine lives, so do many of the items we use every day |
Nobel Prize Winner Shares ....
Since winning that prize, I have traveled to many parts of the world sharing the groundbreaking message of the Nobel committee. Friday, the 35th celebration of Earth Day provides us the opportunity.... |
Recycle Reuse Reduce - UK
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GLOBE
GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. |
Recycle International
- an international magazine with extensive links and useful |
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