Features
Sustainable Happiness by Elin Kelsey and Catherine O’Brien
An article demonstrating that “sustainable” happiness comes from not from material goods, but from positive social relationships, good health and other positive life qualities. Three accompanying activities allow young people to explore what makes people happy, and how this might contribute to environmental sustainability and social justice.
Bear Beach Camping Trip by Alan Barwin
An example of how overnight camping trips early in the school year can help urban adolescents connect with the natural world and each other as a learning community.
Amphibians and Two Game Structures by Edith Couchman
Role-playing games which help elementary students develop an empathetic relationship to the natural world, while learning about the lives of amphibians.
Directed Outdoor Murals on Schools by Ann Coffey
A guide to engaging all children in an elementary school in painting a mural about endangered species or a schoolyard greening project.
Click here to see photos of completed and partially-completed murals from several schools
Rewriting Our World by John Gust
A grade 6 class examines the barriers to sustainability underpinned by the Western cultural narrative, and ‘rewrites’ history to overcome these barriers.
Climate Change Summits for Teens by Janice McDonnell, Laura Bovitz, Carrie Ferraro, Rachel Lyons, and David Robinson
How partnering with university faculty to host climate change summits for teens in New Jersey has motivated students to educate their own communities.
Click here for an example of one high school's climate change Plan of Action
Climántica: A Web 2.0 Education Project by Francisco Sóñora Luna
A large, innovative climate change learning project in Spain uses online technologies to widely disseminate curriculum units and host an interactive exchange of student-led lessons and ideas.
Nighttime Adventures by Brad Daniel and Cliff Knapp
A variety of activities during outdoor walks at night that encourage participants of all ages to overcome their fears and discover the wonders of nocturnal nature.
Discovering Native Bees by Alison Pearce Stevens
The importance of teaching about native pollinators to those ages 9 and up, coupled with a number of learning activities.
Click here for a chart showing common crop species and their animal pollinators
Click here for accompanying activities, and tables showing the nesting habits, timing and distribution of
native bees, and common bee genera
Star Power by Michael J. Caduto
A reading and 2 activities for 8-13 year olds that focus on harnessing the Sun’s energy
Educational Resources Reviewed
Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy PDF curriculum unit (Facing the Future)
Fuel DVD (Josh Tickell)
Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for
Schoolyard Transformation (Sharon Danks)
Get Growing! Activities
for Food and Garden Learning, A
Teacher Resource For Elementary
and Middle Grades (Jolie Mayer-Smith and Linda Peterat, ed.)
Doable Renewables:
16 Alternative
Energy
Projects For
Young Scientists (Mike Rigsby)
Hope Is an Imperative (David Orr)
Garbage! The Revolution Starts
at Home DVD (Andrew Nisker)
GRASP: A Tool
for Developing
Ecological
Literacy
through Rich
Performance
Tasks (Steve Bibla, ed. by Eleanor Dudar)
Wind
Power: 20 Projects to Make with Paper (Clive Dobson)
Green Careers:
You Can Make Money And Save The
Planet (Jennifer Power Scott)
Free For All:
Fixing School Food in America (Janet Poppendieck)
Surrounded by Science: Learning
Science in Informal Environments (Marilyn Fenichel and Heidi A. Schweingruber)
Curriculum
21: Essential
Education for
a Changing
World (Heidi Hayes Jacobs, ed.)
Planet Earth: 25
Environmental
Projects You
Can Build Yourself (Kathleen
M. Reilly)
How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete
Guide for Parents and Teachers (Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachael
Kathleen Pringle)
The Tree Rings’ Tale: Understanding
Our Changing Climate (John Fleck)
Farm to Table & Beyond (Columbia University Teachers College)
Watershed Investigations:
12 Labs for High School Science (National Science Teachers Association)
Kids in the Wild Garden (Elizabeth McCorquodale)
Earth Heroes - Champions of Wild Animals (Carol and Bruce Malnor)
Books for Young Readers
One Hen (Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes)
Going Home: The Mystery of Animal Migration (Marianne Berkes and Jennifer DiRubbio)
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa (Jeanette Winter)
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