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| Captain Planet Foundation The mission of the Captain Planet Foundation is to fund and support hands-on environmental projects for children and youths. Through environmental education, the Captain Planet Foundation believes that children can achieve a better understanding and appreciation for the world in which they live. The Captain Planet Foundation has awarded grants around the country. Check out what's being done in your area, and perhaps you will be inspired to pursue funding from them to implement a hands-on environmental project in your community. | |
| Earth Force Allows you to search for local events and programs involving kids and the environment. | |
| Eco-Schools Involves seven steps that any school can adopt. Based on the elements of an environmental management program, the process involves a wide range of stakeholders but it is pupils who must play the most important role. Although Eco-Schools may be awarded a Green Flag after a period, the process is on-going and schools must continue to work towards their objectives and re-apply for the award in the future. | |
| Energy Action Coalition The Campus Climate Challenge is a project of more than 30 leading youth organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Challenge leverages the power of young people to organize on college campuses and high schools across Canada and the U.S. to win 100% Clean Energy policies at their schools. The Challenge is growing a generation-wide movement to stop global warming, by reducing the pollution from our high schools and colleges down to zero, and leading our society to a clean energy future. | |
| Environmental Health Perspectives This program promotes environmental health literacy, using the scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health science. EHP resources enable teachers to provide students with current and credible environmental health information. Students also learn their behavior can have significant effects on the environment. | |
| Facing the Future A nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and motivating today's students to be responsible stewards of tomorrow's world. The organization develops and delivers standards-based hands-on lessons, student textbooks, curriculum units, and professional development opportunities for educators that promote critical thinking on global issues, sustainability and positive solutions. Facing the Future curriculum is in use in all 50 U.S. states and over 60 countries by teachers and students in grades K-12, in undergraduate and graduate classes, and across multiple subject areas. | |
| Free the Planet! Works to expand and strengthen the student environmental movement, provide resources for student activists, and work with students to win campaigns for strong environmental protections. | |
| Green Teacher A non-profit organization which publishes resources to help educators, both inside and outside of schools, to promote global and environmental awareness among young people from elementary through high school. The organization's primary activity is the publication of Green Teacher, a quarterly magazine full of teaching ideas from successful green educators. Each issue of Green Teacher offers perspectives on the role of education in creating a sustainable future, practical cross-curricular activities for various grade levels, and reviews of the latest teaching resources. | |
| Go Green Initiative Absolutely free to all schools. Provides free resources to educate and generate ideas for ways to make your school greener. Free registration to all schools to become registered as a Go Green school. After completing free registration, your school receives access to all the tools, training and funding opportunities you'll need to make your program a success. Once registered, you will be eligible for any funding opportunities in your area. As resources, grants and special events are available, you will be notified, so that your Go Green school can choose from an ever-increasing menu of options through the Go Green network. | |
| H-E-B School Recycling Program Help your school raise money while educating children on the importance of recycling. | |
| National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Sustainable Schools This listserv is committed to helping schools incorporate sustainability into the critical dimensions of independent school life: mission and planning, curriculum, physical operations, faculty and staff development, community outreach and service, and student life/opportunities. The focus of this list is intentionally broad, so that NAIS can monitor and respond to the range of interests expressed by the users. | |
| National Resources Defense Council's Green Squad Teaches kids about the relationship between their schools and environmental and health issues. | |
| National Energy Education Development Project The NEED Project promotes an energy conscious and educated society by creating networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver energy education programs. | |
| SolarQuest By participating in SolarQuest, students from around the world will take the lead in a renewed effort to power the 21st Century with clean energy resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It all starts by enrolling in the SolarQuest curriculum and working toward the installation of a photovoltaic system in your school. Here you will be able to read about what others are doing and tell about your Solar School project too. | |
| Student Environmental Action Coalition A grassroots coalition of student and youth environmental groups working together to protect our planet and our future. Through this united effort, thousands of youth have translated their concern into action by sharing resources, building coalitions, and challenging the limited mainstream definition of environmental issues. | |
| Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) SBIC has developed a High Performance School Buildings campaign to generate interest among school building owners and designers in building high performance, sustainable school facilities. The campaign includes workshops, a High Performance School Buildings Resource and Strategy Guide, and policy analysis. The guide is an excellent resource for school decision-makers who control a school building process. The SBIC website also offers useful introductory information on high performance schools. | |
| USPS Green Teams Education Kit USPS Community Connection is an educational initiative from the US Postal Service that uses stamps to support elementary grade study of Social Studies, Science and Language Arts. We have just completed a comprehensive "Green" Education Kit titled The Green Teams. The Power Pack, Recycling Rangers, Climate Corps and H2Officials comprise the four Green Teams. Each team is assigned a specific environmental issue with background on their conservational concern: what the issue is, why it is a concern, what we do to contribute to the problem, how we can help reverse the problem and very specific tasks and chores for which each team is explicitly and exclusively responsible that will create classroom conservation in action. Each team is provided with their own rubric "placemats", team badges, team signs and team task sheets. Content is completely customizable to elementary grade level and student sophistication. | |
| YES! Founded in 1990 by two teenagers, YES! is a nonprofit organization that connects, inspires and collaborates with young changemakers in building thriving, just and sustainable ways of life for all. |
