green education

This short video explains in detail the need for environmental education programs. Please support the No Child Left Inside Act, so our children can enjoy the great outdoors.

March will mean more than the start of Spring in DUMBO. SEED, the new sustainability initiative in this Brooklyn neighborhood — aka Smart Environmental Efforts in DUMBO — is getting right to business with a couple of green events coming up: Oil Drum Art on 3/20 and How to Green Your Kid on 3/24.

While education deserves notice from political candidates and the general public, not one issue within this topic touches on the environment or "green" education. Instead, the focuses are on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teacher funding, gang control, and whether or not evolution is valid. Keith Schillo, from the Central Kentucky Green Party, suggests that many problems within the U.S. educational system could be resolved by changing the role of the student from a passive observer to an active participant in the real world.

a review of 8 build your own solar panel kits. Lots of fun with renewable energy!

Not to be confused with fish ‘n chips, Fish and Kids provides free resources for parents, teachers, chefs, and children about sustainable fishing. With just a click you can download visually-appealing information packets, lesson plans, graphs, and worksheets that teach children how over-fishing works...