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Teachers
Teachers are some of the greatest role models in a child's or adolescent's life and with so much to learn, change and teach when it comes to environmental issues, we believe teachers have a real opportunity, and responsibility when it comes to leading the next generation. From how to start a school recycling or composting program to eco-friendly school project ideas we've got teachers covered when it comes to back to school the green way.
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How to Go Green: Teachers
Get info on how teachers can go green at school
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Eco-Friendly Apprenticeships for the Homeschooler
Homeschooling a high school student is daunting for most people.By taking care of the fish and other residents of the aquarium (including an ill tempered snapping turtle named Snapple who marked her hand forevermore) she learned to have an appreciation for the life, and understanding of eco-systems, and a knowledge of...
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Thinking Green in the Classroom with Discovery Education
Learn about a new site launched by Discovery Education and Waste Management to help teachers educate their students about the environment.
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Teachers, Get Your Kids Into Renewable Energy with These Free Resources
K-12 Teachers, help your kids learn about energy, renewable energy, and energy efficiency with these free resources from Planet Green. Renewable energy is on more people's minds than ever before, and for good reason, it's the future. Here's where to start.
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Go (Almost) Paperless in Your Home School: The Elementary School Years
Don't just go paperless in the workplace! If you happen to home school you have the unique opportunity to be as environmentally friendly as you like. While other parents are being required to buy their child's weight in notebooks and supplies you can create a virtually paperless home school environment, depending on the age of your chil
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Go (Almost) Paperless in Your Home School: The High School Years
A large percentage of home schoolers give up as their children enter the high school years. It's too bad really, because it's during these years that I've had the most impact on my children, at least since they were toddlers. Awash in term papers, geometric theorems, and the opposite sex, many high school kids drift away from the things that seemed very important to them only a year or two prior; like the environment and their parents' values. For these reasons we chose to see it through.
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The Organic Garden as Classroom
Learn about a new pilot program in Stanford University's Teacher Education Program that's taking elementary-aged students out into local organic gardens, owned by restaurateur Jesse Cool, for a full day of activities that include digging in the garden, harvesting food, and cooking it for lunch.
via sister site TreeHugger.com
