Greening Your Schoolyard with Native Plants
How to maximize your school garden and minimize excess labour
Posts tagged ‘Sustainability’
Nov 8
Jun 12
Pledging for Change
High school students modify one personal action to help the environment
Have You Watched Our Videos Yet?
After a number of educators shared their videos of innovative learning strategies with us, we posted our first set for anyone to freely view.
You will find within them practical ideas such as using GoogleEarth for an invasive plant survey, or of schools that take students on weekly field trips to enhance their personal development and sustainability more generally. Learn how to prepare waste free lunches and to build comfy bug houses.
Click here to enjoy these videos and don’t forget to tell your friends about them.
A “Cap”tivating Masterpiece
An elementary school’s journey in using bottle caps to beautify the school, save a small piece of the planet, and increase knowledge of sustainability
Training Tomorrows’ Green Leaders
Envirothons engage high school students in learning more about natural resources
Sustainability Education and Media Literacy
Climate change can often provoke deep emotions in students. Instead of shying away, use these media literacy activities to foster discussions of what the future holds.
Sustainability with Post-it Notes
A mosaic of rainbow paper squares in a middle school classroom displays ideas rethinking what a sustainable future could look like
Pathways to Possibility
How a small team of dedicated educators successfully developed an interdisciplinary model within the confines of the traditional subject-bound timetable.
Fostering Leadership for Sustainability
Ten basic principles for getting students aged 11-18 engaged and active in bringing about change for a more sustainable future (excerpt)
Doing Business in Birmingham
This award-winning project leverages technology to help students understand and promote sustainability within the local business community.
AN EXCERPT FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2013 ISSUE.
