Green Conversations in the Elementary Classroom
Blending sustainability education with UN’s SDGs to promote high-level discourse
Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals
A new strategy for engaging students on global issues in the classroom
A Better World through Fair Trade
How you can get your students to eat healthy fruit and chocolate while changing the world
Exploring Antarctica through Art
How to stimulate student engagement with Antarctica’s ecosystems, both above and beneath the ocean surface
A Humane-Inspired Approach
Combine humane education and environmental education to encourage students to take action and make real-world connections
Ecojustice Education through Pictures
A visual approach for exploring environmental justice in education
Think Locally; Explore Globally
An exploration in the Amazon gives teachers deeper global and local connections
Climate Justice in the Classroom
Help high school students connect equity, economy, ecology, society and hope
Green Teachers & Brown Rivers
How to conduct an research project with middle & high school students in local environments
Investigating River Quarrying
Applying the lessons learned from a river in the Philippines to engage 10-15 year olds in learning about water quality and ecological justice at a river near you. By Vincente C. Handa, Aris C. Larroder, Lourdes N. Morano, Deborah J. Tippins, and Susan G. Harper
An excerpt from Green Teacher's Summer 2013 issue.
World as ‘Lasting Storm’: Educating for Disaster Risk Reduction
Now recognized globally as an important and urgent educational focus, here is a framework and 6 activities to enable you to educate for disaster risk reduction
By David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa
Read the full article from Green Teacher's Summer 2013 issue.
Visualizing More Sustainable Futures
Contemporary education ignores the future but sustainability education requires it. Here’s a compelling rationale and some activities that will help young people think more critically and creatively about the future.
AN EXCERPT FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2013 ISSUE.
Zambian Girl Inspires Water Action
Real-life stories of hope empower youth to become global citizens and learn about water and sanitation issues.
Stop the E-Waste Crisis: Engaging the Technological Generation
An introduction to the topic of electronic waste, created by technological obsolescence. A condensed 90-minute lesson plan on e-waste for grades 7 - 12 uses multiple media to analyze the e-waste crisis from the perspectives of environmental justice, toxicology, civic engagement and ‘green’ chemistry.
Inspiring Eco-Clubs in South India
A description of how an organic farming program at impoverished schools in south India has improved health, and increased environmental awareness and self esteem amongst students, teachers, and communities.
Environmental Education in Impoverished Communities
How one high school bridged the gap between economic status and making a positive impact through environmental programs.
Beyond Disaster Relief
Help 12-17 year olds make connections between climate change, international development and their local communities through activities and real-life scenarios.
Fostering Students’ Water Wisdom
Bring water awareness into your classroom through lesson plans and activities for students in grades K – 10.
The Rio+20 Earth Summit and Youth
The upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development is a great opportunity to engage teenagers in global environmental policy-making.
Growing a Just Society: Linking Trade, Human Rights and the Environment
This series of activities and games helps student understand that a healthy environment is a human right, and how global trade and consumer choices affect those rights.
Children’s Rights and Climate Change
Help young people realize the rights they have to a healthy planet and lifestyle with these activities from UNICEF Canada for middle and high school students.
Planet Transit: Profit or Survival?
A game of economic development choices and consequences for Grades 9 and up (ages 14+).
EE Collaboration in the US-Mexico Border Region the environment of the US-Mexico border region
A spotlight on international collaboration to promote environmental education as a tool to improve the environment of the US-Mexico border region.