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Prizes Available for Green Education

January 21, 2011

Courtesy Comstock Images/Comstock/Thinkstock Public schools that have implemented school-greening programs can apply for the Green Prize in Public Education from the National Environmental Education Foundation. Public schools across the U.S. that have successfully implemented innovative and sustainable school-greening programs have an opportunity to be recognized for their efforts. The National Environmental Education Foundation, with major […]

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Building Environmental Literacy

September 24, 2010

Courtesy Ben Laterell Students in Portland, Ore., get to learn about installing gardens, cooking organically and selling at farmers’ markets thanks to a Classroom Earth grant. Teachers across the country face similar challenges on a day-to-day basis, but what do teachers Remy Dou of Miami, Fla., James Lorenz of Minneapolis, and Tom McKenna of Portland, […]