Tag: Education
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60 Students Suspended for Biking to School (?!?)
On the second to last day of school, 60 seniors from Kenowa Hills High School in Walker, Michigan, rode their bikes to school. It wasn't an improvised things either, as they had police escort and did it safely, and even the mayor joined them...
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Maker Faire 2012: EcoJaunt's How-To Videos For Green Living
A home base for eco-living education, a start-up called EcoJaunt has traveled all over to collect the best tips and tricks from DIY experts.
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David Foster Wallace's Advice for Graduating Environmentalists Still Resonates
The brilliant writer who met a tragic end gave an inspiring speech 7 years ago; it's worth revisiting this graduation season.
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Green Gift Guide For Graduates
Toast your grad's entry into the big wide world with durable, chic, and useful goods like a practical tote bag, an electric scooter, and a life-changing journey to save lions.
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5 Creative Ways to Connect Our Kids (And Yourself) to Nature
The author of The Nature Principle and Last Child in the Woods offers ways you can incorporate healthy outdoor time into a child's daily routine.
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Mos Def Sings About Butterflies and Trees in New Children’s Project, Pacha’s Pajamas (Video)
Rap stars singing about saving the environment isn’t something we hear about everyday.
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Mobile Greenhouse Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil, Teaches Kids Sustainable Practices (Interview)
A box-truck that has been converted into a mobile greenhouse is traveling across the country teaching kids about sustainable agriculture.
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Preschool Children Aren't Getting Enough Time Outdoors, New Study Reports
A study of study of nearly 9,000 preschoolers finds they are not spending enough time outdoors with parents or at school.
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Hi Kids! Biotech Industry Gets Into the Education With "Biotechnology Basics Activity Book"
A book from the Council for Biotechnology Information, "Look Closer at Biotechnology," is meant to be used by agriculture and science teachers.
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Don't You Know that Grandma's the Fix-It Girl?
Most people don't get into computer repair by driving a school bus, but Jodi Spangler is definitely not most people.
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Campus Permaculture Project Up for White House Recognition
Umass Amherst students have been convertig a campus lawn into an edible food forest. Now the White House is taking notice.
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Grab Your Cameras! New Graduate Program for Conservation Photographers
A new course will teach visual artists how to hone messages for the environmental movement.
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Study: Depictions of Nature in Children’s Books Down By Half Since 1960
A disturbing trend is revealed: Children books concentrate on manmade things rather the nature.
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Modular "Classroom of the Future" Is Mobile, Prefab and Passively Heated & Cooled
This futuristic proposal for a new kind of classroom envisions mobile, site-specific learning, in climatically-adapted units that consume as little energy as possible.
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Students, Join the Green Your School Challenge!
DoSomething.org launches their annual Green Your School Challenge
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How Oil Money is Corrupting Our Children's Education
State legislators are pushing an anti-science agenda. But that agenda has been literally written by the representatives of Big Oil. Here's how.
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A NYC School Teams Up with Columbia to Build a Rooftop Garden and Classroom
A public school in New York City is doing amazing things to promote a love for gardening and local food, and is working with Columbia students to build a garden on its roof.
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Hold the French Fries! School Lunch Just Got Healthier with USDA Ruling
“Parents can now imagine their children coming home from school with a newfound love for spinach, sweet potatoes and whole-wheat spaghetti."
