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Education Newsletter:
Great Lessons on Green Schools and Low Impact Living
Our January/February newsletter is packed with resources for teaching and learning. Read it here.
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Bring the lessons learned from Colin Beavan's year-long journey to your classroom. |
Green Jobs and Green Buildings Lesson plans, hands-on activities, and award-winning projects on green building and economies. |
Visual Learning with Bamboo Bikes Use this photo to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image. |
In the Current Issue:
Climate Action,
The current issue of YES! Magazine, shares stories on people who are stepping up to the challenge. Browse this issue.
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Marcus Ryan of the DC Project is one of the YES! Magazine climate heroes. Show your students how every day people are taking action.
A psychologist offers a fascinating explanation of what happens in our hearts and minds when confronted with the scary science of climate change. |
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Climate Heroes
Climate Denial
For Your Classroom
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Relevant and empowering curricula and lesson plans ranging from sustainability to happiness. |
Your inspiring stories direct from the classroom, or the field. |
Posters, charts, and other visuals from the pages of YES! Magazine that capture student interest and learning. |
Exemplary Essay Project
The
YES! Exemplary Essay Project demonstrates how teachers can use YES!
Magazine stories as the basis for thought-provoking writing. It also
gives students an opportunity to voice their opinions and show off
their stellar writing.
Read Recent Student Essays
Students in Professor Victor Nolet and Rosalie Romano's "Introduction to Educational Inquiry" course at Western Washington University's Woodring School of Education read and responded to YES! Magazine article Know Yourself, Change the World, an interview with Parker Palmer.
These days, there is a multitude of voices speaking to the minds of children and teenagers, each competing to be heard above the others. Read more...
Sophomore English was my second class of the day, but I knew that if I did not see Mr. Powell before school started I would be overwhelmed with guilt for all of first period. Read more...
Spotlight on Planet
10 Ways to Change Your Life
Using less energy is key to lowering atmospheric CO2 to 350 parts per million (we’re currently at 392). But how willing are we to change how we live? No Impact Man gives his 10 best ways for us to make the needed cultural shifts.
Everybody Eats: How a Community Food System Works
It begins with small farms working with natural cycles and ends with fresh food and stronger communities.
Anthropology 101: How to Change the World
Professor Tom Murphy wanted his students to reconnect with nature. Now, they work beside farmers, fishermen, wastewater technicians, environmental groups, and Native American leaders through an award-winning service learning program.
