Sustainability

Sustainability is not just about the environment. It's also about fair economies and social justice.

Teaching With The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard

posted Dec 23, 2009

Watch The Story of Stuff, read our review of the film, and explore our selected YES! articles that address the complex issues that relate to our materials economy and how we can choose to live differently.

Visual Learning: Salt Flats of Uyuni

posted Jul 07, 2009

Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.

You Are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring

by Paul Hawken

posted May 27, 2009

The Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009

Courtney Kisner Essay on "The City That Ended Hunger"

by Courtney Kisner

posted May 14, 2009

Courtney Kisner, a sophomore at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "The City That Ended Hunger" by Frances Moore Lappé. Read Courtney's essay on Belo Horizante, Brazil, a model of democracy for the United States because it believes food is a right of its citizens.

Katelynne Lingaas Essay on "The City That Ended Hunger"

by Katelynne Lingaas

posted May 14, 2009

Katelynne Lingaas, a sophomore at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, read and responded to the YES! Magazine article, "The City That Ended Hunger" by Frances Moore Lappé. Read Katelynne's essay on true democracy, which she believes is based on giving others the opportunity to make something of their lives.

Visual Learning: Self Portrait in Waste

posted Apr 10, 2009

Use this photo by Chris Jordan to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.

Connect and Engage :: Food Stamps and Seafood

posted Apr 10, 2009

What would you eat for only $3 each day? What’s the difference between freshwater and farm raised fish? You and your students will take your eating awareness to another level with these two resources. Your new knowledge will make you think before you buy.

Reconnecting Schools to Real Food

by Chef Tom French

posted Apr 10, 2009

Chef Tom, director of the Experience Food Project, has a broad vision of a new school food system that provides students with healthy food, reconnects them with the source of their meals, and builds bridges between the classroom and the kitchen. Here is Tom’s story.

YES! Recommends: Sustainable Table

posted Apr 10, 2009

The multi-media resources from Sustainable Table are designed to awaken consumers to the problems with factory farming and to promote sustainable food as a desirable and more responsible alternative.

Visual Learning: Ending Hunger

posted Mar 16, 2009

Use this photo to ask your students what they notice and are wondering. Then share the facts behind the image to connect to greater understanding and discovery.

Connect and Engage: Local Food

posted Mar 11, 2009

Here’s an array of colorful, practical, and compelling materials that you can use not only in your classroom but also in your profession and everyday life.

YES! Recommends: Food For Everyone

posted Mar 11, 2009

Raising youth: growing food, justice, and leadership in your classroom. These articles from the Food For Everyone issue of YES! Magazine embody the possibilities when we take our health and our food into our own hands.

Curriculum and Resources: Rescue the Planet

by Stephanie McMillan

posted Dec 29, 2008

A comic strip by Stephanie McMillan with additional curriculum materials on analyzing comics and cartoons.

Connect and Engage: Food and Water

posted Jun 30, 2008

Give your students more hands-on activities with these captivating lesson plans about life’s most basic means of survival: food and water.

Finding Your Voice Through Food

by Karen Cherubini

posted Jun 30, 2008

Karen Cherubini, who teaches science at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, tells the uplifting story of how she and her third grade students reduced their carbon footprint by making different food choices. And, more importantly how they learned a life-long lesson on how asking questions can change your life.