Sustainability

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

Visual Learning: Sacred Water

posted Dec 22, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about water.

Curriculum & Resources: Getting Boys to Read, Story of Food

posted Dec 22, 2010

Two resources that explore how to get boys to be lifelong readers and where our food comes from.

Words that Inspire: Stories that Light Up the Dark

by Sanjay Khanna

posted Oct 13, 2010

The Experiences of Our Ancestors Offer Us Wisdom for Surviving Today's Crises. By: Sanjay Khanna

Curriculum & Resources: Individual and Community Resilience

posted Oct 13, 2010

What makes teenage brains unique? What happens when people from all walks of life play an alternate reality game to create a better future? Lesson plans from Inside the Teenage Brain and World Without Oil.

Teens Care for Their Local River, Their Way

by Peter Donaldson

posted Aug 10, 2010

How do you get teens to care for their local watershed? Peter Donaldson’s carrot is the opportunity to produce smart, hip videos and be the on-air expert.

Curriculum & Resources: Water

posted Aug 01, 2010

Measure your water footprint with H2O Conserve's easy-to-use calculator, and wrap your head around the impact of the BP oil spill using this trio of classroom resources.

YES! Recommends: Water Environment Federation

posted Aug 01, 2010

The Water Environment Federation offers communities and students a myriad of learning opportunities to protect and preserve the Earth's water resources.

Words That Inspire: Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

posted Aug 01, 2010

Poetry: Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande, by Jimmy Santiago Baca, with Note to Educators.

YES! Recommends: No Impact Project

posted Jan 25, 2010

No Impact Man, Colin Beavan, and his family have inspired a nation to swap their old consumer habits for new environmentally-friendly ones. The recently launched No Impact Curriculum brings the lessons learned from this year-long journey to your classroom.

Curriculum & Resources: Green Jobs and Green Buildings

posted Jan 25, 2010

Lesson plans, hands-on activities, and award-winning projects on green building and economies will demonstrate to your students that there’s a better, sustainable, and just future that they can help build, shape, and design.

Visual Learning: Have Wheels, Will Travel

posted Jan 25, 2010

With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it’s interesting (or not). In this case it's all about bikes.

Words That Inspire: The Once-ler, from The Lorax with photos by Chris Jordan

posted Jan 01, 2010

Quote from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and images from Chris Jordan's stunning series on America's obsession with consumption, Intolerable Beauty, with a note to educators.

Visual Learning: Gone Fishing

posted Dec 28, 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.

Curriculum and Resources: Climate Action

posted Dec 28, 2009

These curricula are bursting with impressive lessons, experiments, and visual tools to guide your students in their exploration of climate change and the influence of common plants on human kind.

10 Little and Big Things You Can Do

by Annie Leonard

posted Dec 23, 2009

There is no one simple thing to do to change our consumption patterns, because the set of problems we’re addressing just isn’t simple. But everyone can make a difference, and the bigger your action the bigger the difference you’ll make.