Growing Citizens and Leaders through Organic Gardening
In addition to finding out that worms are pretty amazing creatures, the kids in the Children's Vegetable Garden program learn about organic farming and get some firsthand experience with the benefits...
View ArticlePeace Corps Volunteer Teaches Green Living in Namibia
Seated across from me is a gentle, silver-haired woman. She speaks in soft tones, gesturing slightly from time to time. Her manner is warm and welcoming. You could easily call her mild-mannered. But...
View ArticleNotes from Serbia: Ending Litter through Laws and Education
Blue Planet Green Living invites our readers around the world to send us reports about the environment in their home countries. In the first of the "Notes from ...." series, we published a post from...
View ArticleANSWER – Ending Caste in Nepal with Education and Jobs
Conscientious donors around the world give money to NGOs with the full expectation that their contributions will work toward the benefit of the intended recipients. But, as Earle Canfield, explains in...
View ArticleFairchild Challenge Prepares Youth to Protect the Planet
Today’s adults will not solve every environmental challenge we face in the world. We will make progress, certainly, but the solutions to most of the major problems that plague us will not come in our...
View ArticleGreen Festival in Chicago May 16, 17
If you’ll be in Illinois this weekend, head on over to Navy Pier to attend Chicago's third annual Green Festival, May 16 and 17. Billed as the “original green consumer living event,” the weekend will...
View ArticleMiddle School Students to Design Affordable Housing in Future City Competition
WASHINGTON DC, June 2009 - Designing affordable housing for those most in need is enormously complicated. But how to do it while adhering to LEED recognized green building standards, with an emphasis...
View ArticleTravel for Change Brings Fair-Trade Cultural Tourism to Tanzania
Soon after University of Iowa senior Stephanie Enloe graduates in December, she will be on a plane to Tanzania. Enloe, 22, is the director of sustainable projects for Travel for Change International, a...
View ArticleReynolds Scion Tells Kids the Truth about Tobacco
The junior high auditorium is filled to capacity, yet the crowd is hushed. Students sit at rapt attention, uncharacteristically still. Tears glisten on their youthful cheeks, and even the tough guys...
View ArticleCommunity Colleges Offer “Green” Classes for Kids and Adults
Teaching renewable energy at community colleges is nothing new, according to Carolyn Teich, senior program associate from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Such courses have...
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