Environmental-literacy advocates are welcoming the launch of the federal Green Ribbon Schools program, suggesting it will help build on momentum they say is already evident for fostering across ...

RICHMOND — The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation recently announced nine Meaningful Watershed Educational ...

Klemow, K. M. Basic ecological literacy: a first cut. Ecological Society of America, Education Section Newsletter 2, 4-7 (1991b). Rowe, D. Environmental literacy and sustainability as core ...

Crafted by a six-person team of experts in environmental literacy, in consultation with 17 outside experts across disciplines, the document is likely to spark some debate, ...

Teaching Environmental Literacy: Seeking Balance Maryland students face a new graduation requirement: they must be schooled in environmental protection before they finish high school. The path ...

In Clinton Huey’s 6th-grade science class at Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro just south of Oakland, students have made their own carbon dioxide, measured the acid content of car exhaust ...

As climate change continues to alter weather patterns and endanger people around the globe, it’s arguably more important than ever that Americans understand the workings of the natural world. The ...

The program's Environmental Literacy Planning Outcome is based on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, a motion signed in 2014 that establishes goals for the restoration of the bay and the ...

Every child deserves the right to discover and enjoy our natural world — to catch a fish, camp under the stars, follow a trail and play and learn outdoors in countless other ways. These life-… ...

Environmental literacy programs molded me into who I am today. But new, proposed education standards for PA eliminate them from the science curriculum.

In this unique time, our federal leadership is taking no action to address climate change, is dramatically reducing environmental regulations that protect our air, water and food, and believes that ...