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Black, Orange… and Green! My Alma Mater is a U.S. Green Ribbon School
Now more than ever, I can’t hide my Tiger pride. Last month, I was thrilled to learn that Loveland High School in Loveland, Ohio, was officially named a U.S. Green Ribbon School for excellence in...
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Creating a Recycling Program at Your School
What gets recycled at your local public schools? My daughter told me that only paper and cardboard were recycled at her school. Her science teacher, Ms. Marple, said she would love our help setting up...
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Affiliate Program Aims to Empower Returning War Veterans Through Conservation...
National Wildlife Federation’s Oregon affiliate, the Association of Northwest Steelheaders (ANWS), is preparing to launch an exciting and innovative program that aims to help returning war veterans...
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How are community colleges advancing greener careers and campuses?
The Greenforce Initiative, a partnership of National Wildlife Federation and Jobs for the Future, hosted a virtual summit last Friday, November 2 – Advancing Greener Careers and Campuses. The summit...
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Helping Students Cope with Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy 2012. NOAA image.Superstorm Sandy, the clash of the first Nor’easter of the winter season and Hurricane Sandy, a final tropical storm of the hurricane season, wrecked havoc along the...
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Thanksgiving: A Note of Gratitude to NWF Supporters
About 75 cents out of every dollar spent by nonprofit organizations comes from individual donors. Consequently, those people who sit down at home and write checks to NWF, or who give online, or who...
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What the Election Means for Environmental Education Moving Forward
Oceanway Middle School on Earth Day with new outdoor classroom. Flickr photo by JAXPORT.When the dust settled on November 6 and election-weary minds began to assess how their issues would fair in a...
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McLean, Virginia Eco-School Takes a Big Bite Out of Cafeteria Waste
Churchill Road Elementary School holds a Green Flag award in NWF’s Eco-Schools USA program. One of the school’s major greening projects focuses on waste reduction, and they have implemented an...
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The Joy of the Season
As the holiday season is upon us, it always prompts me to reflect on all of the things that I hold dear – family, friends, colleagues, and our schools and teachers. In light of the incredibly...
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Campus Conservation Nationals 2013 – Nation’s Largest Electricity and Water...
Students at hundreds of campuses across the country will soon be taking very short showers, studying by flashlight, and cozying up by moonlight when the Campus Conservation Nationals begins its...
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Share Your Photos to Protect Washington’s State Parks
Next week, our beloved Washington State Parks will turn 100 years old, but their future is uncertain as budget cuts put the entire park system at risk. The thought of losing these special places tugs...
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Weekly News Roundup – March 29, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: New guide addresses parents’ weather-related concerns around letting kids enjoy outdoor...
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President’s Budget Eliminates Environmental Education. Again.
In President Obama’s Inaugural and State of the Union addresses, he outlined the need for the United States to lead the world in both the transition to a clean energy economy and in fostering leaders...
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Green STEM: An Educational Collision of Epic Proportion
Our climate is changing at an alarming rate, and as a nation our young people are not prepared to provide the solutions necessary to mitigate and safeguard our world’s biodiversity, growing...
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I attended the Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Close to 1,500 people attended, and half of those were representatives from the United Steel Workers (very impressive)....
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Weekly News Roundup- June 14, 2013
NWF’s Be Out There Movement Announces Partnership with FamilyFun Magazine June 13- National Wildlife Federation, whose mission is to inspire Americans to protect wildlife for our children’s future, is...
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Bees, Birds and Butterflies: NYC Eco-School PS6 Hosts Gardening Workshop
Teachers, parents and students attended a gardening for wildlife workshop, hosted by NYC Eco-School PS 6 in Manhattan, June 5, 2013. Photo: NWFIn early June, over two dozen teachers, parent gardeners,...
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A Great Year for NYC Eco-Schools!
NYC Eco-School MS442 in Brooklyn, with its green roof urban farm and 4,200 square feet of solar panels was the host of NYC Eco-Schools’ first Sustainability Coordinator gathering, February 25, 2013....
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Make a Lasting Impression with Schoolyard Habitats
Guest post by Margaret Redman. Over 5,000 schools around the world have certified their campuses with the National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program. In order to become certified,...
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Calling all Colleges and Universities — Campus Conservation Nationals 2014 is...
National Wildlife Federation, through its Campus Ecology Program, in partnership with Lucid Design Group, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council and the Alliance to Save...
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