EcoAction Schools: Model Environmental Programs for K-8 Schools
EcoAction Schools showcases model environmental education programs and sustainability practices currently in use at K-8 schools nationwide. Our resources reflect our ongoing research and assessment of environmental education curriculum programs, activities, and school practices committed to engaging the youngest school age children in a lifelong understanding and stewardship of the environment.
Environmental Education Resource Center
Visit our Resource Center to access model environmental education programs and activities currently in use by K-8 schools nationwide. Learn more about sustainable practices, available for adoption at your school, that reflect the lessons in environmental stewardship taught within the classroom. Our Resource Center is designed for use by educators, school administrators, students, and parents.
Visit our Resource Center to access model environmental education programs and activities currently in use by K-8 schools nationwide. Learn more about sustainable practices, available for adoption at your school, that reflect the lessons in environmental stewardship taught within the classroom. Our Resource Center is designed for use by educators, school administrators, students, and parents.
Ongoing Research
Hope to Action, in partnership with the Child Development Institute and educators nationwide, is conducting ongoing research and assessment of model environmental education programs for K-8 classrooms nationwide. Our intent is to gain a more complete understanding of what curriculum and institutional practices have already been developed in this arena, what educators are using as resources in planning such curriculum, and how to best support teachers, school administrators, students and parents committed to environmental literacy and stewardship. These efforts will continue to inform our online Resource Center, showcasing integrative curriculum, institutional best practices, and interactive activities for use by educators, school administrators, students and parents.
Hope to Action, in partnership with the Child Development Institute and educators nationwide, is conducting ongoing research and assessment of model environmental education programs for K-8 classrooms nationwide. Our intent is to gain a more complete understanding of what curriculum and institutional practices have already been developed in this arena, what educators are using as resources in planning such curriculum, and how to best support teachers, school administrators, students and parents committed to environmental literacy and stewardship. These efforts will continue to inform our online Resource Center, showcasing integrative curriculum, institutional best practices, and interactive activities for use by educators, school administrators, students and parents.
Film in Production
Hope to Action celebrates the production of a national television special, Connecting with the World: Children and the Environment, produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The program will serve as a critical tool for raising awareness about the importance of helping young people understand, value and connect to their environment. Documenting classroom scenes, family projects and outdoor play, the program will demonstrate that meaningful environmental education can only occur when we first understand how children experience their world and as we learn what matters to them.
The film is the fourth in the acclaimed national public television series, The Learning Child Series. Along with its printed guide, it will explore how educators and parents can further children’s understanding of their environment and how meaningful interactions with the natural environment lead to caring about the world and its inhabitants, now and in the future.
Parents and Educators:
Hope to Action celebrates the production of a national television special, Connecting with the World: Children and the Environment, produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with the Child Development Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. The program will serve as a critical tool for raising awareness about the importance of helping young people understand, value and connect to their environment. Documenting classroom scenes, family projects and outdoor play, the program will demonstrate that meaningful environmental education can only occur when we first understand how children experience their world and as we learn what matters to them.
The film is the fourth in the acclaimed national public television series, The Learning Child Series. Along with its printed guide, it will explore how educators and parents can further children’s understanding of their environment and how meaningful interactions with the natural environment lead to caring about the world and its inhabitants, now and in the future.
Parents and Educators:
If you are interested in learning more about EcoAction Schools or know of environmental education programs that would inform our research, please register as a Hope to Action member now and contact us at info@hopetoaction.org.
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