Environmental Literacy included in Obama’s new Education Budget: Historic First
Together with their legislative sponsors, the No Child Left Inside Coalition today cheered President Obama’s budget as a historic moment, noting that environmental literacy has been included in the U.S. Department of Education budget for the very first time.“This budget takes an important step toward boosting [...]
Environmental Literacy Included in Obama’s New Education Budget: Historic First
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · budget, career, climate change.global warming, college, Education, eductaion, environmental literacy, no child left inside, obama, school
school makes leap to wind power
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
In what is said to be the first commercial sized wind turbine in a public school in Massachusetts, John J, McGlynn Middle school has taken the initiative to help ease the demand on energy providers and also use it as a poignant educational tool.
The wind turbine should provide 10% of the schools electricity requirements and [...]
Tags: · alternative, Education, electricity, Energy, mcglynn, school, turbine, wind
The Green Way Back to School
August 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Are your kids getting ready to go back to school? If the answer is yes, check out this excellent post from our friends at Inhabitat for the green way to go back!!!!!
As the days grow shorter and summertime slips into September, our thoughts naturally turn towards the start of school and preparations for an eco-friendly [...]
Tags: · AIB, blog, environmental, green, inconvenient, inhabitat, school, stuff
WFP cuts school meals as food crisis grows
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments
The World Food Programme said yesterday that it has begun to cut the provision of school meals to some of the world’s poorest children as the global crisis over food prices worsens.
Tags: · blog, cuts, environmental, food, inconvenient, meal, programme, school, world
Dropping your child off at school? That’ll be £75… just to park
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Councils plan to charge parents up to £75 a year for parking permits allowing them to drop their children off on the school run.
A pilot project in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames starts in September, affecting 13 schools, and the Local Government Association says similar schemes are likely to be extended across [...]
Tags: · blog, child, dropping, environmental, inconvenient, permit, run, school, tax
Too cool for school: Britain’s most eco-friendly building –
April 11th, 2008 · No Comments
The loos flush using rainwater, roofs are covered with sedum plants, the building is heated using the playground and the desks are made from drainpipes. In the “living” classroom, wearing jerseys bearing the school’s part-flower, part-windmill logo, a group of nine to 11-year-olds demonstrate their field skills by looking for creepy-crawlies with magnifying glasses. Imogen, [...]
Tags: · blog, britain, building, eco, environmental, friendly, inconvenient, most, school
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