Kids Fighting Climate Change Through Innovative Initiatives
Floods and droughts may be the “new normal” and sea levels may be rising faster than previously thought, but the younger generation isn’t willing to accept these climate change consequences for their future. Kids are taking action with visible results, proving they may be more capable than adults in fighting man-made climate change.
Patti Pelican and the Gulf Oil Spill, By Lynda Deniger
Author Lynda Deniger has brilliantly crafted a factual story about the plight of birds who were oiled, captured, cleaned and rehabilitated by caring humans during the Gulf oil spill. This marvelous educational tool will help children understand the importance and value of preserving and protecting our environment while conveying a message of hope and inspiring environmental stewardship in children and adults alike.
PBS Kids to Launch New Web-Based Series About Sustainability
The Story of Stuff’s founder teams up with PBS KIDS to launch a new web-based series about sustainability. The goal is that as kids look at objects and activities in their daily life, they will begin asking: Where does it come from? What is it made of? What happens to it when it’s thrown away?
Ten Things Kids Want Us to Know About Trash on Beaches and Oceans
Fourth-graders in New York City conducted cleanups at a local beach and tallied every item they found on Ocean Conservancy’s data card, an experience shared by hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup.
All the Way to the Ocean
A book teaching kids and parents that sewage pollution runs “All the Way to the Ocean.”