Education Week

Earth Day Lessons for Teachers

Earth Day, an occasion promoted by environmental organizations and advocates to raise awareness of conservation issues, is April 22. It’s an event that dates back to 1970. Teachers sometimes organize ...
Yahoo

Opinion: This Earth Day, Make Sure Every Child Learns Key Lessons About the Environment

EarthDay.org started the battle for climate education April 22, 1970 — the very first Earth Day — and continues to fight for it 54 years later. Right now, the organization is working in every state in ...
Forbes

3 Lessons For Earth Day From The Coronavirus Pandemic

We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this week. The world is facing an unprecedented coronavirus pandemic so the organizers of Earth Day are planning to “flood” the Internet with a ...
Outside

The First Earth Day Changed the World. Here’s What We Can Learn from It.

Heather Hansman is the author of Powder Day: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow, and Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West. She writes about environmental issues and the ...
Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: Three Earth Day lessons for Green New Deal activists

Earth Day’s final lesson is connected to environmental justice. The effort Earth Day kicked off relied on grassroots citizen activism forged in the 1960s movements for civil rights, women’s rights and ...