By Catherine Girardeau
Eleven-year-old Colin Carlson of Coventry, Conn., took his cue from the penguins. The recent winner of the sixth annual Action for Nature International Young Eco-Hero Awards in the 8-to-13 age group was nine when he visited the Galapagos Islands as a member of the National Geographic Kids Expedition Team.
“I was snorkeling near a [...]

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By Kelly Rondeau
You’ve heard of No Child Left Behind. Now comes a new program with serious educational goals, but a different approach: No Child Left Inside proposes to re-invigorate environmental education by tapping into kids’ innate curiosity about nature. And communities across America are embracing the fresh, bottom-up concept by holding No Child Left Inside [...]

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By Michele Chan Santos
On a quiet street in the tree-covered city of Rollingwood, a suburb of Austin, Texas, sits a house designed to epitomize everything technology and modern design can do to make a home environmentally friendly and safe for families with children.

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Photo: National Wildlife Federation | Charlie Archambault
By Kelly Rondeau
Celebrating Earth Day (April 22) and National Wildlife Week (April 19-27) reminds families across America that getting unplugged from technology, and plugging into nature, is a great way to reconnect with themselves, each other, and the environment. And what better way to do this than to have [...]

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By Harriet Blake
Interest in the No Child Left Inside Act is growing on Capitol Hill this week. The proposed $100 million a year initiative would provide new funding for environmental education, specifically outdoor learning activities in schools and other learning centers. Environmentalists, teachers, some representatives of Congress and business leaders are supporting the plan [...]

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By Barbara Kessler
Get ready to go dark for the Earth this Saturday. “Earth Hour” advocates are urging cities and individuals around the globe to make a “statement about climate change” by turning off their lights a 8 p.m. on March 29. The deliberate rolling blackout, created by the World Wildlife Fund in Sydney in [...]

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By Shermakaye Bass
So you want to plant a vegetable patch, and you’ve already found the sweet spot in your yard. But, exactly how will your garden grow? What should it grow? And when should it grow?

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By John DeFore
Last year wasn’t a great one for toy merchants, who had to deal not only with a slowing economy but with scandal-stoking recalls of hazardous goods made in China. This month, with the industry’s annual Toy Fair offering a platform, companies are touting safety initiatives that, at least in the case of [...]

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Looking for a way to help your children understand global warming, without scaring them to pieces? Consider getting them the new Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David (producer of An Inconvenient Truth) and Cambria Gordon. It’s informative, witty without being flip and serious without being sinister.
This is just the thing to help [...]

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By Barbara Kessler
Looking for inspiration among the raft of discouraging reports about our environment?
Then get ready to lift your spirits by moving into action on Earth Day, which is fast upon us on April 22, and which has actually morphed into Environmental Education Week, April 15 to 22.
EE Week is brainchild of the National [...]

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