Arbor Day Foundation
Nonprofit, National. Site contains
educational page and links. Focused on trees and forests.
Annual Poster Contest. |
Audubon Society, Seattle
Chapter
Nonprofit, National with Local
Chapter. Focused on bird conservation. Free elementary school
program, Finding Urban Nature (FUN), for Seattle Public
School classrooms. |
Cascade Bicycle
Club
Nonprofit, Seattle. Free and
low-cost school programs and materials promoting safe bicycle
routes, bicycle education, and fitness, classes and camps for kids,
support for Bike to School Month. |
Cedar Grove
Seattle Public School commercial
composting vendor. Information about food waste products like
compost, fertilizer, and topsoil. |
Center for Ecoliteracy
Foundation, California. Focused on
sustainability education in communities and schools.
|
Climate
Solutions
Nonprofit, WA. Focused on the
Northwest with resources for teaching climate
solutions. |
Department of Ecology,
Washington State
Government. Wide variety of
information about air, land, and water quality, toxics and waste.
Environmental Education includes K-12
curriculum, teacher workshops, resources, and grant
opportunities. |
Department of Energy,
U.S.
Government. Wide variety of
information about energy, including climate change, air and soil
quality, water quality, and nuclear waste. Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy K-12
Lesson Plans & Activities. |
Energy Ideas Clearinghouse
Technical resource for energy
technology and practices in the Northwest. Energy engineers and
research librarians answer energy related questions as feature of
"Ask Our Experts". |
Environmental Protection Agency: Sites for
Students
Government.
Interactive web sites for students on wide variety of resources. Kids Explorer Club, EPA Student Center, High School Environmental
Center. |
Environmental Protection Agency: Support for
Educators
Government
. A seemingly endless array of free
resources, activities, lesson plans, grants, links, etc. for
teachers. Teaching Center, Office of
Environmental Education, Environmental Education
Clearinghouse. |
Feet
First
Nonprofit, WA. Focused on creating
more walkable communities. Helps organize walking routes for
schools that promote "Fuel Free" days. |
Green Schools
Initiative
Nonprofit, California. Focused on
supporting "green" initiatives in schools. |
Homewaters
Project
Nonprofit, Seattle. Educational
organization with a variety of programs for students of all ages.
Excellent links pages for teachers & community
members. |
Inner City Outings
Nonprofit, National with Local Chapter. Focused on connecting urban
youth with nature. Free weekend or day-long outings for students,
all equipment provided. |
Irrigation Water Management
Society
Nonprofit, National. Promotes wise
and efficient water use. Tools to calculate outside temperature and
amount of water needed. Certification opportunities.
|
Lighting Design
Lab
Seattle. Focused on lighting
and green building. Low-cost workshops and technical information
library. |
North Anerican Association for Environmental Education
(NAAEE)
Professional Association. Focused
on promotion of environmental education. Publications for
educators, resources and resource reviews, professional
certification/accreditation, annual conference. |
Northwest Environmental Education
Council
Nonprofit, Seattle. Focused on
environmental education and sustainability. In-school and
after-school environmental education programs for youth, training
programs for educators, service learning programs, and grant
opportunity listings. |
Puget Sound Energy
Utility. Seattle Public Schools
natural gas provider. Choose from the scroll-down menu titled
"Energy & Environment" for information on natural gas and
electricity.Powerful
Choices free 4-day environmental ed. program delivered to middle
school students. |
Resource Venture
Nonprofit, Seattle. Free
conservation products & services. Good local web site for
schools and businesses. |
Saving Water Partnership
Nonprofit, Seattle. Educational
organization focused on water conservation in schools and at home.
Water conservation web sites for ages K-12. Teacher resources,
classes, and events. |
Seattle City
Light
Utility. Seattle Public Schools
electricity provider. Various links and information about their
conservation efforts. |
Seattle Public
Utilities
Utility. Seattle Public Schools
water/sewer/storm water provider. Information about water
conservation, pollution prevention, recycling, natural landscape
care, teacher resources, environmental grants. |
University of Washington,
Program on the Environment (PoE)
Seattle. Comprehensive calendar of
local environmental events, lectures, and workshops.
|
Washington State Recycling Association
(WSRA)
Association of community and
industry members. Offers recycling workshops, newsletters, and a
wide variety of printable color posters. |
Washington Sustainable
Schools (WSS)
Program funded by the legislature
in 2003-05 Capital Budget. Created to examine impacts of resource
efficient techniques in K-12 construction. |
Windkid
Project
Focused on wind power creation and
education. Wind power related curriculum, lesson plans, and
products. |
YMCA Earth Service
Corps
Nonprofit, National with Local
Chapters. Service learning programs for teens focused on
environmental stewardship. |
Conservation Resources / Links
