What can we do for the earth?

Elementary School Resources | Human Impact on the Environment | PBS LearningMediaHuman Impact on the Environment is a collection of resources that shows real-world effects of our actions on the environment. The collection supports teachers who wish to integrate environmental education into existing Life and Earth Science curricula. For resources that directly explain the science behind climate change see the Clue into Climate and Climate Literacy collections.

Earth Day 2024 - Earth DayFor Earth Day 2024, EARTHDAY.ORG is unwavering in our commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040.

Ocean PlasticsPlastic debris is collecting in every corner of our oceans at a rapid pace and wreaking havoc on sea life. National Geographic explorer Heather Koldewey has a profit-making solution to remove one major offender: discarded fishing nets. She shares practical solutions for cleaning up waterways and motivating the world to take action.

Homepage - Story of Stuff

'These purses have saved many lives'Isatou Ceesay runs a project in The Gambia which recycles plastic waste to create fashion.

oneplasticbag.com/the-women/

A Climate Change Guide for KidsThe future could be bad, or it could be better. You can help decide.

From the New York Times

We can be whatever we have the courage to see!

See how the earth has changed with google earth. From 1984 to the present.

A Poem for the earth from Prince Ea

Earthrise by Amanda Gorman

The solution from the World Wildlife Fund also, check out WWF's website.

Greta Thunberg explains why she does School Stikes for Climate

A message from Leonardo DiCaprio to the UN

See what 5 young people are doing to change the earth!

Zero Waste Tips for home

Educate yourself!!

Environment Education for Kids

A tale of 2 soup cans

Do you leave a trace?

Games and resources

Here is the science behind the climate.

More to learn!

Info from NASA

Think skeptically about climate change.

Rethink consumption and waste!

Conservation Mag for Kids!

Test your recycling knowledge with this quiz: https://earth911.com/quiz/earth911-quiz-56-blue-bin-recycling/?utm_source=New+Earth911+List+-+2015&utm_campaign=92fbf113d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_07_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e8b4dc609-92fbf113d3-167930409

Theme for Earth Day 2019 - Protect Our Species

Protecting all species!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRbsAsnQi8&feature=youtu.be

Who inspired the Environmental movement?

The change maker who wrote Silent Spring Rachel Carson

Audio of the Spring Peeper

Who and what started Earth day?

Earth Day since 1970

Earth Day 2018 - End Plastic Pollution

The Environmental Disasters before Earth Day Started

3 Videos about the problem of plastic in our oceans

(some of the facts are inconsistent depending on when the video was made - also plastic does not decompose, it just breaks up into smaller and smaller pieces)

National Geographic in Hawaii

Plastic Patch in the Caribbean Sea

Facts and problem solving