Organizations and resources focusing on making daily sustainable decisions.
Read below to find organizations local to Boston with a focus on making sustainable decisions, that have volunteer opportunities for high school students. Additional resources with no opportunity to volunteer are included.
Green Pro Bono's mission is to help nonprofits and social entrepreneurs define their legal needs and to provide legal assistance for environmental "change makers" who otherwise cannot afford the legal help they need. By offering pro bono legal help for green social entrepreneurs, Green Pro Bono can do its part to expedite the innovations necessary to combat climate change. The organization also has opportunities for student volunteers to help with public relations, fundraising, grant writing, administrative chores and many other tasks.
ELM employs thoughtful advocacy and strategic partnerships to set Massachusetts on a just course to a net-zero economy and protect our natural resources for future generations. Their agenda focuses on seizing our state’s greatest opportunities to decarbonize: catalyzing our clean energy transition, greening our buildings, and electrifying our transportation. To shape a transition that is inclusive and achievable, they work to pursue equity and environmental justice, secure financing for innovation and infrastructure, and hold our leaders accountable.
Non-volunteer oriented resources to educate yourself and your community.
The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) is a global conservation organization dedicated to protecting the world's most vulnerable species and ecosystems. It focuses on issues such as climate change, deforestation, and overfishing, working to create a future where people and nature thrive. The WWF has produced a range of curriculum linked resources for the classroom, including a teaching guide, presentation, live lesson, info sheet, posters, and more. They hope to help students and educators explore the issues of climate change in an engaging and motivating way.
https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/schools/resources/climate-change-resources#resources
NASA’s Climate Kids website brings climate science to life with fun games, interactive features and exciting articles.
This collection of climate change lessons and activities for grades K-12 is aligned with Next Generation Science and Common Core Math Standards and incorporates NASA missions and science along with current events and research.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/tag/search/Climate+Change
Collection of 700+ climate and energy educational resources, rigeroulsy reviewed by educators and scientists. Suitable for secondary through higher education classrooms.
The CLEAN project, a part of the National Science Digital Library, provides a reviewed collection of resources to aid students' understanding of the core ideas in climate and energy science, coupled with the tools to enable an online community to share and discuss teaching about climate and energy science.
The Department of Energy provides a collection of energy fundamentals videos, K-12 education resources, Spanish content, and more.
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/clean-energy-resources-educators
Whether you’re an educator or a student, the American Geosciences Institute has a wealth of instructional and learning tools, from free online resources to posters, disks, and lesson plans, as part of their Earth Science Week.
Student staff in the Office of Sustainability have produced graphics over the years that address various aspects and components of sustainability. Below you can sample most of their works and download a version for yourself and your community.
Pingree is committed to making their campus and wider community more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable. Read below about some specific areas where their community is focusing these efforts.