Resources from Our Partners

Here are some great educational resources from our partners.

United Nations Environmental Programme’s Youth Initiative (UNEP- Tunza)
The United Nations Environment Programme – Tunza develops activities to engage youth in the areas of capacity building, environmental awareness, and information exchange. They provide many resources for the classroom including:

Adopt – A – Meter2 of Land, a new program created for Earth Day 2010, fosters activism in participants by encouraging each individual to adopt a square meter of land. Create an eco-mural, plant a garden or pick up trash – choose an activity that best suits your environment and culture! Teachers can use our Adopt – A – Meter2 of Land lesson plans to bring the message home in the classroom!

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO is a leader in global environmental education, and aims to meet the learning needs of all children, youth and adults. Educator resources on global education initiatives include:

United States Department of State
The United States Department of State provides comprehensive information on the most current issues of global interest. Please visit http://www.state.gov/g/ for updates on the environment, state of the ocean and climate change.

PeaceCorps
PeaceCorps provides an entire website of education resources just for teachers and students through their World Wise Schools program. Links of interest include:

Save the Rainforest Inc
Save the Rainforest Inc. engage in course offerings and educational travel opportunities to help teachers better understand the effects of our depleting rainforest. They also provide other curriculum materials for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in Developing countries campaign (REDD) at http://www.saverfn.org/redd_curriculum.html.

Qatar Foundation International
Through education, scientific research and community development, the Qatar Foundation International is helping build a sustainable society that will enhance quality of life for all. For photo galleries, fact sheets, podcasts, publications and other forms of multimedia on Qatar sustainable initiatives, visit http://www.qfi.org.

Sister Cities International
Sister Cities International provides students and teachers with a unique avenue to engage in Earth Day by encouraging your municipal government to officially pledge their support through environmental education proclamations, as well as our Earth Day 40th Anniversary Curriculum platform. They also offer their members educational toolkits.

Check our site regularly as we continue to update with great environmental education resources!