Virginia students make their school’s air safer
When Mary Breslin’s seventh-grade science class at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, met for the first time in fall of 2018, several students noticed something strange: a mushroom […]
Get Started – Sustainability Challenge
You’re interested in our new Sustainability Challenge – awesome! Here’s how to get started. Young People Food is uniquely integrated into our lives. Think about all the memories you have […]
To create environmental voters, we must create environmental citizens first.
Does exposing kids to nature instill the values of protecting the environment? Do kids who take nature walks on a field trip grow up to be environmentalists who vote? In […]
What is Environmental Action Civics?
Environmental Action Civics is an approach to teaching that helps young people learn by connecting their lessons to their own experiences and communities, and by practicing the skills and dispositions […]
What’s a food system?
It’s the whole shebang. The whole nine yards. From A to Z. Well, you get the point. It’s the complex web of how we eat. From production to processing to […]
Youth are Critical to the Environmental Movement
Watch our CEO Vince Meldrum make the case for youth involvement in the environmental movement. Let us know your thoughts below.
2021 RISE Challenge Colorado Winners
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2021 RISE Challenge Colorado! Learn more about each project here. Thank you to FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Association of State Floodplain […]
2020 RISE Challenge Colorado Results
We were all affected by it – the COVID 19 pandemic hit in the spring of 2020. Our RISE Challenge young people were determined to finish their projects! While the […]