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 ski
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 transport to co
Young people can transcend our political divides. Let them.
Civic engagement is using power to enact an agenda. Civic education should teach students how to do that. Young people are participating in marches and online political speeches in
A Nascent Network Incorporating Civics into Environmental Education
Over the last few years, a growing group of environmental education organizations has come to the conclusion that the scale and complexity of the environmental challenges we face r
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, Associa
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 Summit was n