Young people in the hundreds of thousands walked out of classes this Fall to participate in Climate Strikes. They marched in the streets of Fort Collins, CO, Flint, MI and Alexandria, VA. In all nearly 400,000 young people participate in 1,500 climate strikes across the U.S. over the last three months. The marches have undoubtedly[…]
Along with all of the great work we have been doing this year working with educators we are also working with an exciting group of nonprofit organizations to expand the number of programs supporting student action. One part of that effort has been to develop a series of videos highlighting the importance of integrating student[…]
Earth Force is proud to announce our new project: Empowered STEM! For years educators and schools have been asking us to help them doing something like Earth Force outside of environmental issues. After several month of developing and design we are proud to announce our new Empowered STEM Initiative. Empowered STEM uses Earth Force’s award winning Community Action[…]
We are excited to announce the 3rd Annual Environmental Action Conference. This three-day workshop provides hands-on training in action civics and environmental learning. At the conference will explore a variety of environmental topics and how they apply to participants’ communities. Attendees will learn how to enhance their environmental education program by engaging students in the analysis and improvement of[…]
Earth Force CEO Vince Meldrum was featured on Fairfax Virginia’s Public Access TV last weekend to discuss the Student Environmental Action Summit (SEAS). SEAS is a collaborative event among environmental education organizations in the Northern Virginia area. The event serves as a home for our Chesapeake Bay Watershed Caring for our Watersheds finals. SEAS is[…]
have been looking for a new book that will help me reignite my natural optimism about democracy. Browsing through Amazon’s top choices I was having a hard time finding something positive. I found a page filled with titles like: “How Democracies Die,” “How Democracy Ends,” “Democracy in Chains,” “Democracy in America?” “Unequal Democracy,” and “Democracy[…]
Written by Earth Force President and CEO, Vince Meldrum In a recent blog post, David Beckman of the Pisces Foundation made an interesting comment. He noted that for the first time in his memory the environmental movement finds itself at a place where current “policy is inimical to our basic values—not so much reflecting an[…]
The United States joins Syria, Nicaragua & Russia in deciding not to participate with world’s Paris Agreement. It’s now up to cities to lead — bill peduto (@billpeduto) June 1, 2017 If you are an environmentalist, you have spent a lot of the last four months worrying about our future. Since January you have probably[…]
Environmental justice is critical to protect under-resourced communities from environmental and health hazards and to ensure residents are involved in critical decision-making around maintaining a healthy environment. Students in Albuquerque, NM are addressing environmental justice in their community head-on by working with the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge to create their first ever Environmental[…]
I am traveling today, and everywhere I go I see the same headline: Trump 49% / Clinton 48%. But those numbers don’t reflect the reality of American civic society. Just about 59,450,000 voted for Mr. Trump – which is roughly 26% of the 231 million eligible voters in the U.S. Whether you are excited about[…]