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Category: Civic Engagement

What have we been up to for three months?

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 by Vince Meldrum - Earth Force President/CEO

Like all of you we have been taken aback by the scope and scale of the health crisis that has engulfed the U.S. After a couple of close personal brushes with COVID 19 we took a step back and asked ourselves how this crisis impacted our view of the world. First and foremost, this crisis[…]

Posted in Civic Engagement, Earth Force News, Uncategorized

Earth Force Receives $25,000 from Xcel Energy

Posted on January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 by Vince Meldrum - Earth Force President/CEO

Special grant program honors company’s 150 years of service in Colorado Earth Force is excited to announce that we have received a $25,000 grant from Xcel Energy as part of the company’s Employee Choice Grants and 150th anniversary in Colorado. To commemorate 150 years of operations, the company awarded $150,000 to six Colorado-based nonprofit organizations and[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Youth Engagement

After the Climate Strikes

Posted on November 6, 2019November 5, 2019 by Earth Force Inc.

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Collective Impact, Youth Engagement

Earth Force in Chicago

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Earth Force Inc.

For over 20 years the Field Museum in Chicago has delivered the Earth Force process to students across Chicago. They run an amazing program with young people. This year they created a great video highlighting some of their student projects. Take a look:  

Posted in Civic Engagement, Earth Force News, Youth Engagement, Youth Summit

Earth Force Launches Empowered STEM

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by Kristen Mueller

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Service-Learning, STEM

Environmental Action Conference 2019

Posted on March 5, 2019February 25, 2019 by Vince Meldrum - Earth Force President/CEO

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Earth Force, Environmental Education, Resources, STEM, Youth Engagement

Democracy is an acquired habit

Posted on November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 by Kristen Mueller

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Collective Impact, Earth Force, Youth Engagement Tagged action civics, civic engagement, civic skills, environment, environmental action, Washington DC

Piecing Together the Puzzle: Creating Environmental Citizens

Posted on October 17, 2017January 17, 2019 by Vince Meldrum - Earth Force President/CEO

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Climate Change, Environmental Education, Service-Learning, Youth Engagement Tagged citizen, civic action, civic engagement, education, environment, environmental education, Pisces Foundation, policy, STEM 1 Comment

International Youth Day: The Power of Young People

Posted on August 11, 2017January 17, 2019 by Kristen Mueller

The power of young people has never been more evident – or important – as it is today. In honor of International Youth Day, I want to take a look back at some of the remarkable change driven by Earth Force young people. Back in 1999, the United Nations endorsed this day as a dedication[…]

Posted in Civic Engagement, Earth Force News, Service-Learning, Youth Engagement Tagged 21st century skills, action civics, civic engagement, civics, education, environment, environmental action, environmental education, international youth day, youth, youth engagement, youth voice

Students Develop an Environmental Justice Plan with Urban Refuge

Posted on May 10, 2017January 17, 2019 by Kristen Mueller

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[…]

Posted in Action Civics, Civic Engagement, Earth Force News, Environmental Education, Youth Engagement Tagged action civics, Albuquerque, civic engagement, Community Action and Problem-Solving Process, education, environment, environmental action, environmental edu, environmental justice, New Mexico, Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, youth voice

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