• - Social Studies - Improve Environment

• www.schoolsgoingsolar.org Reviews a number of schools that have gone solar, a way to activate your school in the program is available, and gives a number of contacts, available for K-college.
  
• www.homeperformance.com A how-to on making your house energy efficient. Not intended for education without intention. Examples of house evaluations. Advertisement for their company, but can be useful for info.
  
• www.energy.ca.gov/education/ Fun and flashy for children. One of my favorites! From art to reading to math this site provides fun activities that both teachers and students will love. Great for grades 3-8, but information for all is available. Based on problems in California, but understandable to those in Maine!
  
• www.solstice.crest.org/ Good for reading resources. New ideas about sustainability all around! A guide to who's involved.
  
• www.globaled.org/sustain/update.html Descriptions of different projects are outlined in this website. For children of age 5 to children of age 100, explanations of science to mathematics are given.
  
• www.csf.concord.org Great site for books, curriculum planning, and lesson plans. Descriptions of teachers, schools, and ideas. Good for grades K-12.
  
• www.secondnature.org Second Nature is a nonprofit organization that helps colleges and universities expand their efforts to make environmentally sustainable and just action a foundation of learning and practice. The site includes curricula, syllabi and learning activities from colleges all over.
  
• www.freetheplanet.org/index.html Site for students to take action on global warming. An anti-corporate guide on how to help take care of the planet. Best used by high school students.
  
• www.GlobalLearningNJ.org/ Global Learning, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization that translates the world's growing interdependence into educational activities for teachers, students, librarians, and educational systems, from elementary school through college and in community settings. Sustaining the Future: Activities for

• Environmental Education in US History, for high schools; (contents & sample lesson)
• A Sustainable Development Curriculum Framework for World History & Cultures, for high schools; (contents & sample lesson) 
• Making Global Connections in the Middle School: Lessons on the Environment, Development & Equity. (contents & sample lesson)
  

• www.eelink.net/classroomresources-directories.html A project of the North American Association for Environmental Education, this website lists classroom activities, resources and directories. Good biological science references.
  
• www.giraffe.org/heroes%20program.htm Kids hear stories of heroes, tell their own heroes' stories, and exercise their own heroic qualities to build more humane and sustainable societies. For grades 3-8.
  
• www.globalresponse.org/ Youth and adults communicate about environmental issues. International letter campaign to prevent environmental degradation.
  
• www.eanetwork.org An easy way to become politically involved in the worlds fight against environmental degradation as well as other basic human rights.
  
• www.earthchallenge.org Fundraising through endurance. Non-profit organization that takes long distance bike excursions and mountain climbing adventures in order to raise money and awareness about the environment.
  
• www.yesworld.org/ Worldwide summer camp offers outdoor classroom about environmental issues. Great for ages 18-25.
  
• www.pirg.org Student and adult action group that promotes political and human rights. Good for those in high school and college.
  
• www.earthisland.org/ Site that develops and supports projects that counteract environmental threats. Issues include: sustainable development, biodiversity, restoration, and many more.
  

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