Ready, Set, Goat
A group of high school students in Colorado are analyzing the environmental impacts of goat browsing as a form of wildfire mitigation.
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What’s Growing in Your Garden?
Project Learning Tree schools share lessons teachers learned after starting a class garden.
Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Bats
Four teachers share their experiences from students’ GreenWorks! projects to help pollinators with native plant gardens, a bee keeping operation, and constructing bat houses.
PLT GreenSchools Honored as 2019 Green Ribbon Schools
The awards acknowledge students, teachers, and administrators who reduce their school’s environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and incorporate effective sustainability education.
Highlights from PLT’s 2019 Conference
Over 100 participants from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Japan attended the PLT Coordinators’ Conference held May 6-9 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
PLT’s Leadership in Education Award
PLT’s Leadership in Education Award recognizes those who make significant contributions to advance PLT programs and initiatives at the state or regional level.
Forests and Water: Advisor Training for Envirothon 2020
This day-long workshop in Raleigh, NC on August 1, 2019 will prepare teachers/advisors who will coach high school student teams in the 2020 Envirothon competition.
See You on the Trail that Students Built!
With PLT GreenWorks! grants, students in Alabama, Indiana and Michigan took the lead to restore, design and build nature trails, learning about ecosystems and forest health.
Kathleen Wanner
Outstanding Educator
Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association, Rutland, Vermont Kathleen Wanner is Executive Director of Vermont Woodlands Association and Chair of the Vermont Tree Farm Committee. Both …
Linda Pettit
Outstanding Educator
Environmental Education Specialist, Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District, Columbus, Ohio As the Environmental Education Specialist for the Franklin County Soil & Water Conservation District …