Dispatches from the Field & Project Summaries
Washington Green Schools: Sustainability in the Classroom
February 15, 2011
We were pleasantly surprised by the “greenness” of young students in Seattle, WA today. They are truly leaders in the sustainability movement and we thank them all for their admirable efforts. With the help of Washington Green Schools www.wagreenschools.org, your school could easily join them in their ranks as a certified green school as well. Pick an environmental category and start going green today! Share your results and inspire other schools to go green too. Together, we can all help each other live sustainably, “both inside and outside the classroom.”
Start by knowing your Ecological Footprint www.myfootprint.org and learn how to reduce your impact on the Earth. Through
an understanding of our current environmental impact status, we can establish a benchmark by which to measure our personal growth and global efforts.
Join the many schools who’ve already signed up for Green Living Project’s free multi-media sustainability curriculum and share in the inspiration of successful sustainability stories from around the world. Is your school doing something green? Have you initiated a unique sustainability project at your school? Tell us about it, we’d love to hear your progress. Don’t forget, sustainability is a holistic and integrated systems approach including science, social studies, technology, business, communications, language arts, community service and much more. Be creative and share your school’s success story. Join in the fun and excitement that a sustainable lifestyle can foster. You’ll be amazed at the positive results! 
Back in Action: 2011 Tour Begins
February 6, 2011
We’ve officially launched our 2011 Mobile Tour and we wanted to say a special word of thanks to all the San Diego schools we visited this past week for kicking us off on a great start! Your smiling faces and enthusiasm keeps us motivated and focused on the importance of our journey. Since leaving Florida, we’ve had quite a bumpy road, but we are thrilled to be back in action on the west coast. This is our first visit to the Pacific and we are excited to see what awaits us.
While we are loving the southern California weather, we are anxious to make our way up to Seattle over the next month. The opportunity to experience new ecosystems, new plants and animals and new geological features has definitely been a highlight of our tour. Our appreciation and love of nature seems to expand daily. We are always looking for the next state or national park to visit and we can’t wait to discover what the west coast has to offer. During the month of December we were able to hit up 10 national parks and/or monuments and a handful of additional state parks and national forests. While the time for making new years resolutions has come and gone, chances are that many of us have already failed to meet such personal expectations. Instead, why not make a simple life-long resolution to learn and experience as many of the amazing creations that our world has to offer.
Start small and take a day trip to a nearby park or a weekend trip out of state. Find an enjoyable outdoor activity and strive to get outside as much as possible. We guarantee that your love for our diverse and beautiful planet will grow too!