Earth Force News

6 May 2008 - Ellis Elementary students pledged to Keep It Clean More...

3 May 2008 - Ellis Elementary Experiences Abundant Earth Day More...

29 Apr 2008 - Elyse McMahon's article: "Plant emissions concern teen" was published in Erie Times News-in-Education section on April 29, 2008 More...

28 Apr 2008 - As volunteers nationwide spruced up gardens, picked up litter and helped make the planet a little greener for Earth Day (April 22), two local organizations teamed up to turn the special day into a weeklong educational celebration... More...

28 Apr 2008 - 11th annual Youth Summit at the Denver Zoo; 1,000 students compete to raise awareness and create change More...

28 Apr 2008 - Its that time of year again! Students and educators are in the midst of their community projects and Lowcountry Earth Force is gearing up for its 10th Annual Youth Environmental Summit. Mark your calendars, this year’s summit will be held on Friday, May 30th, at James Island County Park from 9 am until 2 pm. More...

20 Apr 2008 - PEC and Earth Force announce the Northern Allegheny River Conservation Project. More...

22 Apr 2008 - Earth Force students at Ellis Elementary School have installed worm bins to turn waste into compost, started a recycling program and devised a way to reduce the amount of lunch food thrown away every day -- and now they got of more than $10,000 to install solar panels on their school. More...

24 Mar 2008 - Ellis Elementary, one in three schools in North America, has been chosen to receive "Green Makeover" through the Earth Day Network's GREEN Schools Campaign. More...

13 Apr 2008 - FREF 2008 Summer Institute Flier More...

25 Mar 2008 - On Saturday, May 10th, Lowcountry Earth Force and Charleston Moves are teaming up with Earth Fare to hosts the Tour de Tomato Family Friendly Bike Ride along the West Ashley Greenway. More...

18 Mar 2008 -
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 6-8pm
Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle

~ Art & Unique Gift auction ~ Hors D’oeuvres ~ Wine ~ Beer ~ Music More...

18 Mar 2008 - Mrs. Der’s class moved forward with a native species restoration project at Crystal Springs Preserve, a 525-acre property dedicated to environmental education and preservation of Florida’s natural resources. More...

18 Mar 2008 - In investigating their community the students at Gilpin Middle School decided to tackle local graffiti. More...

18 Mar 2008 - Students at Holland Middle School decided to take energy use in their school into their own hands -- the result? Significant savings and a plan for the future. More...

18 Mar 2008 - The gifted seventh and eighth grade science classes from Kirby District 140 in Tinley Park, Illinois have started multi year project to better protect vital wetlands in their area. The project began with an analysis of state of natural buffer zones in the area. Buffers help keep the water supplies clean by filtering contaminants in storm water run off. More...

10 Mar 2008 - The Earth Force project of the Environmental Club at the Erie Day School is school recycling. First the students inventoried the school building and campus. Our concerns: Where are the waste and recycling containers located? Are teachers, adults and students alike, using them properly? More...

4 Mar 2008 - Youth Summit Registration Form More...

4 Mar 2008 - Youth Summit Registration Packet More...

27 Feb 2008 - Save the Date for Capital Region Earth Force’s Fourth Annual Youth Summit!

Join Earth Force for an afternoon filled with fun, hands-on learning opportunities where you will discover new ways to protect and explore the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Click "More" for details! More...

26 Feb 2008 - The Fourth Annual Chesapeake Bay Foundation & Capital Region Earth Force Teacher Institute - entitled Charting Your Connection to Islands in the Chesapeake Bay - will take place on Smith Island July 14th - 17th, 2008. More...

26 Feb 2008 - The mid-Atlantic region’s 2007 President’s Environmental Youth Award was given to the Arlington H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program sixth grade students after a one day effort in which they collected 443 items — computer monitors, televisions, cell phones and even a rock tumbler! And, congratulations to the students who also won the Staples Earth Force award on March 13th. You can see the video of their award ceremony by clicking on the picture to the left . More...

26 Feb 2008 - Earth Force is seeking an experienced non-profit executive as Executive Director for its Delaware Valley Earth Force (DVEF) office located in Wyncote, PA. More...

26 Feb 2008 - Executive Director Janet Starwood says goodbye to Delaware Valley Earth Force. More...

8 Feb 2008 - AP Environmental Science students at Collegiate Academy, facilitated by teacher Doreen Petri and supported by the PA Department of Environmental Protection, conducted an energy audit of the Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy in Erie, PA. The audit is the first step in their effort to make the school more energy efficient. More...

19 Feb 2008 - 8th Grade students at JoAnn O’Connell teach other students in their school about the ladder of prejudice. The goal is to open minds to tolerance. This is an important attitude as we try to solve environmental issues and work with people who can have very different views on the topic. More...

19 Feb 2008 - Jim Martin, a Community Advisory Board member of LEA Earth Force works for Highmark. Highmark was cited for its environmental efforts as TOP Green- IT company on Febraury 18, 2008 by Computer World. More...

16 Feb 2008 - Mrs. Edwards Form 8M Class looks to tackle storm water issues in Tampa Bay More...

16 Feb 2008 - Earth Force students at Robinson Elementary setup a tutoring program for younger students More...

16 Feb 2008 - Investigating their butterfly garden More...

16 Feb 2008 - Madeira Beach Students take inventory of their campus More...

16 Feb 2008 - Students look to provide habitat for native birds in their school yard More...

16 Feb 2008 - Second year Earth Force students look to reduce energy consumption More...

16 Feb 2008 - The Earth Force Club at St. Anthony works to “Green” their community More...

16 Feb 2008 - Mrs. Edwards Form 8M Class looks to improve the health of Tampa Bay More...

16 Feb 2008 - Edwards Form 8M Class looks to tackle storm water issues in Tampa Bay More...

16 Feb 2008 - Mr. Lee’s class kicks-off Earth Force at Shorecrest Prep More...

16 Feb 2008 - Fifth graders look to help turtles in Tarpon Springs More...

16 Feb 2008 - Students at Clair Mel Elementary target the issue of dirty water More...

16 Feb 2008 - Incarnation’s Earth Force explores their campus retention pond More...

16 Feb 2008 - Twin Lakes Students work to help wildlife at school More...

16 Feb 2008 - The Baypoint Elementary maintain a community resource. More...

16 Feb 2008 - Azalea’s Earth Force Club begins a campus wide recycling program More...

16 Feb 2008 - Admiral Farragut’s Earth Force Club looks to clean-up a storm water canal on campus More...

15 Feb 2008 - Students in Ms. Vickstrom’s 7th grade science class have begun the Earth Force process. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Litter, air pollution and harm to manatees are issues that have piqued the interest of fourth graders in Ms. McDowell’s class. A community survey conducted by students indicates that air pollution is a top concern of community members. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Students in Ms. Lopez’s class have taken inventory of issues they see on their school campus and nearby Boyette Springs Park. Which issue will they choose? More...

15 Feb 2008 - Academy Prep students address erosion and storm drainage problems on campus. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Canterbury students are developing a partnership with Weedon Island Preserve in Pinellas County by developing an understanding about issues that make the preserve a very unique environmental area and finding ways to serve during the process of scientific research. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Eighth graders have decided to educate their community about the three issues that concern them the most: teen pregnancy, crime, solid waste and the safety of young brothers and sisters who find themselves at home while their parents are at work. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Fourth graders at Colson Elementary in Seffner take action quickly when problems are discovered. Their spacious campus, dotted with beautiful old oak trees, is located next to Colson Park in Seffner. The park and school campus have been the focus of students’ attention since the beginning of the school year. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Ms. Myers is preparing the 3rd grade students in Ms. Baumer’s class to experience the 6-step Earth Force process. She is building their environmental knowledge and helping them learn about a wide variety of issues. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Ms. Sherwood is preparing her 5th grade science students to experience the 6-step Earth Force process. She is building their environmental knowledge and helping them learn about a wide variety of issues. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Ms. Sherwood is preparing her 5th grade science students to experience the 6-step Earth Force process. She is building their environmental knowledge and helping them learn about a wide variety of issues. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Ms. Sherwood is preparing her 5th grade science students to experience the 6-step Earth Force process. She is building their environmental knowledge and helping them learn about a wide variety of issues. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Students in the Earth Force elective class are beginning to learn about several issues on their school campus by studying invasive species and they have found several types on campus. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Gorrie Elementary students are developing a strategy to tackle the trash and debris that runs through the stormwater system in Davis Islands. They seek local citizen groups for help. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Fifth graders in Ms. Carmen’s 5th grade class are completing last year’s project addressing campus litter before finding a new problem to solve. Garbage cans have been turned into trash monsters through the artistry of students who are painting cans purchased with funds from Learn & Serve. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Lutz is a small cozy suburb just north of Tampa; citizens here have a strong sense of history and a love for their tight knit community. It is here with Ms. Alvarez, that 5th grade students have decided upon a very important issue to address: use and proper disposal of compact fluorescent bulbs. More...

15 Feb 2008 - “Extreme Makeover” takes on new meaning when visiting Ms. Leacock’s fifth graders who hope to rejuvenate their campus wetlands boardwalk and promote wetland education among the student body. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Middle School students in Ms. Durkee’s class after-school Earth Force club have begun their Earth Force journey. Their school is located in central Tampa, not far from the Hillsborough River. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Fifth graders in Ms. Courser’s class have a lot of passion when it comes to making a difference in their community. They have decided that the combination of drought conditions and increasing population of newcomers to the area has created a problem with water supply. created an issue regarding water quantity. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Students in Mr. Oliver’s fifth grade science classes are deliberating over issues that really concern them.
Which issue will they select? More...

15 Feb 2008 - After completing a community inventory, students in Ms. Manteiga’s 5th grade class have selected the issue of campus litter and have named themselves the Twin Lakes Elementary Trash Patrol. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Sixth grade students in Ms. Sethi’s class in this central Tampa school have kicked off their Earth Force year. More...

15 Feb 2008 - Sixth grade students in Ms. Sethi’s class in this central Tampa school have kicked off their Earth Force year and after observing trash in the solid waste stream, would like to begin campus recycling. More...

8 Feb 2008 - Kevin Hengelbrok reflects on his years with Earth Force. More...

7 Feb 2008 - Mrs. Z’s Super Seventh Graders!!
Mrs. Zajicek’s seventh graders at Moon Area Middle School have started their Earth Force year by getting dirty and cleaning up the nature trail adjacent to their school grounds. More...

29 Jan 2008 - Bike Around the Bay 2008 brochure. Please call 814.835.8069 ext. 100 for more information. More...

17 Jan 2008 -
SINGLESTREAM RECYCLING ARRIVES IN MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP, PA

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17 Mar 2007 - Pottsgrove Middle School held its first annual Get Green Day Saturday, March 17. This free environmental awareness festival featured face painting, raffles, community yard sale and a recycled art contest. More...

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10 Dec 2007 - The Delaware Valley Earth Force 2006-2007 yearbook is now available online. Please feel free to download the yearbook and learn about all of the wonderful projects that Earth Force classrooms completed last year. More...

6 Dec 2007 - Ariane K., 8th Grade student at Blessed Sacrament School, Erie, PA attends one of the Earth Force Youth Training Days and reports More...

28 Nov 2007 - Congratulations to General Motors for being named the Green Car of the Year! GM's Chevy Tahoe Hybrid was recognized by the Green Car Journal for its outstanding gas mileage compared to its competitors, the magazine said the Thursday. For more details check out: http://www.autoblog.com More...

20 Nov 2007 - Karen Shaffran and Debi DiBattista are two 7th grade science teachers at Cedarbrook Middle School who are embarking on an education adventure with over 250 of their students. These teacher and students will be taking part in an Earth Force Watershed Protection Program. The students will connect awareness of watershed issues with action to protect and restore the watershed through community projects. More...

20 Nov 2007 - Congratulations to Earth Force classes at Lutz Elementary and Robinson Elementary for receiving the “Guardians of the Bay” Award offered by the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.The award honors the work of youth 8-14 years of age who work to protect and restore
Tampa Bay. More...

10 Nov 2007 - LEF has been featured in the Charleston Citypaper!

"Earth Force has already been responsible for plenty of positive change around Charleston. A group at Belle Hall Elementary was so instrumental in bringing the pedestrian lane to the Ravenel Bridge that they were invited to be the first to bike across when it opened. Mitchell Elementary chose to focus on animal waste in the street, designing public service announcements that go hand-in-hand with actual cleanup." -Citypaper More...

14 Nov 2007 - Denver City Councilwoman Carla Madison, recently elected representative of Denver's District 8, is having an open house at her office on Saturday, November 24. Councilwoman Madison was also a supporter of our 10 for 10 Challenge Anniversary Celebration, and she will be displaying the mural created by Mitchell Elementary students at her open house! More...

5 Nov 2007 - We are delighted to announce that, thanks to its reputation as a national leader in both environmental education and service-learning, Earth Force will be carrying the service-learning flag at the 2007 North American Association for Environmental Education Conference. More...

30 Oct 2007 - Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan and Lutz Elementary Students Team Up for Carolyn Meeker Dog Park Opening More...

30 Oct 2007 - Earth Force is featured in this month's edition of NEA Today. The article outlines the impact of service learning in today's schools. The author argues that, "With a little planning and imagination, service learning can have a profound impact on how students absorb course material. And by meeting the needs of their own towns or cities and interacting face-to-face with the people they’re helping, students witness how their actions can make a lasting difference.

Read the full story here: http://www.nea.org/neatoday/index.html More...

24 Oct 2007 - On October 23, Earth Force students at Mitchell Elementary tested the waters at Heron Pond. This year, though, their efforts had an international twist - on the same day, their peers in Argentina were making similar efforts. The kids have been teaming up this school year to make an international impact in science, citizenship and community. More...

24 Oct 2007 - Youth Voice Launch - now in its THIRD year! - is an action-packed youth leadership training for student leaders and their adult advisers! This year's Youth Voice Launch will be held Tuesday, November 6, at West High School. More...

23 Oct 2007 - Chilly weather didn't phase the students, parents, teachers and community supporters who turned out to help Pinnacle Charter School open its amazing new outdoor learning area on October 26. Once a bleak field, with busses parked on top of browned grass, this area was transformed by Earth Force classes and supportive administration over the course of two years into a dynamic play-and-learn wonderland! More...

23 Oct 2007 - The Edmund T. and Eleanor Quick Foundation a small private foundation, is one of the newer funding partners to support FrontRange Earth Force's Science and Environmental Stewardship Project. This foundation was created by Mary Eleanor Quick in honor of her husband, Edmund T. Quick. Both of them were down-to-earth folks, who earned their living farming and ranching dry arid property east of the Denver metro area. More...

15 Oct 2007 - It's official! We've now had a decade of increasingly positive results. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Messina’s Earth Force class is composed of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The class includes several students returning from last year’s class that selected prevent erosion and eliminate invasive plant species through education as their project.

This year student’s banner is “We are Earth Force and we are going GREEN!” They have decided that they will learn all they can about climate change and global warming. They invited Roberta Fernandez, expert on global warming issues, to speak to them. They were both concerned to learn about how serious the problem of global warming is to our planet and ourselves as well as inspired by learning of all the options that they can select to help reduce the effects of global warming. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Mrs. Mutert’s Earth Force Club is made up of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Azalea Elementary is primarily a neighborhood school located in west-central St. Petersburg. Earth Force Club students created a butterfly garden two years ago and began a campus-wide recycling campaign last year and also bought energy-efficient desk lamps for teachers as a way to cut down on use of electricity.

This year, students have expressed great concern over littering and the variety of problems it creates including, animal injury and environmental damage. They will continue to examine things that they can do around their campus and neighborhood. The students are also continuing to maintain their gardens and have taken over maintenance of the campus butterfly house. They plan to use the house to grow native plant species for use in the gardens. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Joe Ratasky’s 5th grade Earth Force class identified litter and trash as their primary environmental concerns. In addition, they list dirty river water, abandoned animals, and loss of habitat as issues they believe are related to litter and that result in injured and killed animals. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Gembarowski’s 8th grade class has several students who have participated in Earth Force projects for two years. Pollution, global warming, wasting water, littering, and trash disposal are the primary environmental concerns for this class. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Gembarowski’s 7th grade Earth Force class is in their second year. Last year the students educated their community through use of a pond on campus. Their school is surrounded by natural wetlands in a northeastern community called Tampa Palms

Students identified littering, pollution, emissions, and harm to animals as their most important environmental problems. Underlying most of their discussion of various environmental concerns was how each problem is associated with animal injury or death. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Gembarowski’s 6th grade class is in their first year of Earth Force. The students identified a wide range of environmental issue as most important to them including too much localized construction resulting in loss of habitat, global warming, littering, pollution, and wasting water. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Schroer’s 5th grade students are combining with Ms. Reber’s 5th grade students to conduct a joint Earth Force project this year with both classes. The students identified pesticides, global warming, destruction of habitat, water pollution, littering, and air pollution as their primary environmental concerns. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Der and Ms. Lumpkin's 5th grade classes have worked to improve the health of the watershed at Crystal Springs Preserve for several years including creating several gardens of native plants, removal of invasive species, and learning about watershed issues. This year the students have already planned a field trip to the spring and are interested in continuing their work there.

Students identified water pollution, littering, and loss of habitat, particularly cutting down trees, as their main environmental concerns. They also link each of these issues back to endangering animal health and as threats to the environment in general. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Madeira Beach Middle School is located on backwater areas near the Gulf of Mexico. The school is a marine-focus school and therefore the students have a strong bond with water-related and, in particular, saltwater issues. Ms. Gibson’s __th grade Earth Force class identified excessive construction, beach pollution, habitat protection, and animal protection as their primary environmental issues of concern. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Madeira Beach Middle School is located on backwater areas near the Gulf of Mexico. The school is a marine-focus school and therefore the students have a strong bond with water-related and, in particular, saltwater issues. Ms. Gibson’s __th grade Earth Force class identified global warming, littering, and water pollution as environmental issues most important to them More...

15 Oct 2007 - Nelson Elementary School is located in eastern Hillsborough County in a rural area that is undergoing rapid growth and urbanization. Earth Force teacher Ms. Perez and 4th grade teacher Terry Senhauser’s students identified air pollution, loss of habitat, and wasting water as their main environmental concerns. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Nelson Elementary School is located in eastern Hillsborough County in a rural area that is undergoing rapid growth and urbanization. Earth Force teacher Ms. Perez and 5th grade teacher Carrie Luckett’s students identified energy conservation, habitat loss, air pollution, and littering as their primary environmental concerns. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Bone’s afterschool Earth Force Club is composed of 6th-8th grade students. Several students in this year’s club are returning from last year when they worked with Lithia Springs County Park to help clean up park litter. This year, students identified pollution, litter and global warming as issues important to them. They also plan to reconnect with Lithia Springs to consider extending their work there. More...

15 Oct 2007 - St. Anthony Catholic School

Ms. Whitman’s afterschool Earth Force Club is composed of 5th through 8th grade students. Many in the club are returning students and several have been in Earth Force for 4 years. These students have many environmental interests including participation in the annual San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival where they set up recycling bins and wildlife exhibits, travel to nearby Crystal Springs Preserve to learn about water issues, natural habitats and help with removal of invasive species. The students also maintain many live animals in their classroom, have created a pond with an extensive native habitat at their school, and assist with recycling programs at their school.

This is Ms. Whitman's eighth year as an Earth Force educator. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Edward’s 4th period 6th grade Earth Force class identified littering, water pollution, and air pollution as their primary environmental concerns. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Ms. Edward’s 3rd period 6th grade Earth Force class identified recycling, global warming, littering, and habitat destruction as their primary environmental concerns. More...

15 Oct 2007 - Wendy Bernstein’s 5th grade Earth Force class identified junk mail (waste of paper and trees), littering, air pollution, and ground pollution due to leaking oil and gas from cars as their primary environmental issues. Global warming is also an issue important to the students and they invited Roberta Fernandez, an expert on global warming issues, to speak to them. More...

10 Oct 2007 - For several years, Earth Force has benefited from a partnership with the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Energy, Environment and Resources (SEER). Most recently, Earth Force and ABA SEER teamed up for a youth training day in Pittsburgh. More than 20 ABA volunteers participated in a “Day of Service” held in connection with the SEER annual meeting. More...

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5 Oct 2007 - Congratulations to Kathy Lee and her students at Philadelphia's High School of the Future for their recent recognition in Fast Company Magazine. Kathy is a long-standing part of the Earth Force family as both an educator and a member of our Philadelphia Community Advisory Board.

Kathy's students' community action work is depicted in the September edition of Fast Company as a demonstration of the classroom potential of combining action based approaches, like service learning, with real world civic problems and cutting edge technologies.

If you didn't get a chance to grab a copy from the newsstand, you can read it online here: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/microsofts-class-action.html More...

19 Sep 2007 - Peter B., a 6th grader from Villa Maria Elementary and active in the Earth Force program was invited to be a guest speaker at Wal-Mart, on Asbury Road, weekly staff meeting. More...

6 Sep 2007 - The flyer will describe Suncoast Earth Force's October training. Applications are being accepted for Earth Force teacher training for 2007-2008 school year. More...

5 Sep 2007 - Educators are invited to join community partners, Earth Force board members and funders for a wonderful day of education and celebration at the new TECO Environmental Center at Nature's Classroom. More...

5 Sep 2007 - The professional development and support we offer is incredible and we hope that you will take advantage of the opportunities. They will not only benefit your professional growth but will increase your students’ skills and knowledge. Some of the highlights:

* Kick Off Event (Sept 29th)
* Pilot Curriculum training (Sept. 4)
* Schoolyard Ecosystems (Oct. 6)
* Professional Growth Workshops (November & March)
* Earth Force Student Mini Grants (Jan/Feb)
* Saturday Field Experience - Solid Waste Disposal (Jan. 12)
* Youth Summit (April 23, 2008)
* and more More...

5 Sep 2007 - Suncoast Earth Force is excited to host its 4th Annual Kick Off Event on Saturday, September 29th from 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The event will highlight several speakers and hands-on "wet" activities. An awards luncheon will top off the day. More...

5 Sep 2007 - Interested teachers should complete an application including administrator's signature, and mail to: Suncoast Earth Force, PO Box 7025, St. Petersburg, FL 33734. More...

26 Aug 2007 - When the students in Ms. Kennedy’s fifth grade class at Ellis Elementary walked around the school to identify issues, they realized that there were quite a few problems out on the playground. Students weren’t always respecting the playground equipment, or each other. More...

26 Aug 2007 - The Jaguar Student Council jumped right in by watching the Earth Force video. They were hooked on what they could do for their school with Earth Force’s help! More...

26 Aug 2007 - When Ms. Shamburg’s class at Lake Middle School began their Service-Learning project in March, they had no idea what was in store. In the end they pulled together to beautify the school grounds. More...

26 Aug 2007 - It’s a challenge…it’s hard, but Gilpin’s 6th grade can seem to do it. Although, everyone’s booth was interesting, Gilpin ROCKED the Summit!!! More...

26 Aug 2007 - In the Fall, fifty seventh graders at Bryant-Webster K-8 began a year long journey with Earth Force and Public Achievement coaches from the University of Denver. At that time they knew very little about the knowledge they would gain on the journey. More...

26 Aug 2007 - It all began with a walk around the neighborhood surrounding Gilpin. Acting as detectives, the students looked for issues in their community. Back at school the students read over their notes and discussed two of the major issues in their community. More...

26 Aug 2007 - In Denver, graffiti is a problem that Mr. Jones’ class tried to educate the community about. It all started when the class went out on their walk-about to take a community inventory, and take notes on the issues they saw. They found a lot of issues. More...

26 Aug 2007 - “We call them dumb animals…for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.” - Anna Sewell More...

26 Aug 2007 - Students in Miss Mashler’s class at Gilpin K8 did not always know that they wanted to work on a project around Curtis Park. It all began with students walking around their community taking notes about the strengths and the issues they observed. More...

26 Aug 2007 - Kids at Wyatt Edison and cityWILD came to the conclusion of Homelessness as a CAPS project by first walking around the school and the immediate neighborhood and putting together a list of issues and strengths. The students then used criteria-based decision making to determine that they wanted to tackle the homeless problem in Denver. More...

21 Aug 2007 - The data is in and Earth Force has once again successfully stimulated young people to be effective, engaged participants in environmental decision making. The data from our 2005-2006 participant and educator surveys point to positive impacts for the Earth Force program on both program participants and the adults working with them. Earth Force participants showed positive, statistically significant gains on a range of civic and environmental attitudes and skills, including their sense of civic responsibility and civic efficacy. More...

16 Aug 2007 - 6th and 7th graders collect toiletries for the homeless. More...

16 Aug 2007 - 5th and 6th graders at Mitchell launch a campaign against the unfair treatment of animals for testing uses. More...

15 Aug 2007 - 5th graders at Ellis Elementary leave a legacy for their school's playground worth following. More...

14 Aug 2007 - When Ms. Shamburg’s class at Lake Middle School began their Service-Learning project in March, they had no idea what was in store. In the end they pulled together to beautify the school grounds. More...

14 Aug 2007 - Students in Miss Mashler’s class at Gilpin decided to take action and keep their neighborhood park clean. More...

14 Aug 2007 - Five student groups at Bryant Webster with a little help form the Public Achievement coaches from the University of Denver and Earth Force turn out Five awesome service learning projects worth mucho,mucho aplausos. More...

13 Aug 2007 - Third graders at Oakland Elementary find a way to not only beatify, but also sustain a school garden. More...

22 Aug 2007 - State Farm Insurance of Virginia and Capital Region Earth Force formally begin their 2007-2008 school year partnership. More...

13 Aug 2007 - Fourth Graders at Pinnacle Charter improve their playground. More...

13 Aug 2007 - Fourth-Graders at Lincoln Elemantary decided to educate their community and their classmates about the effect of dog waste in their neighborhood. More...

13 Aug 2007 - Students at Gilpin K8 decided it was important to raise awareness about the Black American West Museum in their neighborhood. More...

9 Aug 2007 - Capital Region Earth Force Sets Sail Across the Chesapeake Bay in Search of Smith Island's Watermen Community More...

30 Jul 2007 - On March 20th we received a grant of $400 from the Erie Community Foundation for compact fluorescent light bulbs. Twelve families will receive three fluorescent light bulbs to use in their homes More...

30 Jul 2007 - Some garbage blew into our schoolyard. They were amazed by the amount of garbage that existed in our schoolyard as the result of point source and nonpoint source pollution. More...

30 Jul 2007 - Each student got their own one square foot plot for growing. We researched different fruits and vegetables. We looked at growing seasons, native crops and space needed. Then we decided what we wanted to plant in our squares. More...

30 Jul 2007 - We are the Erie Heights Earth Force Group. Our project is an organic community garden.

By the end of March we had surveyed the property at Erie Heights and picked out a location for our garden. More...

30 Jul 2007 - This year we successfully passed a resolution through Erie City Council that requires all public buildings to have a smoking station on their property outside. More...

30 Jul 2007 - We wanted to beautify our school grounds and to attract local butterflies by using native species. More...

30 Jul 2007 - We are the Skate Erie Adolescents. Our ultimate goal is to get a public skate park built in Erie. More...

30 Jul 2007 - Our team decided to study the rainforest and what we are doing to destroy it. Bananas, pineapples, papaya, coffee, cocoa, and beef are all major food products of the rainforest region. More...

10 Jul 2007 - Registration is still open for our Watershed Workshop to be held August 1 and 2, 2007! Please join us for a great training event. More...

27 Jun 2007 - In a first, a major foundation is offering the public a direct role in deciding who should receive some of its money, a process typically shrouded in mystery. The Case Foundation is asking you to send ideas for improving your community. The reward? Up to $35,000. More...

24 Jun 2007 - Suncoast Earth Force sets August training in place for new teachers interested in Earth Force. More...

26 May 2007 - Fall training is set for new teachers interested in joining Earth Force. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Many people are not aware of the small but significant actions that can be taken in their own home to lesson their impact on the environment. More...

20 Jun 2007 - We began our investigation into alternative energy sources. We looked at wind, water and solar power. We also looked at bio-fuels. Through hands-on activities we investigated how these technologies worked. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Our class has been working on water quality monitoring of the springs and streams that feed the Allegany River near our school. We have found that some of the springs and streams are very healthy while one of the streams behind our school is not. More...

20 Jun 2007 - We’d like to tell you about all that we’ve been doing this year to help make a difference in our community. More...

20 Jun 2007 - The fifth grade gave tips on what to compost and what not to compost. The whole school now uses the cafeteria’s compost bin. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Focusing on energy conservation, Hermitage Middle School designed and constructed solar ovens, sold compact flourescent bulbs throughout April and created a long term energy project for their future. More...

20 Jun 2007 - The AP Environmental Science students, led by teacher Mrs. Doreen Petri, conducted an energy audit of Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy. After researching global warming, energy efficiency, and learning about Governor Rendell’s Energy Independence Strategy, the students decided to find ways to make their school more energy efficient. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Harding Earth Force chose to focus on our school yard habitat as their sustainable project for the year as well as many more smaller projects. More...

20 Jun 2007 - We learned about garbage and how important it is to recycle. We conducted a survey in our neighborhood to find out how many people recycle. The results didn’t look pretty. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Thirteen students at Peabody High School, who are participating as part of the Earth Force project in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's CAST program have been working to make a difference by recycling trash and keeping their school and communities clean More...

20 Jun 2007 - Our project is to protect our stream banks from erosion. We have studied what erosion is, we learned about the water cycle, and we learned what is in the soil. We are planning to clean up the stream and plant a butterfly garden. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Second graders at Claysville Elementary got passionate about energy conservation this spring. More...

20 Jun 2007 - Our fifth grade Earth Force team has taken on water quality issues this year and voted to adopt “storm drain stenciling” as our 2006-2007 Earth Force project. In order to ensure that Buffalo Creek remains a stream of good quality, we decided to take action and stencil Claysville’s storm drains with the words “No Dumping!” and a fish symbol. Prevention is the key in keeping Buffalo Creek healthy. More...

6 Jun 2007 - Find out what the Young Adult Project from Leesburg, VA has been up to with this article composed by Dwayne Lane, Selena Lyons & Natalia Verdi. More...

6 Jun 2007 - Project Updates, Our Third Annual Youth Summit, An Exemplary Project and more - it is all in the new Watershed Staple! More...

3 Jul 2007 - WJET TV 24 reported on July 2: A group of young Erie kids came together this afternoon to dedicate a new Earth Force Project. More...

4 Jun 2007 - The theme of the 2006-07 school year was this simple refrain: “quality, quality, quality!”

The staff of FrontRange Earth Force worked harder than ever to ensure that every young person, educator, advisor and administrator involved in Earth Force programming received the highest quality support and assistance. The result? More...

1 Jun 2007 - Ms. Sherwood reminds students of their school motto: “It’s Not About Me”. Fifth-graders have launched into Earth Force with the hope of making a real difference in their community. GPS and GIS technology played an important role in their issue – to map out where gopher tortoise holes are located. More...

1 Jun 2007 - Fifth graders in Ms. Segneri’s class launched into Earth Force with a special interest in habitat. More...

1 Jun 2007 - Students in Ms. Graf’s fifth-grade class are being led through the Earth Force process with Ms. Sherwood who is leading students in an in depth study of their community’s estuary. The Tampa Bay estuary is Florida’s largest and is one major reason for attracting many newcomers to the area. More...

1 Jun 2007 - The fifth-graders in Ms Jeker’s homeroom had high hopes of improving the health of the watershed on campus through study of stormwater. John McGee, from Hillsborough County Adopt-a-Pond, and Earth Force Associate, Michael Harrison, provided expertise in the management of stormwater. More...

1 Jun 2007 - The Young Einsteins, a group of fifth-graders in the Earth Force class led by Mr. Weihs and Ms. Sherwood, launched right into the Earth Force process and have begun to study how to address the many concerns in their quickly changing community. Not far from their school lies Bullfrog Creek which leads into Tampa Bay. More...

1 Jun 2007 - The students in Ms. West’s fifth-grade science class are alive and kickin’ now that they have officially launched Earth Force. They have begun their search for environmental issues by observing a nearby popular nature trail, Upper Tampa Bay Trail, which is in the Rocky Creek Watershed. More...

1 Jun 2007 - Third-graders led by Ms. Myers have officially kicked off their Earth Force year with a lesson on watersheds and the value of wetlands. This is an important issue for a school that will be moving into a new building located adjacent to wetlands. More...

1 Jun 2007 - When fifth-grade students led by Ms. Gibbs and Mr. Tamargo participated in their Earth Force Kick Off, they had a lot to say about issues in their community. Students come to this magnet school from a variety of neighborhoods yet safety – for children and animals – was on their mind. Dunbar is located in close proximity to downtown Tampa. More...

1 Jun 2007 - Students in Ms. Taylor’s class live in a charming town with a distinctive Scottish air, not far from the Gulf of Mexico. More...

1 Jun 2007 - Third graders in Ms. Uhe’s and Ms. Mitchell’s class are planning a school-wide educational effort on Earth Day. After completing an environmental inventory and science experiments tes