RMI for Kids: General Links

The following links are good resources for kids, teachers, and parents to learn more about environmental issues other than energy. We are always looking for new places to link to. If you have a favorite environmental site that isn't listed here, please let us know at outreach@rmi.org.

Action for Nature
Action for Nature encourages young people to take personal action to make this world a better place for humans and nature.

The Gobar Times, May 2000
The Gobar Times, November 1998
These links take you to issues of The Gobar Times that deal with our ecological footprint—or our impact on the environment.

Explorer's Club
The EPA Explorer's Club has information and activities for you to learn about a variety of environmental issues.

The Imagination Factory
The Imagination Factory integrates art with science and social studies to teach solid waste management concepts in a fun and entertaining way. Visitors learn how to make art using common, household trash as a source of free materials. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, paper-mache, marbling and crafts.

Project Learning Tree
PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.

North American Association for Environmental Education
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world.

National Wildlife Federation
For more than sixty years, the National Wildlife Federation has been a leader in environmental education, reaching out to the communities where children and adults live, work and play. Explore NWF's educational pathways to understanding, appreciating and safeguarding the natural world.

Rivers of Life
Rivers of Life is a flood of projects, adventures, and resources to help K-12 teachers and students learn about and from their watershed.

Youth for Environmental Service
The mission of Youth for Environmental Service is to create healthier communities by involving students in service to their environment. The YES philosophy is that young people can, and should, make positive changes in their communities and their environment.

Earth Force
Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community. In the process they develop life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. Educators turn to Earth Force for innovative tools to engage young people in community problem solving.