GEF Program: National Green Week 2010 Green Education Foundation (GEF) is mobilizing two million children to participate in environmental programs and lessons during National Green Week 2010 (Feb. 1-5, 2010).

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GEF Program: Green Thumb Challenge Green Education Foundation (GEF) is launching the largest classroom-based gardening initiative in history calling on schools and groups to plant 10,000 gardens during the 2010 Green Thumb Challenge!

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GEF Program: I Play Green Take environmental education beyond the classroom by enrolling your sports team in I Play Green

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GEF Program: Green Schools Initiative Want to green your school? This nationwide program will arm students with the skills necessary to audit and improve their schools according to the Green Building Council’s guidelines for green building requirements.

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Green Education Foundation

Welcome to the Green Education Foundation (GEF)

Green Education Foundation (GEF) is a non-profit organization that provides environmental education resources for Pre K-12 classrooms and youth groups nationwide. GEF believes that what is healthy for the environment is healthy for kids, and promotes learning opportunities that develop sustainable habits of environmental stewardship in children and their communities. GEF couples standards-based curricula with active participation, acknowledging that children learn best through hands-on activities that enhance their critical thinking skills. GEF’s National Green Week mobilizes thousands of students each year to participate in eco-challenges that empower school communities to achieve measurable and sustainable goals in waste reduction and energy conservation. Register here for free to gain full access to the GEF library of standards-based lessons and activities.

Check out the following GEF 2010 programs that you are invited to participate in (details above): the Green Thumb Challenge, National Green Week 2010, the Green Schools Initiative and I Play Green. By enrolling, you will be linking hands with others from across the country to achieve a measurable environmental goal.

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GEF Editorials

Fossil fuel-based energy relies on three sources -- oil, coal, and natural gas – to produce energy through one simple procedure: burning. For all the technological progress it has spawned, large-scale energy generation has changed remarkably little in the past...