Hello everyone! My name is Heather Howard and I am a junior studying Elementary Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This year, I have had the pleasure to work with a fantastic group of people to compile resources for Sustainable World Collaborative. Additionally I also had the chance to present alongside the lead researchers […]
I am Erin Molay, a graduating senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I am pursuing educational career goals and passion for science. Over the past two years, I have been actively involved in the Sustainable World Collaborative, a project that has afforded me the opportunity to engage in meaningful research and collaboration […]
Hi, my name is Elissa Chou! During this semester at Sustainable World Collaborative, I worked on researching resources for teachers specifically from North America and even locally around the Champaign-Urbana area. This semester in particular has been incredibly helpful to my path to becoming a good elementary teacher due to a combination of SWC research […]
Emanating from smokestacks, vehicle engines, construction projects, and fires large and small, airborne pollution – sometimes smaller than the width of a human hair, and very often the product of human activity – is not just contributing to climate change. It is a leading driver of heart disease and stroke, lung cancer, and respiratory infections the […]
Our team had a wonderful time meeting with the iGlobal teachers once again in April. The iGlobal team has a goal of providing collaborative professional development to teachers in 20 different countries around the world. For our second session with the iGlobal teachers, they came prepared to discuss the Sustainable World unit plans and resources […]
Earlier this month, the team had the opportunity to collaborate with iGlobal. IGlobal is another organization based at the University of Illinois with the goal of providing professional development to and facilitating collaboration between teachers and students from 20 countries around the world. During each of our meetings with the teachers, we discussed our commitment […]
Climate Lit is a hub for building young people’s climate literacy with literature, film, and stories in other media. The website offers a literature database, curricula, and a climate glossary all of which are focusing on increasing students’ climate literacy. Organization: Climate Lit Climate Lit was founded in 2021 as a cooperative of educators, scholars, […]
The Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation provides virtual field trips so students can explore the ocean in their own classroom. Each virtual field trip contains the following: They also provide free K-8 curriculum for those who make a free account. Think Earth instructional units teach students: Think Earth helps develop students’ understanding of how their […]
Taking refuge from the coronavirus pandemic, wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn set out to record all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England, filming them with one-of-a-kind lenses he forged on his kitchen table. The documentary, which kicks off Nature’s 40th season on PBS, follows Dohrn during the COVID-19 lockdown […]
Just as a pebble is part of a mountain, just as a wave is part of the sea, so, too, is every one of us part of something bigger. With bright collage illustrations and a simple, lyrical text, acclaimed author-illustrator Toni Yuly invites readers to celebrate our relationship to the natural world. A bold, joyful […]