Media Kit

Welcome to the Classroom Earth Media Center. Here you will find useful media-related resources. For more information on the program, the National Environmental Education Foundation, The Weather Channel and other sponsors, please see About Us.

For more information on the importance of environmental education in the classroom, please see Teaching About the Environment.

Press Releases

9.10.09 - High School Teachers Nationwide Awarded Classroom Earth Grants

10.06.08 - 26 Teachers Nationwide Receive Funding from The National Environmental Education Foundation and The Weather Channel to infuse environmental education into classrooms.

Press Coverage

06.09.10 -KSFY.com: Minneapolis science teacher lands national grant

10.05.09 - Taylor Daily Press: Earth Education Gets a Boost

9.28.09 - Pasadena Star-News: Alhambra Teacher Gets Grant to Teach About Global Warming

9.17.09 - Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Local Teacher Wins National Learning Grant

9.10.09 - Baltimore Sun: Essex Teacher Wins Grant for Environmental Education

12.1.08 - Daily Herald: Dundee-Crown Teacher Gets Green for Going Green

10.14.08 – Environmental Protection: Partners Provide Grants for Savvy Education

10.10.08 – Savage Pacer: Student Researchers Dip into Sunset Pond

9.25.08 – Post Independent: YMHS Promoting Sustainable Education

Media Resources

03.26.10 - New York Times: High School Gardening--for Credit

02.09.10 - Voice of America: More US Schools 'Greening' Their Curriculum

02.05.10 - New York Times: Learning What Food Looks Like Before It Goes Into the Package

01.10.10 - New York Times: Teaching Green, Beyond Recycling

11.09.09 - La Cañada Valley Sun: Solar Panels Open Doors for 'Green' Jobs

11.07.09 - The Oregonian: Students at Terra Nova High School Grow a Farm -- and a Unique Produce Business

9.28.09 - Pasedena Star-News: Solar Academy Launched

9.02.09 - EPA News Release: EPA Challenges American School Districts to Save Energy and Money with Energy Star

9.02.09 - Sun Sentinel: Going Green Could Mean More Green for School Districts

8.13.09 - New Times: Real-World Learning: Local Green Education is Staying out of the Red

9.06.08 - Newsweek: Getting an Early Start: Eco-education Doesn't Have to be Expensive

7.31.08 - USA Today: Environmental Education Gets a Green Light

7.27.08 - New York Times: The Urban Environment

6.05.08 - Treehugger.com: Environmental Science Teacher Finds Teachable Moment Amid Classroom Noise

Success Stories

Read about the projects that our 2008 National High School Challenge grant winners are conducting.

Read stories of exemplary environmental education from teachers around the country.