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Meet the Artist Behind Ricky Raccoon and Enter Ranger Rick Jr.’s “Draw Ricky”...
Ranger Rick Jr. magazine’s “Draw Ricky” contest is underway, and we’ve already received a TON of great drawings of Ricky Raccoon, the magazine’s mascot. Haven’t entered yet? Head to our website by June...
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Q & A with Student Winner of the Young Reporters Competition
National Wildlife Federation’s Young Reporters for the Environment USA program recently reported the results of its inaugural environmental journalism competition. First place winners proceeded to the...
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Weekly News Roundup – June 7, 2013
Want to know what National Wildlife Federation was up to this week? Here is a recap of the week’s NWF news: Ranger Rick’s Tree House App Takes Home the Gold June 7-National Wildlife Federation is...
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A Great Year for NYC Eco-Schools!
NYC Eco-School MS442 in Brooklyn, with its green roof urban farm and 4,200 square feet of solar panels was the host of NYC Eco-Schools’ first Sustainability Coordinator gathering, February 25, 2013....
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Weekly News Roundup- August 16, 2013
What’s happening at National Wildlife Federation this week? Drum roll please! NWF’s 43rd Annual Photo Contest People’s Choice Award goes to…*opens the envelope* Bottlenose dolphin deaths continue....
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Q & A with Student Winner of the Young Reporters Competition
National Wildlife Federation’s Young Reporters for the Environment USA program recently reported the results of its inaugural environmental journalism competition. First place winners proceeded to the...
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Make a Lasting Impression with Schoolyard Habitats
Guest post by Margaret Redman. Over 5,000 schools around the world have certified their campuses with the National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program. In order to become certified,...
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Weekly News Roundup- September 6, 2013
What’s happening at National Wildlife Federation this week? Wild bison reintroduced to tribal lands. Read the blog about bison making their way back onto Fort Belknap Reservation. Yosemite under fire....
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Ranger Rick Jr. Magazine Announces Draw Ricky Contest Winners
The October issue of Ranger Rick Jr. has hit mailboxes, and this month’s magazine is extra special because it includes the five winning drawings from our Draw Ricky contest. The contest ran from April...
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Help NWF and Disney Junior Plant 5,000 Trees for Wildlife
Disney Junior and National Wildlife Federation are working together to plant 5,000 trees across America! You can help us by visiting DisneyJuniorGiveATree.NWF.org and telling us where you would like to...
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Eco Boys And Girls Inspire Kids to Live and Play Sustainably
For Earth Day in 2010, Maria Snyder debuted her characters, the Eco Boys And Girls, at the Liberty Science Center. Snyder, an activist, artist and model, developed Ernie Earth, Lulu Love, Patsy Peace,...
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Book Review: Eco Boys And Girls by Maria Snyder
The greatest challenge in providing education for young children is how to have an artful balance of informative lessons and entertaining pictures and stories that capture a child’s mind and heart....
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Weekly News Roundup- Oct. 18, 2013
What’s happening at National Wildlife Federation this week? Worried Walruses. Dwindling Arctic Sea Ice Forces 10,000 Walruses Ashore. WANTED: Farm Bill. Having Lost Thousands of Cattle to the...
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Cloud Forest, Rain Forest: A NYC Eco-School Goes to Ecuador
Guest post by Margaret Palmer This past spring, my high school (Stuyvesant High School), an NWF Eco-School in New York City, gave me and twenty-four other students involved in our Eco-Club the...
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Cool Plants for Kids: 8 that Explode, Eat Bugs, or Stick to You
Guest post by Heather Stephenson. Be Out There is excited to partner with the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Kids Outdoors online community to help more kids and families explore the outdoors! By sharing...
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Discovery Hill—A Schoolyard Habitat Proof of Concept
Ashley Gutierrez and Alexis Cody use a boulder to write their observations. On the way back to school one girl in my class said, “What fun…I love that place” and another said “I wish we could go...
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Kayaking Kids: Nonprofits Give Urban Youth a Chance to Explore
This is a guest post by Denise Poyer of Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association. The kids got off the bus and looked around nervously at the flowing river, the trees and the lack of buildings. After...
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Toys and Nature: They Can Play Nice
There has been a bit of discussion lately around the entertainment value of toys vs. natural, outdoor experiences for kids. So which is cooler? Toys or nature; nature or toys? Our question is, “Why...
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Gifts For Kids Who Love Animals
Photo by National Wildlife Photo Contest entrant Andrea Underhill.Many of my close friends have young children now, and though the kids are all different ages (2 – 10), they have one thing in common:...
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Ten NYC Eco-Schools Raise Over $30,000 With ioby
Guest post by Amy Sirot The Youth Farm wants to expand their farm-based education program. Photo: BK FarmyardsTen NYC Eco-Schools are in the midst of an exciting collaboration with ioby, a...
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