New Free Environmental Education Support Site for America’s Teachers and Home Schoolers

Washington, D.C. – The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) has announced the launch of www.ClassroomEarth.org. It is a free Web site with key information on how educators can obtain the best and most usable environmental education programs available today.

ClassroomEarth.org is a veritable “best of the best” collection of environmental education programs and resources for K-12 teachers, parents, and students. This new site will help educators, after-school providers and home-schooling parents to get started or improve their skills in environmental education. It provides up-to-date information on the most successful, well-tested and effective national environmental education programs available today.

The site is divided in five major sections––Most Popular (for K-12 classrooms), Rising Stars, After School, Home School, and Earth Day. Each section has a top list of outstanding programs for that particular audience. The pages on each program contain a clear description, audience/grade level, overview of content and topics, materials, educator feedback, awards and recognition, and fast steps for obtaining and implementing the program.

The site has an Additional Resources section that includes a Best-of-the-Web listing of portal sites for environmental education and a special list of free environmental education programs offered by the national environmental resource agencies.

The development of ClassroomEarth.org was funded through a grant from the Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation. The Foundation emphasizes effective environmental education programming.

“ClassroomEarth.org will save thousands of teachers, parents and after school providers many hours of searching and give them confidence they are tapping tested, reliable and superior quality EE programs,” said Kevin Coyle, NEETF President. “This site makes environmental education much simpler.”

Chartered by Congress in 1990, The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to advancing environmental education in its many forms. Since it was established, the Foundation has become a leader in the development of new policies, grant-making approaches, and direct programming to advance environmental literacy in America. We work in partnership with many leading organizations in the field. For more information about NEETF, visit www.neetf.org.