Earth Equity News

Adding Environmental Engagement to the School Curriculum. Center for American Progress, September 16, 2009. "As the school year kicks off several charter schools are shaking up the traditional curriculum with some real-world knowledge. One of these is Green Woods Charter School in Philadelphia, where the first graders in Melina Kuchinov's class won't just be learning to sort their adjectives from their nouns this year -- they'll be sorting through compost. As part of a program at the school on environmental awareness and responsibility, Kuchinov's students will turn their trash into a science experiment by allowing vegetable and fruit peels to sit for weeks at a time. After several weeks the students will observe the bugs chowing down on their compost."