For Parents and Community
Is your child’s education preparing her or him to be a creative problem solver and good planetary citizen? Will your children have the interest and the capacity to think in an interconnected way to participate in the creation of real solutions to real problems?
CELF works with schools and districts to provide everything from professional development for educators to seminars and programs for students and the community. For sustainability education to succeed it must reach beyond one classroom, one teacher, one assembly or one fieldtrip. We must all become agents for change!
How can you get involved?
- Become CELF-taught, Attend a CELF community presentation or Learning with Leaders program, or host one at your school »
- Bring a CELF School Eco-Footprint Program to your school »
- Volunteer at a CELF event and donate your unique talents and enthusiasm to support schools locally and beyond »
- Engage your child in informed discussions about topics such as clean energy and carbon emissions, resource consumption and waste, green building and sustainable design »
“Getting kids motivated about the environment ripples far beyond them. It means they will discuss it with their friends, and also with their parents. That’s how you get real and sustainable change, when you have children teaching adults.”
Andrew Spano
Westchester County Executive,
at the 2008 CELF Students for a Sustainable Future Expo
The Solutions
of Tomorrow
“The solutions of tomorrow are not stashed behind the walls of bureaucracy or political halls. They are in the minds of engineers, designers, innovators, researchers, environmentalists, geographers and other spirited individuals. ”
Stuart Barea, 18