Did you know that we now collaborate with schools in Ghana? Read more in our May Newsletter!
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Celebrate Earth Month with CELF in our April Newsletter!
What does sustainability mean NOW? Find your answer at a CELF summer Institutes! Click here to learn more.
No Sustainability without Safety: Reflections and resources for educators and families grappling with gun violence
Tara Stafford Ocansey, Executive Director As an organization dedicated to providing professional learning for educators, we often revisit the grounding question, “What is the purpose of education? While there are many ways to answer this question, we are convinced that no educational purpose can be served by continually, and increasingly, exposing our children to trauma, …
Educating Civic Scientists for a Zero Waste Future
May 19, 2022 Houston, Texas – Tricon Energy (“Tricon”) and the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (“CELF”) are collaborating to improve environmental education and equip students with skills to build a zero-waste future. The collaboration brings together CELF’s proven support for sustainability education in school communities with Tricon’s commitments to social inclusion and circular economy. Tricon …
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CELF’s 2022 Student Symposium Recap Highlights Student Projects
At the end of March, CELF concluded its Spring 2022 Civic Science: Inquiry to Action program with a Virtual Student Symposium! This interactive presentation experience gave students and teachers the opportunity to present their semester-long work to each other, the CELF staff, and scholars and educators from other participating schools. Utilizing a place-based approach, students …
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Check out the recap from the 2022 Student Symposium in our March Newsletter!
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Civic Science in the Classroom: CELF’s Case Studies
Have you ever wondered what Civic Science looks like in the classroom? What the outcomes of student-led research are? Or why Civic Science is important? These are questions we are frequently asked, but there are as many answers as there are classrooms! CELF’s Civic Science: Inquiry to Action program engages students in hands-on learning to identify, …
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The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation Announces Executive Director Transition
The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation is announcing a momentous point of transition for our organization.
The Katy News – Harmony School of Fine Arts & Technology Investigates Hand Sanitizer & Indoor Air Quality
The hand sanitizer you’re using to keep germs away during the COVID pandemic could be impacting your air quality. This was one of the findings Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology teacher Patricia Kulow and her class discovered through Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation’s Civic Science Inquiry to Action program.
The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation Announces Executive Director Transition
Founder and Executive Director Katie I. Ginsberg will retire after 20 years leading the organization, with new Executive Director Tara Stafford Ocansey joining from Columbia University Valhalla NY, February 16, 2022. The Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation (CELF) announced today that founder Katie Isaak Ginsberg, who has grown and led the organization tirelessly for the past …
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Our January newsletter is out!
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CELF is Recruiting Interns!
CELF is currently recruiting Sustainability Education Interns (Summer 2022) Sustainability Education Intern: Houston Area Summer 2022 The Sustainability Education Intern will be supporting the preparation and delivery of the 2022 CELF Summer Institutes, as well as social media and operational tasks. This is a hybrid internship based in the Houston, TX area. If you are …
CELF is hiring!
CELF is currently hiring for a Director of Advancement (Winter 2022) The Director of Advancement will collaborate with the Executive Director to secure a diverse revenue stream for a growing non-profit. S/he will work closely with the Executive Director, senior management, the board of directors, and program staff to achieve CELF’s development goals. S/he provides …
CELF Virtual Summer Institutes 2021 Recap
Each summer, CELF hosts our annual Summer Institutes to provide an opportunity for educators and administrators to immerse themselves in a multi-day learning experience centered on sustainability, environmental literacy, and both project and problem-based learning methods. This year, the institutes took the form of three virtual professional development programs focused on education for sustainability and …
Our September newsletter is out!
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Equitable Air Project: Civic Science in Action
In early April of 2020, a local New York paper ran an alarming headline: “Bronx Residents Twice as Likely to Die from Covid in NYC.” New York City was in the throes of the Coronavirus. That week in April, 2,000 people died of the disease, and in just two months, 20,000 more would perish. In …
CELF 2021 Summer Institutes are Underway
This week, CELF kicked off our summer programming with the first session of Education for Sustainability Institute: Reflecting on What Matters! K-12 educators from all over the country — including New York, Houston, Los Angeles, and more – came together as a virtual community to discover how sustainability can be applied as a critical lens …
CELF Summer Intern Introductions 3/3: Meet Benji!
Last but not least, we are excited to introduce Benji, our final intern for the Summer of 2021! As the Social Media Strategy Intern, Benji is primarily responsible for expanding CELF’s social media presence and helping create lively online communities. We have been so impressed by the work that Benji has done so far and …
CELF Virtual Student Symposium Spring 2021 Recap
At the end of May, CELF concluded its Spring 2021 Civic Science: Inquiry to Action program with a Virtual Student Symposium! This interactive presentation experience gave students and teachers the opportunity to present their semester-long work to each other, the CELF staff, and scholars and educators from other participating schools. Utilizing a place-based approach, students …
CELF Summer Intern Introductions 2/3: Meet Corey!
In our previous post, we introduced one of our three newest interns (Kyla Spiezer). Today, we would like to introduce Corey, who is the Education and Digital Media Intern for the Summer of 2021! Having an exceptional background in film production and website design, Corey will be responsible for producing and editing CELF’s video content …