education
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Teens say: Please give us decent sex ed! [VIDEO]
Why is the teen birthrate in the U.S. so high? Sex ed in many schools sucks. Some teens got so fed up that they made a film about the need for real sex education.
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Federal solar incentives cost schools ownership opportunity
This is part of a series on distributed renewable energy. It originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. There’s been a fair amount of news about the spread of solar carports in California, highlighting the Milpitas School District’s 14 distributed solar PV arrays. According to a […]
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What are future economists learning about climate?
Yoram Bauman took a look at 16 of the most popular college economics textbooks and found mixed results.
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Students call for clean energy, thank EPA
Co-written by Kim Teplitzky of the Sierra Student Coalition. Yesterday, despite some fierce weather in our nation’s capital, members of the Sierra Student Coalition hung bright, colorful pinwheels on Capitol Hill and in front of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters. (See more photos here) The pinwheels came from thousands of college students across the U.S., […]
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Oregon to help Iraqi universities build green engineering programs
The forms of 21st-century living pioneered here aren't just about fixing the U.S., they're about providing models that other countries can emulate.
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One More Thing to Worry About in Middle School – Energy Regulations?
Mary Anne Hitt, the director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign, is a new mom and has some words for those trying to greenwash schoolkids and college students: As a new mom, I’m paying more attention these days to how big companies are trying to influence our kids. I just learned that one of […]
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Global warming vs. biblical armageddon: How will we all die? [VIDEO]
Kids have a right to know the possible scopes of their own demise. You don’t have to put a monkey on trial to figure it out: It’s either gonna be biblical plagues or global climate change. Thank goodness both make a snazzy diorama! [UPDATE]: Leave it to The Onion to cover fake news that turns […]
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Student Governments Urge Congress to Support Clean Energy Education
A group of more than 100 university and college student government presidents submitted a letter (PDF download) last week urging Congress to launch a national program for clean energy science and engineering education. The presidents – representing more than one million American students – warned Congress that advanced energy education is critical for U.S. leadership in the […]
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Ambessa Cantave
Art: Nat Damm Ambessa Cantave Educator, Alliance for Climate Education Oakland, Calif. Ambessa Cantave, 33, uses his skills as an entertainer and his green savvy to help young people throughout the Bay Area connect with the environmental movement. As an educator at the Alliance for Climate Education, he makes high-energy, inspiring presentations to high school […]