INTRODUCTION
It’s Your Environment is an eco-educational online community where schools, teachers, students, and youth groups collaborate with eco- conscious business
and community organizations to investigate and address environmental challenges in their home, school, and community.
We provide environment content, links to relevant, real world information, examples from students in K-12 schools, and after school clubs.
Our environmental content emphasizes:
- HIGH LEVEL MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS
- CONTENT STANDARDS APPLIED IN ALL SUBJECTS
- LATEST TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO RECORD DATA
- COMMUNICATION WITH PEERS AND EXPERTS
- REAL WORLD, UP TO DATE INFORMATION
- LOCAL / GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
- HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSEPECTIVES
- STUDENT RESEARCH AND PROBLEM SOLVING
- COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
- ONLINE FORUMS FOR CLUBS, CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS
- FUND RAISING FOR IMPORTANT PROJECTS
Our web site at www.itsyourenvironment.org features:
A ‘Forum” for schools and clubs to share environmental projects
The “News” section of our web site features:
Eco-Kids News Reports about the environment
FUND RAISING FOR SCHOOL / CLASSROOM / CLUB PROGRAMS:
It’s Your Environment also offers an opportunity for students, classrooms and clubs to raise funds for environmental programs, fieldtrips, equipment,
technology tools, or instructional materials. Each donation to a “Wish List” provides a discount card for the donor to use at major stores.
Our Message to Students:
“It’s your environment!”
The knowledge you gain and the action you take will help the environment now and in the future. You can improve a local condition, make a difference in
the world today, and become an Eco-Kid News Reporter on www.itsyourenvironment.org
Our Program for Teachers, Parents & Club Leaders:
Join It’s Your Environment!
Challenge your students to learn in-depth, up to date, real world information about water, energy, land, weather, air and recycling. Share student
environmental projects with others around the world using the online Forum at www.itsyourenvironment.org. Add your fund raising requests to the online Make
a Wish segment.
Our Challenge for Business Partners, Community Organizations, Corporate Sponsors, Colleges & Universities:
Support It’s Your Environment!
- Donate to the Wish Lists online
- Sponsor teachers in this inspiring network
- Place your logo, name, or banner on our web page
- Provide up to date real life environment information
- Promote your organizations environmental programs
- Become a project partner with up to date content
- Sponsor Virtual Environment Fairs and Awards
- Provide awards for Outstanding Eco-Kid News Reports
- Serve on jury’s to evaluate student projects
- Provide career information related to each project
- Sponsor teacher workshops