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Extremely tall trees in a dense forest

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Extremely tall trees in a dense forest

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What’s in a Label?

Students explore the environmental, social, and economic criteria of forest certification and consider possible benefits and limitations of certification for both forests and people.

Thermometer Sun 40 Degres. Hot summer day. High Summer temperatures

The Global Climate

Using data collected from Mauna Loa, students graph changes in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the course of several decades and identify possible reasons for those changes.

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Renewable or Not

Students model what happens to renewable and nonrenewable resources over time and discover why sustainable use of natural resources is so important.

inside of a composting container

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

By examining trash, students can learn a lot about how and why they throw things away. Students find ways to reduce their community’s waste production and improve its management through participation in a service-learning project.

A seedlings of pine trees in bucket are ready to planting at a forest plantation. A volunteers are planting the seedlings on a empty forest glade. Shooting at cloudy autumn day

Plant a Tree

Never underestimate the power of a tree! In addition to giving us an amazing array of paper and wood products, trees provide a host of other benefits—from shading our backyards to reducing air pollution to helping stabilize the global climate.

Yosemite Valley view

Our Federal Forests

Our nation’s forests are managed to support different outcomes. Students learn how forests can be managed to meet human and environmental needs and examine national parks to identify challenges that forest managers face meeting different needs.