Sustainability Tuesday
What is Sustainability? Click here to learn more about what sustainability means from Britannica Kids.
How can you help? Try some of these fun activities!
Nature Journal example.
Winter Nature Journal
Spend some time outside this winter looking at the plants, insects, birds, and animals near where you live!
Native American Land
Try researching where you live and write a Land Acknowledgement:
Navigate to Native Land
Type in your address and see whose land you’re on
Visit the websites of the Native lands you occupy
Learn about their history, culture, and present lives
Follow land acknowledgment example to create your own, like the one seen here on the Duwamish Tribe’s website.
The White River Valley Museum is on the traditional lands of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.
Sensory Activity: Listen to forests from around the world!
Explore Tree.FM for forest sounds from around the world, then try drawing or writing what the sounds make you feel or imagine.
Spotlight: Dr. John Francis
After witnessing a devastating oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 1971, Dr. John Francis refused to use any more motorized vehicles and eventually began a 17-year vow of silence as he walked the earth. Through his travels, John Francis raised awareness for environmental protection as a United Nations Environment Program’s Goodwill Ambassador, earned a PhD in Land Resources, and founded his non-profit, Planetwalk. You can learn more about Planetwalk at their website: planetwalk.org. Follow this link for a family friendly TED Talk about John Francis’ experience: TED Talk.