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As pollinator numbers decline, PLT and USFS support youth-planted gardens
A decline in the numbers and health of pollinators such as bees, birds, and butterflies poses a threat to biodiversity, global food webs and human health.
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PLT’s GreenSchools! Helps Promote STEM Education in DC, Virginia
Project Learning Tree (PLT) program has helped engage millions of students in environment and STEM education. In Virginia yesterday, I saw PLT in action when I attended a GreenSchools! program training for local teachers and students. PLT’s GreenSchools! is a program of the American Forest Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service.
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America’s Great Outdoors: Our Nation’s Laboratory
When President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir stood atop the mountains of Yosemite and argued the merits of conservation and/or preservation, neither would have guessed that the greatest threat to the country’s natural resources would not come from external pressures but rather the internal disconnect that would occur between land and people.
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Increase in Monarch butterflies is good news for PLT students who created habitat
The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico has increased this year, according to a study released yesterday. This is good news for many Project Learning Tree students and their teachers who worked hard last year to create butterfly gardens in their schools and communities as part of MonarchLIVE.
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Georgia’s Private Forests Provide Services Worth $37 Billion Per Year
Georgia’s private forests provide people with services worth more than $37.6 billion per year, according to a new report made public today in Atlanta. “Quantifying the Value of Non-Timber Ecosystem Services from Georgia’s Private Forests”, supported in part by AFF, was presented to Gov. Nathan Deal at the Georgia State Capitol.
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President’s Better Buildings Initiative: Good for Wood?
On a visit to Penn State this week, President Obama outlined his Better Buildings Initiative, a plan to increase energy efficiency in businesses-setting his sights high with a goal of making commercial buildings 20 percent more energy efficient over the next decade.
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PLT GreenSchool Receives USDA Healthier Schools Gold Award
Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking part in a ceremony to recognize the students and staff at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School – one of Project Learning Tree’s model GreenSchools! in Washington, DC – for their efforts to create a healthier school environment through proper nutrition and physical activity.
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