California Schools Getting a Little Greener as Environmental Education Standards Roll Out

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Students in Plumas County study how a drop of water travels from the mountains to the Pacific. Photo courtesy of Plumas County Office of Education

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource

As Californians celebrateed Earth Day and the ecology movement, the state’s public schools are making steady progress in implementing some of the most comprehensive environmental education standards in the country, educators and environmentalists say.

Buoyed by $4 million in the current state budget for K-12 environmental education, teachers are planning field trips to mountains and beaches, creating lessons on ecosystems and watersheds and showing students how human activity affects the planet. In April, thousands of students turned out for Earth Day events, picking up trash, pulling weeds and planting trees.

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