Social Causes: Environment, Sustainability
Integrating the best of environment literacy research, students and their grownups learn how to be resourceful with our natural environment, while fostering a deeper appreciation of caring for our local space—our homes, our schools, our neighborhoods
Program Offerings
Mindful Makers for the Planet
Inspire students to become mindful innovators by integrating creative maker projects and upcycling into your learning environment. This program combines environmental awareness with social-emotional learning through hands-on, service-driven experiences that promote sustainability and student agency.
Program Highlights:
- Digital Curriculum Access — Includes standards-aligned lessons that guide students through mindful making, upcycling, and waste reduction, with built-in SEL connections.
- Family Resource Guides — Printable take-home tools that encourage sustainable habits and community connections beyond the classroom.
- Integrated Evaluation Tools — Outcome-driven measures and reporting tools to track student learning, behavioral shifts, and program impact.
Mindful Gardening Program
Bring service learning to life through immersive field trips that empower students and families to rejuvenate community garden spaces. These hands-on experiences deepen students’ understanding of environmental stewardship, teamwork, and community impact while cultivating pride in shared public spaces.
Program Highlights:
- Digital Curriculum Access — Standards-aligned pre- and post-trip lessons connect gardening to food justice, sustainability, and social-emotional learning.
- Family Engagement — Opportunities for parents to join as chaperones, plus take-home family resource guides to extend learning into the home.
- Field Trip Coordination — We handle the logistics, including identifying accessible community garden sites and coordinating with local partners.
Family Engagement Program
Train family liaisons, school leaders and student peer leaders to facilitate afterschool and weekend family service projects or integrate feel good, do good stations into your existing family programs.
Earth Care & Sustainability can include:
- Science Fair activities
- Kids ‘n’ Nature projects
Program components include:
- Full-year access to curriculum
- Monthly group coaching sessions
- Integrated program evaluation measure.
“What a wonderful contribution to our school garden! We recently removed a large area of underused playground asphalt and created a robust green schoolyard. The planters will add much needed protection and soil depth for our students to plant flowers, food and medicine. The beautiful pink redwood looks amazing! The benches are being enjoyed by staff and students alike! “
-Noah M, Charles Drew Elementary School, SFUSD
