While NSTA declined to send its members 50,000 donated copies of Al Gore’s film on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth, you can request a free copy here.
The first 50,000 teachers who apply are eligible to win. There is a limit of one DVD per teacher. All entries must be received by January 18, 2007
You’ll need your school’s tax ID number to enter; see your school secretary to get this number.
Earth Day is just around the corner - April 22! Here’s your invitation to join in on one of the oldest and largest educational activities coordinated entirely on the Internet: The Earth Day Groceries Project. Celebrating its lucky thirteenth year on the Internet, this is a free environmental education activity where students are empowered as educators in their communities.
The web site: http://www.earthdaybags.org
The procedure:
1) a school/group borrows paper bags from a local grocery store
2) students decorate those bags with beautiful environmental art and environmental awareness messages, and then return the bags to the store
3) the store distributes those bags (full of groceries) to amazed shoppers on Earth Day
4) the school sends in a report to the project web site, documenting its participation
You do not need to register. It doesn’t cost anything. All that’s needed is someone to organize the project at your school (other groups can participate, too). Stop by the web site to find out more. You’ll find complete directions, an FAQ, screensavers, PowerPoint presentations, desktop wallpaper, and much more! Developments for 2006: breathtaking new computer wallpaper, a brand new FREE project poster, and (of course!) a project blog - pick up the rss feed and stay up to the minute on project news!
In its thirteen years on the Internet, this project has put several million pieces of inspirational art, carefully crafted on grocery bags by children who cared about their Earth, in the arms and homes of people around the world. In the spirit of environmental awareness, and hoping to make a difference, this message will be sent out once again in 2006. I hope you and your school will be a part of it. Happy Earth Day! - Mark Ahlness