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Appalachian Green Teacher Highlight: Curt Moore
By: Carrie Vieland
Curt Moore teaches 5th grade science at Trimble Middle School and has been chosen as our first AGT highlight because of his long-standing ... Read More
Rural Youth Climate Activism and ELA Converge: Bringing Youth Climate Activism to an English Language Arts Convention
By: Joanna Gallagher and Kate Henman
One year ago, the Environmental Education team was contacted by Molly C. Marek at the University of Texas. Molly was ... Read More
Vital Vernal Pools: Not Just a Puddle!
By: Kate Henman
Spring is just around the corner, and with it, so are vernal pools! Vernal pools are temporary or “ephemeral” wetlands that form in ... Read More
Total Eclipse of Ohio
By Tae Ganger and Carrie Vieland
The temperature drops. The songs of birds and cicadas begin to quiet down. Daytime animals return to their homes while ... Read More
Glacial History Tour with Paul Knoop
By: Amy Nicolai | Rural Action Camp Oty’Okwa AmeriCorps Member
On a warm Friday in December, Camp Oty’Okwa AmeriCorps members Anna Haught and Amy Nicolai joined ... Read More
Strength in Numbers: What I learned at the Appalachian Green Teachers Conference
By: Tae Ganger, AmeriCorps Volunteer
The Appalachian Green Teachers Conference is an annual event and is geared towards providing resources for educators and nurturing relationships between ... Read More
Rural Action collaborates with local students on chimney swift project
Jeffrey Baker, a science teacher for the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center’s ALPHA School Program, said the project began about six years ago after ... Read More
Rural Action and Solid Ground School come together to teach lessons in phenology
By Amy Nicolai, Rural Action Environmental Education AmeriCorps Member
During the 2021–’22 and 2022–’23 school years, Solid Ground School and Rural Action’s Environmental Education ... Read More
Field Notes: On Water
Written by Joe Brehm, Chief Program Officer
For many years, Nate Schlater’s email was water@mondaycreek.org, which always struck me as significant. Something akin to ... Read More
Field Notes: February Joy
By Joe Brehm, Chief Program Officer
When I asked participants at a recent animal tracking workshop hosted by Appalachian Understories what they really wanted to ... Read More
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